Flat Shoes Are Now Allowed at the Cannes Film Festival. Can They Rise to the Occasion?

Flat shoes are now allowed at the Cannes Film Festival. Can they rise to the occasion? | News Channel 3-12

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — ‘Naked dresses’ may be out, but flat shoes — according to the official Cannes Film Festival dress code — are in. It’s a sartorial judgement that may feel well overdue, after a group of women made headlines in 2015 for being reportedly refused entry to a screening for their ground-height footwear. While the festival has never officially stated such a rule, according to event organizer Thierry Fremaux, who in 2015 assert…

Flat shoes are now allowed at the Cannes Film Festival. Can they rise to the occasion?

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — ‘Naked dresses’ may be out, but flat shoes — according to the official Cannes Film Festival dress code — are in. It’s a sartorial judgement that may feel well overdue, after a group of women made headlines in 2015 for being reportedly refused entry to a screening for their ground-height footwear. While the festival has never officially stated such a rule, according to event organizer Thierry Fremaux, who in 2015 assert…