“The Fashion-Savvy Star, Who Worked As a Model and is Close Friends with Many a-List Designers, Says of Her Cannes Resumé: “All of the TESE Dresses Mark An Extraordinary Time In Mark Time In Mark. Published on May 13, 2025 Diane Kruger Attices a Photo Call for ‘The Shrouds’ at the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Fashion-Savvy Star, Who Worked As a Model and is Close Friends with Many a-List Designers, Says of Her Cannes Resumé: “All of the TESE Dresses Mark An Extraordinary Time In Mark Time In Mark.
Publissed on May 13, 2025
Diane Kruger Attices a Photo Call for ‘the Shrouds’ at the 77th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
WHEN DIANE KROUGER STARTED ACTING, HER DREAM WAS to One Day Have A Film Selected For The Cannes Film Festival. Growing Up in Germany, Kruger, Who First Became a Ballerina, Then a Model Before Focating on Her True Passion While Ataring Drama School, Recalls Watching The Opening Ceremo Being Struck by The Spectacle. “I Remember How Glamoroous It Was On the French Riviera with The Sweeping Shots Over the Ocean of All The Yachts, and Ten to See the Red Carpet, It Was Incredibly Glamors, Kruger ThrSingling Out A Memorable Moment of Witnessing French Star Sophie Marceau Wearing A Red Gown. “She Looked Out of this World, and I Always Knew It Was The Event of the Year for Film.”
As for Kruger’s Original Dream, Consider That Mission Accomplised – Many Times Over. Among the Festival GlitTerati, The 48-Iear-Eld German Talent Is About As Beloved As They Come Here in Cannes. From Her Festival Debut as The Trophard Recipient While Filming the Blockbuster Troy, Kruger Has An Envial Cannes History Includes a Trophard Honor, The Blockbuster TroyQuentin Tarantino’s Inglorious BastersDavid Cronenberg’s The ShroudsWalking The Red Carpet With The Late Chanel Icon Karl Lagerfeld and Winning A BEST ACTRESS PRIZE FOR FOR In the fadeto name only a few.
“All of my most Important films have premiered in cannes,“ Kruger Notes. “IT’s been the Biggest Jumping Board for Me in My Career and Even Now, WHEN I’M INVITED to Come With A Film, The Butterflies Remain Like Is The First Time. And Fashion is Such.
In Honor of Her Return to the Croisette for this Year’s Selection, AmrumKruger LOOKED BACK ON HER Stylish Outings Over The Years, WHICH PROved to Be The Talelst of Tasks As Shee Worn Dozens Upon Dozens of Chic Ensembles Here. IT ALSO WAS A SENTIMENTAL INTERVIEW. “Looking at Tese Photos Brings Back An incredible Amount of Memories,“ She Says. “WHEN YOU DO A RED CARPET IN CANNES, IS FOR A PROJECT THAT YOU USUALLY FEEL Excited About or One That Means A Lot To You. All of the Tese Dresses Mark An Extrardinary Time In MY LIF. Dress.
- Chanel in 2004
Image Credit: (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images) “Thought i had to be to cannes to account the tropée chopard, this year was my first real cannes as an actress with TroyAnd this Dress was the first time and every got to wear anything like that. Karl Lagerfeld Made It for Me. Karl Very Famously, In the Beginning At Least, Was Very Much Against Celebrity Dressing. He didn’t want to design evening gowns so celebricies Could wear them on the Red Carpet. Hatted that culture for a long time. They Didn’Tening in their recent Collection for me, so and remember going to their office to meet with him. I was so young and so impressed by all of it. He Literally Asked Me, ‘What do You Want to Wear? I’ll Make You Anything. ‘ I Told Him That I Loved Camellias and The Color Light Blue. HE Designed It Right in Front of Me. He Started Over Three Times and I Still Have the Sketch of the Original Design. IT WAS A FAIITALE MOMENT. That was a very special day. ”
- Chanel in 2007
Image Credit: (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) “Funny Enough, Karl Lagerfeld Had Never Been to Cannes. I was hosting the Ceremony, and my film was the closing night film [Days of Darkness by denys arcand]I Play A Movie Star. Chanel Had Agreed to Give Me All The Cloths that My Character Wears in the Movie. Karl Was Very Much in this film so i had this idea to ask human to be my date for the festival. He’d Never Been, and He Made the Dress for me that night. He was Really Excited to Be there, Actualally, and It Was Fun. He’d be to a million evnts in his life, and so it was surprising to me that he’d never attached. He was laughing the whole Time, Telling The Funniest Stories and Commenting on Everybody’s Outfits and What Hay Thought. IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT. ”
- Nina Ricci in 2012
Image Credit: Venturelli/Wireimage “This is nina ricci, and the designer at the time, Peter Coping, Designed this for ME. The Dress Arrived the Day Before and Was Supped to Wear It. Fun Fac. See Skin Underneath So IT Appeared Completely Sheer Who and Tried It On. Underwear.
- Dior in 2012
Image Credit: (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) “I was a jury member, which requires a majorhon of looks to pull. It’s Insanity. I had to get an extra hotel room just for all the gowns. I Went to Dior in Paris. Archives. ‘OK, that’s your Dress.’ But The Night IT, It Was Pouring Rain in Cannes. Nothing I Could. ”
- Giambattista Valli in 2012
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “This was giambattista Valli, and it came in as a sketch last minute. I wasn’t 100 percent Sure that it was going to work Buten who have the Fitting, The Color Wust Inland Ince of Magic Happy on the Red Carpet Because there was a Lot of Wind that day and the Dress Was Billowing Everywhere. Sunset.
- Vivienne Westwood in 2012
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “I love this Dress. It’s Funny Because i would’ve Never Pulled It For mySelf. My Friend, Who Was Helping Me to Pull Dresses in Los Angeles, Threw This in. Fit Like A Glove. Amourwas so great. I was on the jury and we ended up giving that movie the palame d’Or. ”
- Dolce & Gabbana in 2015 Image Credit: (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) “I wore this for a photo call for my movie, Disorderand we were in competition. I Thought It Was A Perfect, Light Blue Dress for a Photo Call. I love the color for cannes and i love that movie as well. I Thought It Was A Fresh Choice for The Occasion. ”
- Chanel in 2015
Image Credit: (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images) “This was a chanel Dress that i wore for amfar, a short One so nobody would step on the train. I love channel and was vary good friends and wound Literally give me anything and Wanted. ”
- Prada in 2015
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “This Prada Was Also A Last Minute Pick. I was vilming in South Africa at the Time, and I Came in Late to the Festival. I HAD A DRESS WITH ME THAT I DIDS More Exciting Than I HAD.
- Jason wu in 2017 Image Credit: Gisela Schober/Getty Images “This Dress Was Made by My Friend, Jason Wu, Who Have His 10-YEAR Anniversary That Same Year. I Went to The Runway Show and There Was In the fadeI Thought Black or Something More Mutd Beld Be A Right Choice Racher Than A Big Gown. IT WAS VERY COMFORTACT BUT I WAS INCREDIBLY NERVOUS WALKING UP The STEPS THAT NIGHT. I Remember Jason Flew Into Cannes to Hand Deliver Me The Dress. It Looks Sheer But They Made A Lining That Was A Perfect Match To My Skin. ”
- Dior in 2017
Image Credit: George Pimtentel/Wireimage “I Wanted Something Really and Romantic and this Dress Was in the Dior Collection That Year. When They First Delivered It wouldn’t my adding something to it.
- Jonathan Simkhai in 2017 Image Credit: (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) “You dont if your movie Will Winting Buting But i was was invited to at the closing ceremony that year. I had put this dress into my luggage as a backup. IT WAS Kind of Falling Off. [Kruger won best actress for Fatih Akin’s In the Fade.] Our Movie School Friday Night, and We Worked Doing Press All Day Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, I Got The Call That I Need to Stay, And It Was A Special Night With This Beautify Award. I love it. ”
- Oscar de la Renta in 2022 Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “This waswed special because it was the first time noman came with me to the festival. Sophie Marceau was wasfinitely the INSPIRATION HERE. I HAD NEVER DOV I was filming a movie in the South of France Then and I didn’t have any time to realy look for Dresses or to any Fittings. Past Winners of the Palme D’Or and I Was Invited to be Part of that Group.
- Versace in 2024
Image Credit: Doug Peters/Pa Images/Getty Images “This is One of My Favorite Dresses Ever. I HAD NEVER REALLY Worn Versace on the Red Carpet And this Was A Fully Designed Gown for Me. It Was Really a Dream. The Futuristic Elements FIGTS. [David] Cronenberg Film,[[The Shrouds]. I Found A Reference From A Versace Show in the Early 1990s, and I Was Really Adamant About this Electric Blue Color. They Made It As An Iconic Versace Chain Mail Dress SO It Felt Like Armor. WHEN I WENT for the Final Fitting, It Was Kind of A Light Blue and I Was A Little Disappointed. But Apparently Electric Blue Is Hard to get on Rhinestones with All of that mesh Metal so they spray Painted Its Before The Red Carpet. ”
- Balenciaga in 2024 Image Credit: (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) “This was wasting Suggested for me, whoh can be what happles whohn you work with a great fashion hoes. Really Like It. SomeTimes I Get Gown Fatigue in Cannes Because there’s so Much of It.
- Prabal gurung in 2024 Image Credit: (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Breaking Through The Lens) “Prabal Gurung is a personal friend, and i thoUGHT this suits was perfect for the Occasion As an advocate for the Kinds of Stories We Need to Tell.
- Prada in 2024 Image Credit: “I love this because of the color and the material. The Crinkly Material Was Almost Like A Metal So You Could Mold Ity Way or Shape You Wanted to. It’s Prada and Was Different Night But Walked Into Their Fitting Suite in Cannes, The Dress Was Just Hanging There Waiting for Me Worked a Loth Chopard, and As You Know, They Big Presance in Cannes.
Image Credit: (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images) “Thought i had to be to cannes to account the tropée chopard, this year was my first real cannes as an actress with TroyAnd this Dress was the first time and every got to wear anything like that. Karl Lagerfeld Made It for Me. Karl Very Famously, In the Beginning At Least, Was Very Much Against Celebrity Dressing. He didn’t want to design evening gowns so celebricies Could wear them on the Red Carpet. Hatted that culture for a long time. They Didn’Tening in their recent Collection for me, so and remember going to their office to meet with him. I was so young and so impressed by all of it. He Literally Asked Me, ‘What do You Want to Wear? I’ll Make You Anything. ‘ I Told Him That I Loved Camellias and The Color Light Blue. HE Designed It Right in Front of Me. He Started Over Three Times and I Still Have the Sketch of the Original Design. IT WAS A FAIITALE MOMENT. That was a very special day. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) “Funny Enough, Karl Lagerfeld Had Never Been to Cannes. I was hosting the Ceremony, and my film was the closing night film [Days of Darkness by denys arcand]I Play A Movie Star. Chanel Had Agreed to Give Me All The Cloths that My Character Wears in the Movie. Karl Was Very Much in this film so i had this idea to ask human to be my date for the festival. He’d Never Been, and He Made the Dress for me that night. He was Really Excited to Be there, Actualally, and It Was Fun. He’d be to a million evnts in his life, and so it was surprising to me that he’d never attached. He was laughing the whole Time, Telling The Funniest Stories and Commenting on Everybody’s Outfits and What Hay Thought. IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT. ”
Image Credit: Venturelli/Wireimage “This is nina ricci, and the designer at the time, Peter Coping, Designed this for ME. The Dress Arrived the Day Before and Was Supped to Wear It. Fun Fac. See Skin Underneath So IT Appeared Completely Sheer Who and Tried It On. Underwear.
Image Credit: (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) “I was a jury member, which requires a majorhon of looks to pull. It’s Insanity. I had to get an extra hotel room just for all the gowns. I Went to Dior in Paris. Archives. ‘OK, that’s your Dress.’ But The Night IT, It Was Pouring Rain in Cannes. Nothing I Could. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “This was giambattista Valli, and it came in as a sketch last minute. I wasn’t 100 percent Sure that it was going to work Buten who have the Fitting, The Color Wust Inland Ince of Magic Happy on the Red Carpet Because there was a Lot of Wind that day and the Dress Was Billowing Everywhere. Sunset.
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “I love this Dress. It’s Funny Because i would’ve Never Pulled It For mySelf. My Friend, Who Was Helping Me to Pull Dresses in Los Angeles, Threw This in. Fit Like A Glove. Amourwas so great. I was on the jury and we ended up giving that movie the palame d’Or. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) “I wore this for a photo call for my movie, Disorderand we were in competition. I Thought It Was A Perfect, Light Blue Dress for a Photo Call. I love the color for cannes and i love that movie as well. I Thought It Was A Fresh Choice for The Occasion. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images) “This was a chanel Dress that i wore for amfar, a short One so nobody would step on the train. I love channel and was vary good friends and wound Literally give me anything and Wanted. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “This Prada Was Also A Last Minute Pick. I was vilming in South Africa at the Time, and I Came in Late to the Festival. I HAD A DRESS WITH ME THAT I DIDS More Exciting Than I HAD.
Image Credit: Gisela Schober/Getty Images “This Dress Was Made by My Friend, Jason Wu, Who Have His 10-YEAR Anniversary That Same Year. I Went to The Runway Show and There Was In the fadeI Thought Black or Something More Mutd Beld Be A Right Choice Racher Than A Big Gown. IT WAS VERY COMFORTACT BUT I WAS INCREDIBLY NERVOUS WALKING UP The STEPS THAT NIGHT. I Remember Jason Flew Into Cannes to Hand Deliver Me The Dress. It Looks Sheer But They Made A Lining That Was A Perfect Match To My Skin. ”
Image Credit: George Pimtentel/Wireimage “I Wanted Something Really and Romantic and this Dress Was in the Dior Collection That Year. When They First Delivered It wouldn’t my adding something to it.
Image Credit: (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) “You dont if your movie Will Winting Buting But i was was invited to at the closing ceremony that year. I had put this dress into my luggage as a backup. IT WAS Kind of Falling Off. [Kruger won best actress for Fatih Akin’s In the Fade.] Our Movie School Friday Night, and We Worked Doing Press All Day Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, I Got The Call That I Need to Stay, And It Was A Special Night With This Beautify Award. I love it. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) “This waswed special because it was the first time noman came with me to the festival. Sophie Marceau was wasfinitely the INSPIRATION HERE. I HAD NEVER DOV I was filming a movie in the South of France Then and I didn’t have any time to realy look for Dresses or to any Fittings. Past Winners of the Palme D’Or and I Was Invited to be Part of that Group.
Image Credit: Doug Peters/Pa Images/Getty Images “This is One of My Favorite Dresses Ever. I HAD NEVER REALLY Worn Versace on the Red Carpet And this Was A Fully Designed Gown for Me. It Was Really a Dream. The Futuristic Elements FIGTS. [David] Cronenberg Film,[[The Shrouds]. I Found A Reference From A Versace Show in the Early 1990s, and I Was Really Adamant About this Electric Blue Color. They Made It As An Iconic Versace Chain Mail Dress SO It Felt Like Armor. WHEN I WENT for the Final Fitting, It Was Kind of A Light Blue and I Was A Little Disappointed. But Apparently Electric Blue Is Hard to get on Rhinestones with All of that mesh Metal so they spray Painted Its Before The Red Carpet. ”
Image Credit: (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) “This was wasting Suggested for me, whoh can be what happles whohn you work with a great fashion hoes. Really Like It. SomeTimes I Get Gown Fatigue in Cannes Because there’s so Much of It.
Image Credit: (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Breaking Through The Lens) “Prabal Gurung is a personal friend, and i thoUGHT this suits was perfect for the Occasion As an advocate for the Kinds of Stories We Need to Tell.
Image Credit: “I love this because of the color and the material. The Crinkly Material Was Almost Like A Metal So You Could Mold Ity Way or Shape You Wanted to. It’s Prada and Was Different Night But Walked Into Their Fitting Suite in Cannes, The Dress Was Just Hanging There Waiting for Me Worked a Loth Chopard, and As You Know, They Big Presance in Cannes.
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