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5 May

Brie Larson, Paul Dano at Cannes, Gisele Fronts Jimmy Choo

RED CARPET READY: Brie Larson and Paul Dano are set to serve jury duty at this yr’s Cannes Film Festival.

They’ll join “Triangle of Sadness” director Ruben Östlund, who won the festival’s top Palme d’Or prize last yr and can head the jury this yr, festival organizers announced Thursday.

French director Julia Ducournau, who took the highest prize in 2021 together with her genre-bending thriller “Titane,” may even join the jury, alongside French actor Denis Ménochet, British Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, Afghan creator Atiq Rahimi, Argentine director and screenwriter Damián Szifrón and Moroccan director Maryam Touzani.

It’s an eclectic mix that may select winners from the 21 movies in competition.

Oscar winner Larson can be a newcomer to the Cannes red carpet. While she serves as brand ambassador for Nintendo and Nissan, she’s worn a combination of designers to her film premieres and awards shows.

Throughout the tour for “Captain Marvel,” she donned dresses from Valentino, Rodarte and Oscar de la Renta. She wore Celine to the Oscars in 2020, and accepted her own Academy Award in Gucci back in 2016. Larson works with stylist Samantha McMillen to craft her red carpet looks.

Dano has hit the Cannes red carpet before, for Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” and Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja.”

Jury president Östlund is a two-time Palme d’Or winner. His art world sendup “The Square” took the festival’s top prize in 2017, and he followed up that win in 2022 with “Triangle of Sadness,” a scathing satire on the world of influencers and the 1 percent ultra-rich.

Upon receiving his award last yr, an ebullient Östlund exploded with joy on stage and engaged the audience in a collective “primal scream.”

The jury for the Un Certain Regard category can be headed by “The Sisters Brothers” actor John C. Reilly. He can be flanked by French director Alice Winocour, German actress Paula Beer and Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne. Franco Cambodian director Davy Chou will round out the jury for the sidebar section.

This yr’s Cannes film festival runs from May 16 to 27. — RHONDA RICHFORD

GISELE IN SUMMER: Gisele Bündchen is back within the sun.

The Brazilian model appears in Jimmy Choo’s summer 2023 campaign shot by Carlijn Jacobs, who has previously shot Kendall Jenner for the brand.

Bündchen wears a series of accessories within the beach-themed campaign, from the gold Agave flat gladiator sandals; the pearl-embellished Fayence slide; handwoven Bon Bon Bucket Maxi bag; Saeda sandal platform and the Indiya metallic sandals.

Gisele Bündchen for Jimmy Choo summer 2023.

Courtesy of Jimmy Choo

The campaign sees the model walking through a hotel lobby; exiting a lift; skipping on deckchairs to standing on rocks on the beach to the soundtrack of Lito’s “Pensando en ti.”

On Monday night, Bündchen attended the 2023 Met Gala solo wearing a mesh gown lined with sparkling stripes underneath a feathered cape.

She previously wore the ensemble in an editorial for Harper’s Bazaar Korea, which was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.

Bündchen can have retired from the catwalk in 2015, but as of 2023, she’s stepping back into the style highlight. Following her highly publicized divorce from Tom Brady, Bündchen has done more covers and campaigns than she has in years.

Gisele Bündchen for Jimmy Choo summer 2023.

Gisele Bündchen for Jimmy Choo summer 2023.

She appeared on the duvet of Vanity Fair magazine in March. In a lengthy interview, she opened up about her divorce from Brady, which she called “the death of my dream.” The model continued, “It’s tough since you imagine your life was going to be a certain way, and you probably did every little thing you can, you recognize?”

Her agent, Anne Nelson, recently told the magazine that some “really big fashion moments” are on the horizon. “The world is her oyster,” she added. 

Bündchen isn’t ruling out a return to the runway, either. “Never say never,” the model told Vanity Fair. “The one thing in life I’m certain of is change.” — HIKMAT MOHAMMED

TIME FOR SUN: Former style editor Anna Laub launched her brand Prism in 2009 in the hunt for stylish optical glasses.

Fourteen years later, she’s launched into latest categories: swimwear, resortwear and accessories.

She’s now collaborating with SMR Days, founded by Adam Shapiro and Gautam Rajani.

“We’ve known Anna for a very long time — before she launched Prism, actually, and he or she was an editor at WGSN. So we’ve all worked together inside the industry for a few years and we’re Marylebone neighbors,” Shapiro said.

Prism x SMR Days

Prism x SMR Days

“Now we have so many girlfriends who’re die-hard Prism eyewear and Prism2 bodywear fans, so we thought it could be fun to collaborate on a more men’s-focused capsule, since Anna hadn’t done men’s sunglasses shapes shortly,” he added.

SMR Days launched in 2020 with retailers Mr Porter and Matchesfashion offering breezy, tailored pieces corresponding to Indian bandhani tie-dye, kantha embroidery, ikat weaving and block printing, and details including coconut, wood or mother-of-pearl buttons.

All of the pieces from SMR Days are made in India.

“SMR Days is all about providing the right travel wardrobe. Effortless holiday style is our DNA, so sunglasses are a natural addition to round out the complete SMR Days look once you’re on vacation,” Rajani said.

Prism x SMR Days

Prism x SMR Days

The partners in business and life took inspiration from their ready-to-wear collection by naming the sunglasses after their favorite summer destinations: Saint-Tropez, Mykonos and Ibiza.

“They’re produced from Bio-acetate, and the frames have a marbleized, stone-like quality to them, with swirls and variations on the colours inside the frames themselves. The three different colorways are black frames with a blue lens (Ibiza); tortoise shell with brown lens (Saint-Tropez), and a red tortoise shell pair with brown lens (Mykonos),” Rajani explained. — H.M.

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