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Few designers have captured a fashion era as effortlessly as Hervé Léger did with the bandage dress. It’s impossible to see the silhouette without picturing Jennifer Love Hewitt or Kim Kardashian wearing it in the early seasons of her reality TV show.

As Hervé Léger’s popularity grew, Peugnet gained international recognition by redefining Chanel’s silhouette before Karl Lagerfeld took over. If you’ve ever worn a bandage dress, you can thank Hervé Léger for making it mainstream.

Hervé Léger is a Parisian brand that has become synonymous with figure-hugging bandage dresses

It’s easy to be confused between Hervé Léger, the brand, and the original designer. Herve is known throughout the fashion industry by three different names, reflecting the brands he represented.

We’re sharing everything you need to know about Hervé Léger and answering the most popular questions about Hervé Peugnet’s fashion label.

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The lineup for the 2018 Cannes Acid has been announced.Feature Filmsl’amour Debout (Michaël Dacheux)Bad Bad Winter (Olga Korotko)Cassandro The Exotico! (Marie Losier)Dans La Terrible Jungle/ In The Mighty Jungle (Caroline Capelle & Ombline Ley)Il Se Passe Quelque Chose / Something Is Happening (Anne Alix)Seule A Mon Mariage / Alone At My Wedding (Marta Bergman)Thunder Road (Jim Cummings) Un Violent Désir De Bonheur/ A Violent Desire For Joy (Clément Schneider)We The Coyotes (Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via)Special SCREENINGReprise (Hervé Le Roux)Acid Trip #2: PORTUGALVerão Danado / Damned Summer (Pedro Cabeleira)Terra Franca / Ashore (Leonor Teles)Colo (Teresa Villaverde)...

Following the first lineup announcement for the 71st Cannes Film Festival, yesterday Critics’ Week arrived, and now today we get two more sidebar reveals. First up, there’s Directors’ Fortnight, which opens with Birds of Passage, from Embrace of the Serpent director Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego. Also among the lineup is Gaspar Noé’s drug-fueled (of course) drama Climax, Mamoru Hosoda’s new animation Mirai, Romain Gavras’ Le monde est à toi, as well as Sundance favorites: Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy and Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace.

Check out the lineup below, followed by the Acid lineup, featuring Jim Cummings’ SXSW winner Thunder Road.

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Lineup

Opening Film:

Birds of Passage (Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego)

Closing Film:

Troppa grazia (Gianni Zanasi)

Feature Films

Amin (Philippe Faucon)

Climax (Gaspar Noé)

Carmen y Lola (Arantxa Echevarria)

Cómprame un revólver de (Julio Hernández Cordón)

Les Confins du monde (Guillaume Nicloux)

El motoarrebatador (Agustín Toscano)

En Liberté!

This year’s selection features eight world premieres and a Portugal focus.

France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th Cannes Film Festival showcase, running May 9-18.

The initiative is aimed at giving greater visibility to up and coming, independnet filmmakers and will screen nine works. All our world premieres except Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road which is an international premiere.

They are:

L’amour Debout (France) by Michaël Dacheux Bad Bad Winter (Kazakhstan) by Olga Korotko Cassandro The Exotico! (France) by Marie Losier Dans La Terrible Jungle/ In The Mighty Jungle...