Here Are the 48 Most Stylish Menswear Moments From the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival just wrapped up its two-week run this past weekend. The high-brow, high-octane 2023 edition brought us the hotly anticipated premieres for The Weeknd’s slinky new HBO show The Idol, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, and the new Indiana Jones. Plus, there was also way too much clapping and plenty of upscale menswear.
Cannes is notorious for its strict black-tie dress code on the red carpet—which means dinner jackets and neckwear for guys—but we’ve seen stars increasingly bend those rules over the last couple years, which feels on par with celebrity menswear’s general shift towards an “anything goes” mentality.
Scroll on for a gaggle of surprisingly swaggy moments from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, on and off the carpet.
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The Weeknd
Abel is all smiles.
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Evan Mock
Is Evan Mock the new Mr. Worldwide?
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Jason Schwartzman in Prada
Introducing “rodeo-docent chic.”
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Jude Law
Casual enough for the French Riviera.
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Jesse Plemons
Nice stripes.
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Charles Melton
Easy does it!
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Harris Dickinson
I wonder what scent the Triangle of Sadness star went for.
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John C. Reilly
Hey, nice duds!
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John C. Reilly
…aaaand he’s back!
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Alton Mason
A masterclass in accessorizing.
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Steve Park
Mellow yellow fits the bill.
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Charlie Heaton in Saint Laurent
A little vampiric, say?
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Tom Hanks
Classic tux, classic Tom.
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Adrien Brody
We didn't get to see Adrien Brody on Succession this season, but at least we got to see him sporting this brooch.
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Lukas Haas and Tobey Maguire
The boys!
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in Zegna
The boys, part 2!
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The Weeknd
Abel does daytime dressing.
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James Marsen
The Jury Duty star does right by his self-skewering character in this classic A-list hunk tux.
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Troye Sivan in Ferragamo
Let this be a reminder that red carpet outfits should all be about 30% more ethereal.
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Moses Sumney
Evenings are for satin.
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Paul Dano in Zegna
Hey, Paul Dano!
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Jeremy O. Harris in Gucci
This looks like a Gucci ad, which was almost certainly the intention.
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Martin Scorsese
A sky-blue shirt/eggshell-white jacket combo makes for a nice daytime vibe.
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Michael Douglas
This is what we in the biz like to call “go-to leading man casualwear.”
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Atiq Rahimi
Killer vest moment happening here.
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Steve Carell (with Nancy Carell)
A bowtie for one…
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Bryan Cranston (with Robin Dearden)
…is a bowtie for all!
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Mads Mikkelsen in Zegna
Mads Mikkelsen should star in every Zegna campaign from now until the end of time.
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Baptiste Giabiconi
The French model (and former Karl Lagerfeld muse) went all-in on tweed.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
An outfit that can take you from the golf course to the international film festival in one fell swoop.
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Anthony Vaccarello
Now presenting: designer off-duty duds.
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Manu Rios
And thus begins the Strange Way Of Life Cannes photocall outfit heater…
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Jason Fernández
…which keeps going…
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José Condessa
…and going…
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Ethan Hawke and Pedro Almodóvar in Saint Laurent
Pinstripes and polka dots, baby!
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George Steane
…and going! Even with this nice simple fit, which is simple only by contrast.
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The Cast of Strange Way Of Life
Of course, they went all in on the formal red carpet, too.
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Ryan and Ethan Hawke
Special attention should be paid to Ethan’s little heeled shoe and their his-and-hers suit jackets.
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Rahi Chadda
Red on red. Can't beat it.
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Fally Ipupa
A velvet smoking jacket? Chic!
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Zhu Yilong
Sleek.
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Jesse Plemons (with Kirsten Dunst)
A lovely couples fit.
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Charlie Heaton
Sequins for evening? Stranger things…have happened…
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Jordan Barrett
Formal sandals with socks? Something to consider!
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Gene Simmons
Wearing velvet and leather in Cannes is an ultimate commitment to the bit.
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