--- title: Kristen Stewart Walked Barefoot on the Red Carpet description: Kristen Stewart took off her heels and walked barefoot up the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival canonical: https://time.com/5277368/kristen-stewart-red-carpet-cannes-barefoot/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-15T02:17:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:51.801Z og:title: Kristen Stewart Rebels Against Cannes' 'No Flats' Policy og:description: The actress removed her shoes and walked the red carpet barefoot og:url: https://time.com/5277368/kristen-stewart-red-carpet-cannes-barefoot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bbccf4ebb34dc06/698930660a4a224b7c9d2b47/gettyimages-958560244.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Alternative View In Colour - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kristen Stewart Rebels Against Cannes' 'No Flats' Policy twitter:description: The actress removed her shoes and walked the red carpet barefoot twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bbccf4ebb34dc06/698930660a4a224b7c9d2b47/gettyimages-958560244.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kristen Stewart Protested Cannes' 'No Flats' Policy by Walking the Red Carpet Barefoot by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush May 15, 2018 2:17 AM CUT  Kristen Stewart walks with bare feet at the screening of 'Blackkklansman' during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 14, 2018. Kristen Stewart walks with bare feet at the screening of 'Blackkklansman' during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 14, 2018.Tristan Fewing—Getty Images by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush May 15, 2018 2:17 AM CUT After striking a pose for the cameras on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival Monday, Kristen Stewart made a sudden rebellious move: The actress ditched her black Christian Louboutin pumps and climbed the staircase barefoot. Stewart, who was attending the premiere of _BlackKkKlansman,_ has been a vocal critic of the red carpet’s heels-only policy for women. “Things have to change immediately,” Stewart [said](https://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/a20686304/kristen-stewart-takes-off-heels-cannes-red-carpet/?src=socialflowTW "undefined") at a roundtable discussion last year, according to Marie Claire. “It’s just like you simply cannot ask me to do something that you are not asking him \[to do\]. I get the black-tie thing but you should be able to do either version—flats or heels.” Many on Twitter applauded Stewart’s act of rebellion. > [](https://twitter.com/InStyle/status/996127670722318338) > [](https://twitter.com/accessonline/status/996155698034683905) > [](https://twitter.com/ParamoreRKLife/status/996152163599609857) > [](https://twitter.com/cafeetchailatte/status/996137663467016192) Others were less than impressed, but the actress certainly made a stir. > [](https://twitter.com/FENDILAURENT/status/996150008046129155) > [](https://twitter.com/Fancy%5FTale/status/996158678641315841) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5277368/kristen-stewart-red-carpet-cannes-barefoot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5277368/kristen-stewart-red-carpet-cannes-barefoot/"},"headline":"Kristen Stewart Protested Cannes' 'No Flats' Policy by Walking the Red Carpet Barefoot","datePublished":"2018-05-15T02:17:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:51.801Z","description":"The actress ditched her black Christian Louboutin pumps","url":"https://time.com/5277368/kristen-stewart-red-carpet-cannes-barefoot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bbccf4ebb34dc06/698930660a4a224b7c9d2b47/gettyimages-958560244.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bbccf4ebb34dc06/698930660a4a224b7c9d2b47/gettyimages-958560244.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Alternative View In Colour - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival","caption":"Alternative View In Colour - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival","creditText":"Tristan Fewing—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5277368/kristen-stewart-red-carpet-cannes-barefoot/","name":"Kristen Stewart Protested Cannes' 'No Flats' Policy by Walking the Red Carpet Barefoot"}}]}] ```