At the Cannes Film Festival, a historic annual celebration of cinema, American supermodel Alton Mason has been demonstrating a different type of artistic mastery: The art of the open shirt.
It’s a delicate craft with many varied and intricate elements. For example, how many buttons should be left undone? How much chest should be exposed? Do you dangle a pendant necklace in between the clavicles or leave the sternum bare? Outside the 5-star establishment Hotel Martinez on Wednesday, Mason — who has modeled for Gucci, Diesel, Rick Owens and Louis Vuitton and was celebrated by GQ in 2023 for having “transcended mannequin status” into a certified fashion darling — seemed to answer a few of…