Kristen Stewart Wears Sheer Chanel Couture With Worn-in Vintage Nikes

Reported by Harper's Bazaar.

There's a version of Cannes dressing that reads like a mood board come to life — pristine, coordinated, untouchable. And then there's what Kristen Stewart actually does, which is infinitely more interesting. At the Full Phil photo call for the 79th Cannes Film Festival, Stewart arrived in head-to-toe Chanel Couture — then blew the whole thing open with a pair of vintage Nikes.

The look, put together by stylist Tara Swennen, centered on a sheer two-piece from Matthieu Blazy's Spring 2026 Couture collection: a short-sleeve top and midi skirt that reinterpret the house's signature tweed in something gossamer and modern. According to Harper's Bazaar, frayed edges, jewel buttons, and a pale-pink slip worn underneath gave the set its edge — classical Chanel architecture with just enough unraveling to feel alive. A crescent-shaped Lune diamond ring from the house completed the jewelry situation.

Where the Look Gets Good

Here's where Swennen earns her reputation: the runway shoes — color-blocked heels — stayed on the runway. In their place, Stewart wore saddle oxford Nikes, leather-uppered, black-and-white, and worn to perfection. Not styled to look vintage. Actually vintage. The kind of sneakers that have lived a life. Against couture fabric delicate enough to dissolve in rain, the contrast shouldn't work — and yet it's the only thing that makes the outfit worth talking about.

Stewart is a Chanel ambassador, which means she had every reason to play it safe and every resource to do so. She didn't. High-low dressing has been declared over approximately a hundred times, but it never actually dies — it just requires someone with enough confidence to stop performing effort and start wearing clothes like they belong to them. Stewart, as reliably as anyone in the industry, understands that distinction.

The film itself — a 2026 comedy drama written and directed by Quentin Dupieux, starring Woody Harrelson, Emma Mackey, Charlotte Le Bon, Tim Heidecker, and Eric Wareheim — follows a wealthy American industrialist fumbling toward reconnection with his estranged daughter in Paris. Fitting, maybe, that Stewart promoted it in an outfit equally comfortable with contradiction.

The best fashion moment isn't the most expensive one — it's the one that looks like it was never trying.

Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.