Kat Graham puts on a leggy display in thigh-split purple mini dress

Kat Graham puts on a leggy display in thigh-split purple mini dress as she steps out in style in Cannes

She’s been bringing the glamour to the Cannes Film Festival this year.

And Kat Graham looked incredible yet again as she stepped out in the South of France on Friday wearing a purple mini dress. 

The Vampire Diaries star, 31, looked every inch the style queen putting on a leggy display in the thigh-split number.

Wow! Kat Graham looked incredible yet again as she stepped out in the South of France on Friday wearing a purple mini dress

She silk shirt dress featured buttons down the front and showed off her stunning figure.

Kat completed the look with pastel green high heels and carried a large nude leather bag with her full of all the essentials.

The beauty wore her brunette tresses in a slicked back style and opted for typically glamorous makeup while donning statement gold earrings. 

Beauty: The Vampire Diaries star, 31, looked every inch the style queen putting on a leggy display in the thigh-split number

Beauty: The Vampire Diaries star, 31, looked every inch the style queen putting on a leggy display in the thigh-split number

Work it: She silk shirt dress featured buttons down the front and showed off her incredible figure

Confident: She looked great in the purple dress

Work it: She silk shirt dress featured buttons down the front and showed off her incredible figure

While Kat has been wearing her hair straight in Cannes, she said earlier this year that she has ‘finally learned to accept’ her natural curly tresses.

‘I’ve really learned to accept my curls, my ‘fro and my African roots,’ she told Du Jour magazine.

She explained that as a child, her white mother didn’t know how to handle her textured hair and recalled being dropped off alone to a black-run hair salon by her desperate mother when she was only six. 

Lovely: Kat completed the look with pastel green high heels and carried a large nude leather bag with her full of all the essentials

Lovely: Kat completed the look with pastel green high heels and carried a large nude leather bag with her full of all the essentials

Glowing: The beauty wore her brunette tresses in a slicked back style and opted for typically glamorous makeup while donning statement gold earrings

Glowing: The beauty wore her brunette tresses in a slicked back style and opted for typically glamorous makeup while donning statement gold earrings

All smiles: Kat looked sensational as she beamed for the camera while wearing her purple outfit

All smiles: Kat looked sensational as she beamed for the camera while wearing her purple outfit 

The beauty shop visits left a lasting impression on the actress, who felt ‘rejected’ in a way. 

‘My mum would just drop me off at the salon. Emotionally, it felt like I was being rejected because my parent couldn’t really handle it,’ she explained.

She began to value more ‘manageable’ locks, associating them with success in her personal and professional life. But now she’s come to embrace her natural beauty.

‘Whether you’re black or not, we all struggle with self-acceptance,’ she said, ‘and we all have our own individual journeys.’

Curly girly: While Kat has been wearing her hair straight in Cannes, she said earlier this year that she has 'finally learned to accept' her natural curly tresses

Curly girly: While Kat has been wearing her hair straight in Cannes, she said earlier this year that she has ‘finally learned to accept’ her natural curly tresses

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