It’s All About the Celebrity Airport Outfits at Cannes
Comfy and chic
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
The Cannes red carpet delivers every year — sculptural gowns, impossible heels, the full cinematic spectacle. But if you've been sleeping on the arrivals footage coming out of Nice airport, you've been missing the better story. According to Harper's Bazaar, the real style education this festival season is happening on the tarmac, not the Croisette.
Daisy Edgar-Jones touched down in a crisp white drop-waist poplin dress and ballet flats, an oatmeal cardigan draped over her shoulders like she wasn't even trying — which, of course, is exactly the point. Julianne Moore went full French-girl fantasy in a striped tee, boxy blazer, and draped knit trousers, an oversized Bottega Veneta shopper doing the heavy lifting accessory-wise. Simone Ashley kept it monochrome and let texture do the talking, finishing with Mary-Jane flats, a top-handle bag, and oversized sunnies. Meanwhile, Riley Keough proved the beige car coat is basically a cheat code: pair it with a white mini dress, add chocolate brown accessories — bucket bag, peep-toe mules, angular frames — and you've manufactured effortless without breaking a sweat.
The Formula Is Simpler Than You Think
Cate Blanchett made the case for the jumpsuit as the ultimate one-and-done travel outfit — khaki, streamlined, grounded with a white tee underneath and tonal leather sneakers. Barbara Palvin layered a trench coat over a striped button-down and fluid trousers with skate sneakers, landing somewhere between polished and genuinely comfortable. The through-line across all of it: neutral palette, transitional layers, sensible shoes. Not boring — intentional. There's a difference.
The airport outfit has always been the fashion world's most honest test. No stylist hovering on a red carpet, no lighting designed to flatter. Just a woman, a carry-on, and whatever she decided was worth the effort at 6 a.m. What Cannes keeps confirming is that the answer is almost always a classic silhouette, one interesting layer, and shoes you can actually walk in — and that combination photographs just as well as anything on the Palais steps.
The real Cannes takeaway: dressing well for travel isn't about trying harder, it's about editing smarter.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
