Cover Marina Summers stuns in a custom Mark Bumgarner gown at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival (Photo: Getty Images)
Marina Summers stuns in a custom Mark Bumgarner gown at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival (Photo: Getty Images)
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Here are the Filipino stars who made their mark at Cannes, honouring decades of iconic red carpet moments
Marina Summers dazzled on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet this year, a historic moment as she became the first Filipino drag queen to walk the prestigious event. Her looks by Mark Bumgarner and Rajo Laurel added new layers to the evolving narrative of Filipino fashion at Cannes. She isn’t the first Filipino to grace the festival. Over the decades, the red carpet has seen a parade of our local filmmakers, actors and media personalities whose sartorial choices were as striking as their contributions to entertainment.
From political statements to classic glamour, here’s a look back at the unforgettable fashion moments Filipinos have brought to Cannes throughout the years.
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Film director Lino Brocka wears a politically charged barong at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival red carpet (Photo: Getty Images / Jean-Claude FRANCOLON)
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Julianna has been interested in leading a literary life since she first read Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess at eight. Before working with Tatler, she was an archive intern at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York. She is a textbook Pisces who devotes most of her spare time to her crochet projects, watching classic films, and going through her never-ending pile of unread books. She studied creative writing, global literature and art history at Sarah Lawrence College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2022. Toni Morrison, Nora Ephron, Clarice Lispector and Jia Tolentino are among her all-time favourite writers.
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Julianna writes about fashion, beauty, sustainability, and the arts. She is always keen on conducting interviews with talented women who are changing the game in their respective fields.
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