{"id":77459,"date":"2023-05-23T11:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=233723"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:32:03","slug":"lily-rose-depp-the-idol-cannes-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lily-rose-depp-the-idol-cannes-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Film Festival 2023: Lily-Rose Depp Hits the Croisette in a Vintage Chanel LBD for \u2018The Idol\u2019 Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 22: (L-R) Sam Levinson, Lily-Rose Depp and Abel \u201cThe Weeknd\u201d Tesfaye attend the “The Idol” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If HBO\u2019s frenetic and sex-fueled trailer<\/a> for their new debaucherous drama The Idol<\/em><\/a> wasn\u2019t proof enough, the show\u2019s small-screen starlet, Lily-Rose Depp, has taken to the Croisette at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival<\/a> to prove she is indeed the idol of this generation.<\/p>\n

The teenage dream and fluorescent adolescent, Depp has stepped out of the shadow triggered by an unfavorable response to the “nepo baby”<\/a> discourse and into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Here, on the Palais des Festivals et des Congr\u00e8s steps, Depp takes her first tender steps as a bona fide burgeoning Hollywood heavyweight in a midnight-hued vintage LBD.<\/p>\n

Despite the drama surrounding her father, Johnny Depp<\/a>, and his participation in the festival after an unsavory image rehabilitation effort, the 23-year-old stands on her own in archival Chanel.<\/p>\n

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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 22: Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, Lily-Rose Depp and Sam Levinson attend the “The Idol” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Lionel Hahn\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She\u2019s not her character, the indoctrinated pop-phenomenon Jocelyn, nor just another SoCal socialite following in their parent\u2019s footsteps, but the crown jewel in a star-studded ensemble cast that boasts The Weeknd (Able Tesfaye), Rachel Sennot, Troye Sivan and BLACKPINK\u2019s Jennie.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Depp\u2019s first time back on the C\u00f4te d’Azur at the ostentatious festival since 2017, making up for lost time in an archival Chanel mini dress once worn by Helena Christiansen.<\/p>\n

Despite the LBD being a silhouette attributed to Coco Chanel herself, the look is courtesy of the gilded Lagerfeld-era of ’90s Chanel. First debuted on the runway during the luxury French maison\u2019s Fall\/Winter 1994 collection, Depp has seemingly revived this coquette-meets-vampish silhouette for the premiere.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether this dress was pulled from the archives or painstakingly recreated specifically for the star, but Depp\u2019s blonde bombshell spin on this ’90s ensemble looks like she just stepped off of a Lagerfeld-era runway.<\/p>\n

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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 22: Abel \u201cThe Weeknd\u201d Tesfaye, Lily-Rose Depp and Sam Levinson attend the “The Idol” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sequin embroidered mini features a pastel blue resin rosette that accents the strapless ensemble. Depp styled the look with dainty sheer opera gloves and matching black stockings, paralleling how the piece was styled on the runway when it was originally presented.<\/p>\n

Given Depp skipped uncharacteristically skipped the 2023 Met Gala,<\/a> which was themed in celebration of Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s life and legacy, fashion fanatics are thrilled to see the actress continue her red carpet reign of vintage Chanel.<\/a><\/p>\n

While The Idol<\/em> is poised to be a sordid tale of \u201cnasty bad pop girl from the gutters of Hollywood\u201d \u2014 or if reports are to be believed a deranged fantasy pandering to the male gaze from the \u201csick and twisted minds\u201d of Euphoria<\/em> creator Sam Levinson and The Weekend \u2014 it\u2019s clear Depp is keeping her on-camera persona separate from her real-life one.<\/p>\n

But with the first two episodes premiered receiving mixed reception and a five-minute standing ovation, Depp\u2019s Cannes appearance is a sure fire way of cementing her icon status.<\/p>\n