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All the Best Dressed Celebrities From Cannes 2016

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The seemingly unending Cannes Film Festival has, at long last, ended — and even though regular people won't be able to watch the actual films until they make it back across the pond, here's one thing we can discuss in retrospect: the fashion.

After 11 days, dozens of photo ops, and countless outfits, only a few managed to make headlines the way the looks below did. From Bella Hadid cosplaying Jessica Rabbit to the parade of European Whos wearing delightfully batshit gowns, here are the Cannes fashion moments worth remembering.

Blake Lively's Vanishing and Reappearing Bump

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During Blake's many, many appearances on the Cannes red carpet circuit, she wore both fitted dresses, like the Atelier Versace gown pictured above, and voluminous, Cinderella-style Vivienne Westwood ball gowns, which kept the tabloids (and therefore Twitter) in full bump-watch mode. After captioning an Instagram photo of herself with the lyric "LA face with an Oakland booty," however, much of the attention was directed to, er, a different bump.

Kirsten Dunst Nailed It

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As one of this year's jury members, Kirsten rivaled Blake for most red carpet appearances, but for of all her looks, not a single one missed the mark. General vibe? Dreamy, angelic dresses by brands like Valentino, Gucci, and this custom Dior gown (above).

Kristen Stewart Was a Walking Chanel Ad

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The star of Woody Allen's latest period piece Café Society and the weirdly creepy Personal Shopper took her role as Chanel muse very, very seriously during the festival. She chose the brand for nearly every one of her many appearances, via minimalist white looks for daytime photo ops and moody black gowns for evening red carpets.

Kendall Jenner's Glorious Caftan

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Sure, Kendall had her entire butt on display in that Roberto Cavalli dress at the premiere of From the Land of the Moon, but it was this highly Liz Taylor-esque couture caftan by Elie Saab at the Chopard Wild party that was her true Cannes highlight. It's just a shame that Kris didn't wear a matching one in black.

Bella Hadid as Jessica Rabbit

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Cannes may have delivered a bounty of naked dresses (hey, it's hot, and also, France), but it was Bella Hadid's at the premiere of The Unknown Girl that managed to shock the world. The dress, a look from Alexandre Vauthier's spring 2016 collection that featured a plunging neck and a sky-high leg slit, even managed to distract from the more important fact that Bella singlehandedly brought back the side bang.

Oh, and All the Other Legs

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Single exposed legs were everywhere on the Cannes red carpet, from Jourdan Dunn's DSquared2 dress at the amfAR Gala (fellow models Alessandra Ambrosio, Karlie Kloss, and Heidi Klum opted for similar styles) to Chanel Iman in August Getty Atelier and again in Kaufmanfranco.

All of the Random European Celebrities Wearing Things Like This

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But by far the best part of the Cannes Film Festival is seeing what the people who are famous in Europe but not even a little bit famous in the United States choose to wear. Honorable mentions: this look at the amfAR Gala on Princess Lilly zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (actual name, we can't make this stuff up) and basically everything Lady Victoria Hervey wore during the festival.

For more, head over to our gallery of all the best looks from the Cannes Film Festival and the amfAR Gala, plus how to recreate them like a normal person.