From Cannes to camogie, women are still being told how to dress using rules made by others

From Cannes to camogie, women are still being told how to dress using rules made by others

In the same week that the Munster Camogie Association postponed the provincial final between Waterford and Cork because of players wearing shorts and not the official skorts, officials at Cannes Film Festival decreed that “for decency reasons”, a slate of new rules should be considered for those dressing for the event’s red carpet.

The crisis of the very idea of the red carpet, that space in which cinema and fashion found a form of expression first and a profitable alliance afterwards, was dramatically evidenced in the early hours of the 78th Cannes festival. The French contest’s ban on the use of voluminous dresses, which hinder the entrance to the gala sessions, and above all, the controversial veto over a question of “decency” of “nakedness” in the guest dresses caught …