Formal events are always fun to prepare for... But sometimes, just sometimes, being comfortable is far more important than having the most glamorous outfit.
Jennifer Lawrence was focused on just that when she turned up to the Cannes Film Festival wearing a stunning red dress, complete with black flip-flops underneath.
The actress - who rose to fame playing Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games franchise - joined a host of other celebrities who have been spotted at the highly-anticipated film festival recently, like Harrison Ford, Lily-Rose Depp, and Jude Law.
Lawrence, 32, had been on the red carpet for the premiere of the French film Anatomie D'Une Chute (Anatomy Of A Fall), a thriller about a writer who is trying to prove her innocence in relation to her husband's death.
It was at the red carpet event for the movie that Lawrence showed up wearing a red Old Hollywood-style Christian Dior silk crêpe gown, which featured a ruffled bust, corset, and matching red shawl. She teamed her ensemble with a diamond choker necklace and light red lipstick.
And while Lawrence was dressed to the nines, her footwear was really what turned heads. Because underneath her floor-length gown, she was spotted wearing some comfortable-looking black flip-flops (with red toenail polish to match) - which were only visible as she descended the Palais des Festivals steps.
The mother-of-one had her own project to celebrate at the festival, having premiered a documentary called Bread and Roses, which she co-produced. The doc follows the story of three Afghan women in the weeks after US troops withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021 and the Taliban returned to power.
Lawrence spoke to Variety about why she was so motivated to capture the women's stories, telling the outlet: "[Afghanistan] just collapsed in a matter of days. I was watching this from America, where Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. We felt helpless and frustrated with how to get these stories off of the news cycle and into people's psyches. To help people be galvanized and care about the plight of these women."
She continued: "One of our protagonists, Sharifa, we had to witness the tedium of her life. How it would feel to be a woman who is in the workplace and enjoying freedom in her city with her friends - to witness her cabin fever was painful [...] It makes me think about when I was little, how much I hated going to school.
"We take for granted that education is a way out for these women. [Our subject] had all of that stripped away and can't even go outside without a chaperone. It's a right to have as a human, to have something to do every day and be productive in society," Lawrence added.
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