Backstage, Dries Van Noten menswear show, Paris, June 2011. Leica M4-2, 50mm Summicron, Agfa APX 400

CANNES, France (AFP) – To hear Robert De Niro tell it, deciding who gets the highly coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival is pretty much an improv job.

Bollywood poster, Cannes film festival, this afternoon

Jury press conference, Cannes film festival, a few minutes ago

Bollywood poster, Cannes film festival, this morning

View from the Palais du Festival, Cannes, a few minutes ago

‘Since it came out in France last fall, “La Parisienne” has sold well over 100,000 copies, entertaining readers with its chummy, cheery prose and prompting an English version — “Parisian Chic” — for an Anglo-Saxon market crowded with finger-wagging what-not-to-wear guides.’

Sal, Cape Verde, February 2010 on Flickr.

Madison Avenue, New York, 2010