Elle Fanning and more of this week’s best party pictures

Photo Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: BFA, Getty Images, Steven Blanco

Cannes Film Festival, Frieze Art Fair and the Doja Cat Patron Party – oh my god! Cannes and art tours will always be elegant affairs, but they make for unforgettable parties and debauchery, which means this week’s Party Pics are a good thing.

On May 18, Theaster Gates and The Prada Group held their third Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab (EDL) retreat presentation in Chicago and Venice to honor 14 black designers. For those of you who don’t know, the design lab is a three-year program to support and reinforce the work of color designers working in a variety of creative mediums, and this year the select group hit the road with a bang and took a peek at the presentation.

Photo: Courtesy of Cartier

In our spring summer trend forecast, we predicted that floral collars would return. And they returned. Elle Fanning took the trend to a new level with this crystal encrusted Cartier floral choker. And doesn’t her hair remind you of updos from…? The great?

Photo: Steven Blanco

First it was bleached makeup, and now Doja’s bleached brows really complete her look. At the Patrón El Cielo party, Doja Cat performs in an all-white Priscavera outfit, complete with a glittery, icy Patron bottle in hand.

Photo Credit: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Everyone needs a little black dress and Storm Reid proves these safety dresses we have in our closet for a last minute occasion are just the ticket Vanity Fair x Prada Party at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc.

Photo credit: Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

And sometimes you have to make a statement at the same party, so it’s crystals.

Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for The Moth

Yes, you see what you get with this outfit. It’s a very “running to the bodega” or “tax filing” ensemble, but it’s Eric Andre, so there’s something great about it.

Photo: Neil Rasmus/BFA.com/Courtesy of Maison Margiela

Women’s pants never had pockets anyway, let them out!

Photo: Billy Farrell/BFA.com

At the launch of the Pre-Fall 2023 collection at the Hotel Chelsea, Maria Alia Al-Sadek wears a subversive and abstract suit that shimmers in the best possible way. Balmain has always been known for its glamour, but what a way to stand out.

Photo: BFA/Madison McGaw

All blue is the new all black.

Photo: Rupert Ramsay/BFA.com

So you’re telling me that “Western Barbie” didn’t make it into the Greta Gerwig adaptation?

Photo: Lucas Possiede

Suki Waterhouse has many jobs, but who would have thought she had a part-time event photography job? Introducing Golden GooseHAUS, Waterhouse captures the cool essence of Golden Goose in a casual all-black suit.

Photo: Lucas Brito

Formula 1 may be over, but the drag-race-inspired bouts will go on forever. At Elle Faunt’s opening dinner and party, Solange Smith wore a stunning Ikea racing jacket.