The Hollywood star Halle Berry has been forced to ditch her red carpet dress plans after the Telegraph revealed a Cannes ban on billowing dresses.

The Best Actress Oscar-winner for 2001’s Monster’s Ball will have to follow the same sartorial regulations as everyone else.

The Telegraph revealed on Monday that nudity would be prohibited by Cannes following a recent vogue for sheer “naked dresses”, and that overly “voluminous” gowns would also be banned.

The policy, intended to stop elaborate trains clogging up the aisles of film festival cinemas, will now prevent Berry, 58, from wearing her planned dress.