Whereas a wardrobe malfunction could also be one’s worst nightmare wherever, not to mention on the Cannes pink carpet, Elsa Hosk’s couture slip up proved that they’re not all so unhealthy. Sure, model mishaps are typically unavoidable—fortunately for Hosk, her gravity-defying robe is the truth is meant to look as if it’s falling off the physique.

For the premiere of a La Ardour De Dodin Bouffant, Hosk wore a Viktor & Rolf couture robe that featured a barely askew tulle gown overlayed on high of a nude corset. The powder blue ensemble first debuted on the runway through the model’s spring/summer season 2023 couture assortment.

Whereas designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are recognized for surreal and typically outlandish designs, their most up-to-date couture outing took that sentiment to a different degree. Together with Hosk’s strapless robe, there have been different equally as dimensional ensembles (some so large that fashions needed to be directed on the runway by earpieces). “It’s an absurd tackle the stereotype of a couture ballgown,” Snoeren stated to Vogue Runway of the inspiration behind the gathering.

Although the gathering garnered a lot of consideration on social media and even spurred a couple of memes, Hosk is seemingly the primary star to put on one in every of its items on the pink carpet. Which is shocking given the virality of the gathering and the impression these designs have on the massive stage.

However given the sheer dimension of a few of these creations, they could the truth is be too troublesome to move. On the carpet, Hosk let the robe do a lot of the speaking—she accessorized with a diamond Messika necklace and ring and strappy heels.

The Swedish mannequin has been a staple on the Cannes pink carpet all through her profession, sporting romantic and typically dangerous seems to be just like the one she wore this yr. In 2019, she wore a feathered high-low Alberta Ferretti robe for the premiere of Sibyl.

Three years later, she once more sparkled in one other runway pull—this time, an all pink Valentino robe (from the model’s fall/winter 2022 assortment) full with opera gloves and a dramatic prepare.