Red carpet: Cannes hits and misses

LUCY CORRY

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Ever heard of Virginie Efira? Us neither. Perhaps that explains her efforts at dressing in a memorable fashion.

Did Diane Kruger whip up this shoelace and leather-look number in her hotel room before the Festival jurors' photocall?

Megan Gale makes her Cannes debut in eye-popping purple.

Model Anja Rubik goes for the 'Angelina's right leg' pose (with her left leg) on the red carpet at Cannes.

If there are cameras, you can bet a Kardashian will be lurking nearby. Kim Kardashian is her usual coy, modest self in this tribute to the egg yolk.

Andie MacDowell adds the ultimate accessory to her outfit - daughter Sarah Margaret Qualley. Will we see Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise doing this one day?

That's better - Diane Kruger looks mint-fresh in this sweeping one-shouldered gown.

Kylie Minogue looks picture-perfect in this sheer purple gown.

Diane Kruger swept along the red carpet like a tsunami in this Christian Dior gown.

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The final film has been shown and the prizes handed out at the 65th International Cannes Film Festival, which - if you discount the actual films - is really just a giant excuse for the beautiful and the damned of the celeb world to parade about on the red carpet in a succession of glorious (and occasionally gruesome) gowns.

Model-turned-actress Diane Kruger. who was one of the festival's jurors, led the way with a seemingly endless parade of looks. Kruger's first photocall was in a micro mini lace-up dress, but her outfits got progressively more demure as the days passed. Her dress for the closing event was a vast Christian Dior couture affair with a skirt so big you half expected a crowd of small children to be hidden beneath its folds.

Kylie Minogue's film effort, Holy Motors, was widely panned but she redeemed herself on the fashion front by channelling old-school Hollywood glamour with a gorgeous flowing gown at the closing ceremony.

Who do you think looked best?

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