<p>Bella Hadid made a rebellious return to Cannes 2025 with a honey blonde debut and a skin-baring Saint Laurent gown that pushes the limits of the festival&rsquo;s strict new dress code.</p>

<p class="sr-only"><span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/bellahadid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bella Hadid</a>&nbsp;made an unforgettable return to the Croisette Tuesday afternoon. The model arrived at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/redcarpet">red carpet</a>&nbsp;and debuted a honey blonde hair transformation. Her risqu&eacute;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/saint-laurent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saint Laurent</a>&nbsp;gown turned heads, both for its craft and for its subtle defiance of the event&rsquo;s newly imposed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/cannes-film-festival-bans-risque-naked-dresses-red-carpet-2025">dress code</a>&nbsp;that's all about "decency" and bans&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/naked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">naked</a>&nbsp;dresses.</span></p>
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<p data-start="233" data-end="738" class="">For the opening ceremony and premiere of<span>&nbsp;</span><em data-start="274" data-end="306">Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day)</em>, Hadid stunned in a sultry black gown by Saint Laurent Creative Director<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/anthony-vaccarello-runway-history-saint-laurent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Vaccarello</a>. It featured a plunging open back and dramatically cut sides, offering a teasing flash of cleavage, and its high slit helped the model bare her full legs. Complementing Hadid's look were a pair of Saint Laurent Georgia sandals, which<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/saint-laurent-georgia-sandals-in-crepe-satin-with-rhinestones-0400017970010.html">retail</a><span>&nbsp;</span>for $1,390.&nbsp;</p>
<p data-start="233" data-end="738" class="">But perhaps even more buzzworthy than the gown was her freshly dyed<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/hair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hair</a>. Ditching her signature brunette, Hadid stepped into the spotlight with a soft honey blonde hue&mdash;one of the year&rsquo;s rising beauty trends. With one appearance, she didn&rsquo;t just follow the trend&mdash;she solidified it.</p>
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<p data-start="233" data-end="738" class="">Though Hadid's first 2025 Cannes look didn&rsquo;t feature off the<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/sheer">sheer</a><span>&nbsp;</span>fabrics or long trains that Cannes recently banned, it danced on the edge of the festival&rsquo;s strict "no nudity" red carpet rule&mdash;yet<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/bella-hadid-frankies-bikinis-collaboration-swimwear-shop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hadid</a><span>&nbsp;</span>walked without issue, proving that provocativeness and defiance still has a place.</p>
<p data-start="233" data-end="738" class="">Cannes' new dress code rule has received plenty push back. First, it came the day before the event kicked off, leaving many stylists stressed out and having to change their celebrity clients' outfits in an<span>&nbsp;</span><em>intense<span>&nbsp;</span></em>time crunch. Halle Berry, according to journalist Louis Pisano, had to swap a Gaurav Gupta gown she planned to wear for a ready-to-wear Jacquemus look that is, undoubtedly, underwhelming compared to what the couturier would have done. The ban is also getting backlash for being restrictive on what women wear, and the festival is notoriously offensive about this issue.</p>
<p data-start="1182" data-end="1378" class="">Between the barely-there cut of the dress and the warm-toned hair refresh,<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/bella-hadid-yellowstone-season-5-episode-13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bella Hadid's</a><span>&nbsp;</span>return to Cannes for the<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/everything-to-know-cannes-film-festival-2025-celebrities-movies-palme-d-or" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2025 film festival</a><span>&nbsp;</span>was equal parts defiant and glamorous, proving once again why she remains a red carpet mainstay year after year.</p>

Bella Hadid Debuts Honey Blonde Hair and Risqué Gown at Cannes, Defiant of New Dress Code

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