He was treading Halle Berry, Rihanna, Heidi Klum … The red carpet from Cannes goes for sale
The red carpet from the staircase of the building in which the Cannes Film Festival is being held was changed daily from May 13 to 24, which the event lasted, and now it is offered for sale at a price of one euro per kilogram.
The tone and a half of the red synthetic material that this year has been treading on numerous stars of world cinema gets a new life in Marseille in the hands of stylists, for the needs of theater troops or fashion shows, writes French Le Figaro.
« We sell it as a ‘simple, fine red felt of the carpet’, not as a ‘Cannes carpet’, » she explained to AFP Jeanne Ré, ‘Réserve des Arts’ coordinator, a waste recycling association for creative purposes.
« We do not sell this fabric for marketing purposes, because no matter what it will be sold at the same price. The goal is to make it available as many members as possible, » she continued. « These are objects that were not intended for re -use. By recycling, we contribute to a reduction in the impact of certain environment events, which is very aware of the festival administration, » Ré said.
« We make classic handbags from Cannes carpet, but also bags for wine bottles, hats, bowlings for glasses – quite unique pieces, » explained Elsa Ramouni -Yordikian, client Réser DES arts and secretary of the Les Nippones Association, who has been using parts of the famous recycling carpet for more than four years.
