Isabelle Huppert gave the Canadian tuxedo an avant-garde twist for Monday’s red carpet of “Highest 2 Lowest” at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The French star sported a denim set by Balenciaga, featuring a light-washed denim jacket worn backward and paired with a long denim skirt.

Styled by Jonathan Huguet, Huppert’s look also featured distressed elements and a decorative jeweled brooch on the front, as well as sunglasses by Balenciaga. The actress has been a house ambassador for the Spanish brand since 2021.

Although unconventional, this is not the first time a celebrity opted to wear a backward jacket on the red carpet. Celine Dion famously wore a backward blazer by John Galliano for the 1999 Oscars.

Huppert has a long history with the Cannes Film Festival, both as an acclaimed actress and a style icon. She first appeared at Cannes in the 1970s and quickly became a fixture, starring in films that have competed at the festival more than 20 times. In 2009, she made history as the first female actor to serve as president of the Cannes jury, after previously being a jury member in 1984.

In 2025, Huppert was welcomed at the festival as the star of “La Femme La Plus Riche Du Monde” (“The Richest Woman in the World”), which is inspired by Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, heir to the L’Oréal fortune. For the premiere of the movie on Sunday, Huppert wore a custom Balenciaga green dress and De Beers jewelry.

Hupper also attended the 2025 Kering Women in Motion Awards and Cannes Film Festival Presidential Dinner on Sunday, wearing a black dress from Balenciaga’s winter 2025 collection.