The 10 women Rami Al Ali dressed at this year's Cannes Film Festival


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The red carpet glamour at the 75th Cannes Film Festival was dialled up another notch thanks to several dresses by Rami Al Ali. The Syrian fashion designer — who has his headquarters in Dubai — dressed 10 international stars for the festival, from Hina Khan to Maja Malnar.

Model and Miss France 2021 title holder Amandine Petit attended the festival in a couture spring-summer 2022 look by Al Ali. The one-shouldered, corseted dress was dramatically daring in pistachio silk chiffon. Egyptian influencer and businesswoman Hadia Ghaleb also wore spring-summer couture from the label, opting for a dazzling marigold yellow, off-the-shoulder satin gown, with a full-skirted back.

Lebanese artist Cynthia Khalifeh, meanwhile, selected a look from Al Ali's autumn-winter 2022 ready-to-wear collection — an off-the-shoulder, embellished lace fitted dress in chic black, topped with feathers. In contrast, Danish model Josephine Skriver wore an all-white, strapless top with plisse trousers, topped with feathers and cinched with a gold belt from the couture autumn–winter 2021 collection.

Slovenian influencer and model Maja Malnar in a black tulle Rami Al Ali gown, decorated with blue and green beads. Photo: Rami Al Ali
Slovenian influencer and model Maja Malnar in a black tulle Rami Al Ali gown, decorated with blue and green beads. Photo: Rami Al Ali

German actress and model Kim Hnizdo stepped out in a fully beaded, couture spring-summer 2002 dress. In pale blue, the off-the-shoulder fitted gown was covered in lines of blue and silver bugle beading. English model and television personality Kimberley Garner also wore couture spring-summer 2022, selecting a pistachio, one-shouldered gown, scattered with tonal beading, as she posed on steps for the cameras.

Slovenian influencer and model Maja Malnar also opted for spring-summer couture, wearing a black tulle gown, with a full skirt, decorated with blue and green beads. Showing off Al Ali's eye for colour was stylist Maya Williams, who stepped out in a piece from the spring-summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection, sporting an elegant satin gown with a matching belt in mint.

Indian actress Hina Khan, meanwhile, staged her own mini fashion shoot on the Cannes boardwalk, wearing a strapless, pleated skirt gown in dramatic red, while Syrian businesswoman Reem Abou Samra wore a one-shouldered, crepe kaftan in burnt orange, trimmed with marabou feathers.

Scroll through the gallery above to see all the looks by Rami Al Ali at Cannes Film Festival

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Updated: October 04, 2022, 12:05 PM