Bella Hadid has turned the Cannes Film Festival into her own personal runway. Whether she’s wearing the ultimate naked dress in Saint Laurent, or paying homage to her Palestinian culture in a Michael and Hushi keffiyeh dress, the supermodel knows how to use fashion to start a conversation.
Nowadays, when wearing archival fashion is a statement of its own, what could be better than a vintage Versace couture dress? Well, Bella Hadid would like to raise you two vintage Versace couture dresses. Yesterday, the Orebella founder hit the Croisette for the premiere of L’Amour Ouf in the closing look from the spring 2001 couture show, which was originally worn on the runway by Caroline Ribeiro. The black dress featured a gauzy halter neck bodice and a basque waistline that led into a sequined skirt, which she accessorized with dangling Chopard earrings. Donatella Versace took to Instagram to comment on Hadid wearing the dress. “[Y]ou bring the magic to the Cannes Film Festival,” she wrote.
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But, of course, Hadid and her stylist Molly Dickson had another trick up their sleeves. Later in the day, the model changed into another vintage Versace. This time, she wore a piece from the fall 1998 Atelier Versace show. The sleeveless white boatneck dress was embroidered with silver beads in a horizontal pattern across the bodice and in vertical twists down the skirt. (They added to the shine with more Chopard jewelry.) Again, Versace herself took to Instagram, writing, “[Bella Hadid], you are truly sparkling in Cannes in Versace. You are the perfect example of strength and beauty.”
With Cannes in its final days, we can’t imagine what else could come out of the fashion-packed festival—thanks in no small part to Bella Hadid.
Marijo Cobretti