No question, this year’s Cannes red carpet looks are quite stunning…just think of Diane Kruger in that sparkling, 90′s inspired Calvin Klein number…

Still, nothing quite matches the glamour of the old days at the French Riviera. So I did a little research in the Cannes festival archives..:

Brigitte Bardot at Cannes beach, 1956

Grace Kelly, 1955 (one year before getting married to Prince Ranier)

Sophia Loren in an amazing gown, 1955

Lizz Taylor, 1957

Romy Schneider, 1957

hot couple Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg hanging out at the beach, 1969

a young and handsome Sean Connery, 1965