Heidi Klum Ignores Cannes Film Festival Dress Code in Pink Floral Gown with a Massive Train

• Heidi Klum attended the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival Opening Ceremony in a floral organza petal Elie Saab gown

• The gown got its volume from flowers, as well as a long train

• Voluminous gowns with long trains are prohibited at the Cannes Film Festival this year after an update to the dress code

Heidi Klum is making her own rules for the Cannes Film Festival red carpet.

The model attended the Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day) screening and opening ceremony at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on May 13 in a larger-than-life floral Elie Saab gown that was in direct violation of the festival’s new dress code.

For the event, Klum wore a floral illusion gown by Elie Saab. The show-stopping piece featured layer after layer of pink organza, cut to mimic delicate floral petals. The Elie Saab piece had a strapless bust and a leg-baring side slit that extended into a carpet-grazing train.

The model also wore Lorraine Schwartz Jewelry for added sparkle.

The 51-year-old went simple with her glam, adding a smoky eye and black eyeliner to her lids, and going light on blush and lip color.

Though Klum’s Elie Saab gown was certainly a head-turner, it violates the new Cannes Film Festival dress code, due to its voluminous nature and its long train.

The Cannes Film Festival official FAQ website reads, “nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as in any other area of the festival,” due to “decency reasons.” The rules further note that “voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train, that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater are not permitted.”

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Klum wasn’t the only one to do a voluminous gown with a floor grazing train at the Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day) screening, either.

Wan QianHui arrived to the same red carpet event as Klum in a cream tulle ball gown with large, ruffled layers. The gown — which is also in violation of the film festival dress code — featured an eye-catching skirt that extended into a massive train.

“This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, in accordance with the institutional framework of the event and French law,” new instruction from the festival read.

While the America’s Got Talent judge was not apprehended by security at the event, the Cannes FAQ website said that their team “reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate seating arrangements in the screening rooms.”

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Permitted attire at this year’s Cannes Film Festival includes “a little black dress, a cocktail dress, a dark-colored pantsuit, a dressy top with black pants; a black or navy blue suit with bow-tie or dark-colored tie.” Attendees can also arrive at the festival in “elegant shoes and sandals with or without a heel,” but sneakers are not permitted.

Halle Berry, who is serving as one of the members of the jury at Cannes this year, revealed that the new dress code led to a last-minute change to her red carpet look.

“I had an amazing dress by [Gaurav] Gupta that I cannot wear tonight because it’s too big of a train,” Berry told Variety. “I’m not going to break the rules. The nudity part is also probably a good rule.”

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