Thursday, May 20, 2010

Ash leads gown war at Cannes

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The new Robin Hood film kicked off the Cannes Film Festival in France with a bang on Wednesday night as Hollywood A-listers pulled out the biggest dresses they could find.

The film's leading lady Cate Blanchett's black, silver and white Alexander McQueen dress was overshadowed by juror Kate Beckinsale's and guest Eva Longoria's huge ball gowns with long trains.

Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, in keeping with her role as the resident L'Oreal girl at Cannes, also did the "international beauty queen" look by joining the train gown trend with a lilac ruffled Elie Saab gown.

Aishwarya attended the screening of the 130- million movie alongside Desperate Housewives star Longoria, also a guest of her employer L'Oreal. Ash's was an out and out L'Oreal appearance, right down to the of-the moment trailing dress.

So it was left to Mallika Sherawat, in Cannes for the screening of Hiss, to make an individual statement. The actress, who attended the gala dinner after the screening of Robin Hood, chose to make a rather understated ( by her standards) statement that verged on the elegant.

She did the sultry ethnic bombshell act in a risque low- cut gown off- set by a traditional kundan necklace.

Designer Ritu Beri said: "Aishwarya's gown was lovely. Though it's not easy to carry off a trailing dress, she has by now mastered the red carpet tricky dressing act." On Mallika, Beri said: "What stood out was how she matched an Indian piece of jewellery with a western silhouette. It shows she is spot on with her style."

While the designer gave both looks a thumbs-up, the more outspoken fashion blogs ruled in favour of Mallika. On highheelconfidential.com, a visitor said: "Compared to what she looks most of the time, this look is virtually flawless! Thank you Mallika for letting the twins stay in this time!" Another made the inevitable comparison: "I never thought I would say this, but Mallika looks miles ahead and above Ash with this appearance. Simple but handled flawlessly." The neckline, while daring, was not dangerous and a far cry from Mallika's debut on the Cannes red carpet. Then, she wore an eye-popping, cleavage displaying postage stamp size choli with a petticoat slit high on the thigh, prompting Indian designers to say she looked like she had worn a petticoat and blouse and forgotten to put on the sari! Adding to the gala's Hollywood glamour were Dame Helen Mirren and Salma Hayek, among others. Also in attendance was Robin Hood star Russell Crowe, who looked dapper in a Giorgio Armani suit.

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