FASHION

Photos: #FlatGate Takes Over at Cannes

by Vanessa Lawrence

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.