Aside from its sheer length, one thing that differentiates Cannes from other red carpet events is the fact that it's international, meaning the American style stars we all know and see on the covers of magazines every day will be mingling on the red carpet with equally well-heeled actresses we may not recognize. For every Diane Kruger or Carey Mulligan, there's a Fan Bingbing or an Aishwarya Rai. So, we've compiled a little guide to 10 sure-to-be Cannes it-girls from overseas that you'll probably be seeing a lot of.
Pendleton To Design New Line: Pendleton is tapping into their young hipster fanbase and creating a new line called Pendleton, The Portland Collection. It will be unveiled next month to launch for Fall 2011. {WWD subscription required} Is Elle Moving to New Jersey?: Apparently Lagardère, who owns Elle, is considering two offers for the mag: one from Hearst and one from German publisher, Bauer. While Bauer publishes several mags overseas, they also publish titles in the US, namely tabloid weeklies In Touch and Life & Style, out of their US headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (we know this because one time we worked at Bauer for three weeks--and that commute sucks so much). So if Bauer buys Elle, they might end up, gasp, in New Jersey! {WWD subscription required} Aishwarya Rai Bachchan May Sue Elle For Lightening Her Skin: There's some controversy brewing as to whether Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's skin was lightened in her Elle India cover and now the Hindustan Times is reporting that she is "in disbelief" and may "take action." {Hindustan Times}
"Movies are next to religion in India," said Suneet Varma yesterday. The go-to designer for every Bollywood actress has outfitted India's most glam