Dua Lipa Lands in Cannes in an Unexpected Color Combo

Reported by Harper's Bazaar.

There are color rules, and then there are Dua Lipa's color rules — which is to say, there aren't any. The pop star touched down in the South of France ahead of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in a look that had absolutely no interest in playing it safe, and she hadn't even hit a red carpet yet.

Styled by Lorenzo Posocco, Lipa stepped off the plane in a sheer grape-purple set pulled directly from Maximilian Davis's Ferragamo Fall/Winter 2026 ready-to-wear collection — no public drop, no waiting list, just straight-off-the-runway access. The two-piece featured an asymmetrical long-sleeve top that slipped off one shoulder and a midi skirt with a deliberately slanted waistline. In place of conventional closures, thick zigzagging cords laced up the front of both pieces, giving the otherwise minimal separates a quietly romantic edge. Because the fabric was fully sheer, Lipa layered coordinating lingerie underneath — which, for the record, is the correct answer.

The Accessory Equation

A head-to-toe purple moment would have been enough. Lipa and Posocco decided it wasn't. According to Harper's Bazaar, the "grape and tomato" color pairing surfaced across multiple runways last summer, and Lipa's airport arrival confirms it still has serious momentum. She grounded the purple set in tomato red via Ferragamo's Itaca patent-leather mules — sculptural heeled, pointy-toed, impossibly good — and a Ferragamo Hug bag slung over one shoulder. As a Bulgari ambassador, she finished the look with Serpenti Viper rings and a Viper bracelet, because of course she did.

The whole thing is a reminder that the most interesting dressing right now isn't happening on the carpet — it's happening in transit, in the moments before the official show begins, when the choices are entirely your own.

When Dua Lipa treats an airport arrival like a runway, the rest of Cannes has a very high bar to clear.

Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.