After the Oscar’s and The Met Ball, The Cannes Film Festival always brings out some of Hollywood’s brightest in some of fashion’s most stunning couture. Have a look at some of our favorites so far!

Of course we couldn’t overlook the biggest blunder on the Red Carpet in Cannes.  Of course we’re talking about Julianne Moore’s poor fitting shoes and her pinky toes sticking out.  You’re wearing Dior and on the Red Carpet, so your feet should never look like that! If the shoes the stylist gave you don’t fit, then go buy some new ones!

Donna Karan designed a draped gown in striking blue that we could picture Kate wearing to a formal engagement, captioning the illustration: “Kate Middleton is elegant, sensual, timeless. This is a dress she could wear forever, at any age, at any stage, during and after her pregnancy.”

Karl Lagerfeld also went with blue, albeit in a rather different silhouette. For the pregnant royal, he sketched a bright navy Chanel frock with a mullet hem, high neck, and plunging neckline, adding the caption, “I think this dress is very much in her taste,” and scrawling “proud to be pregnant” at the top of the page. This isn’t exactly the first time he’s gotten fanciful with Kate’s wardrobe — recall the time he suggested she accessorize her “modern Victorian” wedding gown with a pair of thigh high boots? Something tells us he has fun with these little projects. - Styleite

Karl Lagerfeld

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Donna Karan

Vera Wang

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(images courtesy of Styleite)

Although we watch it for the talent, we really love it for the outfits, especially when the contestants are dripping in our jewels of course!  Keep up with The Voice each week to see more from the incredible contestants and how the future stars are styled – we know we’ll be watching!

Top left: Cathia in CelebBoutique Aysha Dress – $204

Top right: Caroline Glaser in Kevia Pavé Wing Necklace

Bottom left: Amber Carrington in t+j Designs Blue Crystal Spike Necklace & Pink Crystal Spike Necklace – $58 each

Bottom right: Sarah Simmons in The 2 Bandits Tribal Ring – $55

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With the highly anticipated release of The Great Gatsby right around the corner, we can’t help but drool over the intricately gorgeous costumes used through out this movie. From the beaded flapper dresses to the crystal head pieces, we can’t help but think that this will definitely be the most glamorous and elegant renditions of all. Here’s a look at some of the most outstanding fashion moments.

And because we just couldn’t help ourselves, here’s the official trailer for The Great Gatsby, in theaters May 10!

One of the biggest statements these days is to make products that are natural and eco-friendly and the CFDA is making sure that the Fashion Industry is keeping up with the trends by putting together a sustainability committee headed by Scott Mackinlay Hahn of Rogan/Loomstate and Melissa Joy Manning with steering members Pamela Love, Maria Cornejo, Victoria Bartlett, and Tina Lutz.  The committee will be responsible for educating, collaborating with, and mentoring designers on ways to implement eco-friendly practices in to their designs and businesses.

Like the CFDA, handbag designer Jamie Lim of Kayu and jewelry designer Kevia Jeffrey-West of Kevia believe in creating accessories that are not only stunning, but are good for the Earth as well.

Kayu, meaning wood in Indonesian, creates elegant and bold clutches, handbags, and small accessories that show off the natural beauty of its materials like Straw, Satin, Jute, and Tinalak.  Her creative and exquisitely executed use of sustainable materials has earned Lim the prestigious Earth Award for Fashion in 2009 and was a finalist for the Eco Domani Fashion Award in 2010.  To further the brand’s mission, Kayu donates a portion of each sale to various healthcare and educational initiatives.

Kevia has long desired to create a completely eco-friendly collection since the brand’s inception and was recently able to do so by producing every piece from 100% recycled metal and wood as well as sustainably harvested and naturally treated wood, but she didn’t stop there.  Her entire business is green – from the factories where the jewelry is produced, the streamlined packaging system that reduces the amount of materials needed, to her offices which use only recyclable items, compost their food, power with renewable energy, and heat with natural gas while purchasing offsets to counter 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions.  Just in time for Earth Day, Kevia was inspired to create a collection inspired by 5 endangered species – the European Stag Beetle, American Burying Beetle, Spotted Owl, Swallowtail Butterfly, and Doloff Spider – which pays homage to their natural beauty and iconography.  15% of net proceeds from this collection will go towards Nature Restoration & Environmental Restoration Projects.

Going green never looked this good!

May 9th can’t get here soon enough.  That’s the day when The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens it’s annual Costume Institue exhibit and this year’s theme is a unique one inspired by the punk movement in both New York and London.  Usually the exhibit shows off the amazing talents and creations of two specific designers, but this year they’re thinking out of the box and I couldn’t be more excited.

The exhibit features the works of Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, Jeremy Scott, Alexander Wang, and John Paul Gaultier just to name a few and they’re interpretations of punk icons such as Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten.

The exhibit opens on May 9 and runs through August 11, so be sure to go and check it out!

Diesel founder Renzo Rosso, left, gives a thumbs-up alongside the brand’s newly appointed artistic director, Nicola Formichetti. (Diesel)

Two days after news broke that Nicola Formichetti was out as creative director at the French fashion house founded by Thierry Mugler, Italy’s denim-based Diesel brand announced Thursday that it had tapped the social-media-savvy stylist and designer — the one who notoriously styled Lady Gaga in a Franc Fernandez dress made of raw meat — to serve as artistic director.

According to Diesel’s announcement, Formichetti will “oversee all creative activities of the Diesel main line, including the areas of product, communications and interior design,” as well as spearhead a project dubbed “Diesel Reboot,” for which he plans “to mobilize an emerging global creative community to collaborate with him” via a dedicated tumblr page.

Rumors of where Formichetti would go next had been swirling since reports surfaced Tuesday that he and Mugler had parted ways “by mutual agreement,” and several hours ago he fittingly took to his Twitter account to confirm where he’d landed, posting in part: “Buongiorno!! The rumors are true. I’m in at @Diesel …” with a hyperlink link to the official announcement.

Formichetti, who spent 2 1/2 years with the Thierry Mugler brand (one of the first things he did was shorten the label’s name to “Mugler”), has already assumed his new role, according to a Diesel representative. That means he will have a hand in the fall-winter 2013 advertising and branding campaign now underway, but his impact on actual product won’t be evident until the fall-winter 2014 collections.

Diesel’s representative also said Formichetti’s position as artistic director position is a newly created role, and emphasized that he will be working with Diesel’s existing creative team — including Norwegian designer Andreas Melbostad, hired in October 2012 to serve as creative director of the Diesel Black Gold label and who made his ready-to-wear runway debut during New York Fashion Week in February. – Adam Tschorn, LA Times