A paper dress
worn on the
Cannes red carpet.
Éloïse Valli,
dressed in paper.
For the second consecutive year, Pepeuf brings a paper dress to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet. A unique piece, designed by hand by Tania Zekkout in paperNAT by Pepeuf, worn by actress Éloïse Valli.
At the Cannes Film Festival 2026, actress Éloïse Valli walked the red carpet in a hand-sculpted piece, composed of hundreds of paper feathers cut one by one and accented with gold leaf. The dress was accompanied by jewellery from the Geneva-based ethical house AGUAdeORO.
The gesture continues the one initiated in 2025, when filmmaker Valérie Zoydo wore a dress made of 700 A4 sheets, also designed by Tania Zekkout. That first appearance was covered by ELLE Suisse, France Inter and RTS.
Both dresses share the same material: paperNAT by Pepeuf, a paper made from sugarcane bagasse, a by-product of the sugar industry. Each piece is unique, hand-assembled, and conceived as a sculptural object as much as a garment.
From the dress to the tree
Both the 2025 and 2026 Pepeuf dresses are intended for charity auction in support of A Tree For You, a reforestation association planting trees in France and abroad with local communities. From sugarcane waste transformed into couture object, to planted tree: the ecological loop closes.
Tania Zekkout,
emotion as matter.
Independent from a young age, Tania Zekkout developed an instinctive and sensitive approach to design, where the garment becomes a language. At 21, she created her first haute couture piece for Christian Dior.
In 2009, she founded her own brand, conceived as a laboratory of artistic expression. Working between Alsace and Paris, she now pursues a free practice at the intersection of couture, sculpture and visual art.
Her universe brings together femininity, nature, craftsmanship and contrasts of materials: leather and lace, burnt organza, transparencies, fragile or raw textures.
For Pepeuf, she designed in 2025 the dress of 700 A4 sheets worn by Valérie Zoydo, then in 2026 the sculpture of paper feathers worn by Éloïse Valli. Two pieces that bring a singular couture gesture to the Cannes red carpet.
Éloïse Valli,
French actress.
Film, theatre and television actress, Éloïse Valli lent Pepeuf her grace and presence to bring the dress and its gesture to life, the length of a red carpet ascent.
Trained at AICOM and a laureate of the Royal Academy Dramatics Awards (RADA London) in 2017, Éloïse Valli has built a decade-long career across cinema, theatre and television.
In cinema, she appears in 2025 in L'Homme des signes by Zhor Fassi Fihri, sharing the screen with Vincent Elbaz, as well as in Les Films à l'arrache by Laurent Firode. In 2024, she played Sarah in 4 Zéros by Fabien Onteniente.
On television, she holds in 2025 the lead role of the Lissac campaign broadcast on major French channels. She has appeared in Balthazar (TF1, 2022) and in the TV film Flashs alongside Miou-Miou on France 2 (2024).
On stage, she is currently performing her solo show Délire d'Éloïse (2025). In 2019, she performed at the Festival d'Avignon in Déportée A-127450, a one-woman show adapted from a Holocaust survivor's testimony, followed by a national tour.
The 2025 dress,
first piece of the cycle.
The Pepeuf Cannes Edition is conceived as an annual ritual: one dress, one red carpet appearance, one year of signatures, one charity auction. The 2025 piece is the inaugural object of this cycle.
Designed by Tania Zekkout from over 700 A4 sheets of paperNAT by Pepeuf assembled by hand, the 2025 dress was worn on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in May 2025 by filmmaker Valérie Zoydo.
Since then, the piece has begun a second life: it was exhibited at the Grand Palais during the ChangeNOW 2026 summit, presented in Pepeuf pop-ups in Paris and Geneva, and has gradually gathered signatures from figures across exploration, cinema, sport and the arts.
The piece is destined for charity auction in autumn 2026, with the proceeds donated in full to A Tree For You.
Signatories gathered to date
The list continues to grow. The complete, documented list of signatories will appear in the auction catalogue, alongside actors from the Théâtre du Palais-Royal production of Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and further contributors.
One dress, one year,
one auction.
Pepeuf Cannes Edition is conceived as a recurring cultural and charitable cycle. Each year, a new paper dress appears on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet. The previous dress then continues its journey, gathers signatures, builds provenance, and is sold at auction in support of reforestation.
Cannes 2026 — Press coverage
ELLE — Feature article and a dedicated reportage on the Cannes 2026 operation.
Marie Claire — Coverage confirmed for the 2026 edition.
Cannes 2025 references — The 2025 dress was covered by ELLE Suisse, France Inter and RTS, establishing the project's initial press footprint.
Further titles are expected to follow in the weeks after the Festival.
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