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Photos: #FlatGate Takes Over at Cannes

Inès de la Fressange

Giovanna Battaglia, Cristina Ehrlich, Leslie Fremar, and Elizabeth Stewart respond to the footwear controversy at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Inès de la Fressange at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Photograph by George Pimentel/WireImage.

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Oxfords at Lanvin fall 2014. Courtesy of Lanvin.

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Karlie Kloss wears flat sandals at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2014. Photo by Getty Images.

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Cara Delevingne wears sneakers at the Chanel Couture Spring 2014 show. Photo by Getty Images.

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Photo by Giovanna Battaglia.

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A barefoot Lena Dunham at the Met Costume Institute Gala in May. © Splash News/Splash News/Corbis.