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  • - Hi "Vogue".

  • I am Salma Hayek and today we are going to be looking

  • at some of my most iconic looks throughout my career.

  • Let's see what we have here.

  • Okay.

  • So this is 1996, yes, that's how old I am,

  • and I wore this to MTV Movie Awards

  • and I think I was nominated for best kiss.

  • I was wearing an interesting lipstick to be one

  • of the nominees for that category.

  • I like the look, it's kind of like a very sexy tuxedo.

  • I really like the hair.

  • I think I was channeling Ariana Grande

  • before Ariana Grande was born.

  • Okay.

  • This Armani dress was the first time I went to the Oscars.

  • It was the first time I presented at the Oscars.

  • It's a very simple dress, at that time not many people

  • wanted to dress me because I was not that well known,

  • and so I'm very grateful to Mr. Armani

  • for supporting me at the beginning of my career

  • and I have to say that I decided I wanted to wear a tiara

  • and everybody told me I was crazy and it was ridiculous

  • and it was gonna be pretentious

  • and everybody tried to convince me not to do it,

  • like my manager, my stylist, my publicist

  • and I wore the tiara anyway and you know what happened?

  • Everybody started wearing a tiara after that,

  • and it never got credit for that trend,

  • never ever, ever, 'cause I was kind of an unknown.

  • It's okay, I know.

  • So this is 1997.

  • This black Versace dress I love and I have very interesting

  • memories about it because Gianni gave it to me,

  • and it's a beautiful dress and it fit me so well,

  • like a glove.

  • I only got to wear it at the MET when we were doing

  • homage to Gianni who was also very generous to me.

  • One of the first ones that invited me to his parties

  • and I think even a fashion show in New York

  • and I was just getting to know him when unfortunately

  • he so tragically died, but I'm also very grateful

  • that he supported me at the beginning of my career.

  • This is MTV again, and it's 1998.

  • And so I got this lovely, very simple black dress

  • and I didn't have that much jewelry at the time,

  • so I decided to wear some tattoos and I thought butterflies

  • would be nice.

  • So I, it was my design to make the dress more interesting.

  • This I was very proud actually to come up with something

  • interesting, there were even really hard to come across

  • and I might have painted them.

  • I might have had someone painted those tattoos

  • because the stickers were probably not even existing

  • in that time.

  • And that was my style.

  • Okay, this next one, it's 1999.

  • I found this skirt somewhere and the shirt somewhere else

  • and somehow put it together.

  • And this is the thing, when you're young,

  • you can get away with a lot.

  • I made up this look with on top of it some purple pashmina

  • which were the thing at the time, the pashminas.

  • Actually at the very beginning of my career

  • I really struggled getting clothes,

  • I couldn't afford it on my own.

  • And the other girls were getting people

  • to lend them clothes, but really nobody thought a Mexican

  • was gonna stick around so why give me a dress?

  • But things have changed a lot since.

  • So this is in Cannes, the thing I could put together

  • and again it was taking a chance, nobody was doing this.

  • I took a sweater that's supposed to be, meant,

  • to wear with something underneath 'cause it only had

  • two buttons and a skirt and made my own fashion style.

  • Little did I know that "Vogue" one day was gonna say

  • one of your iconic looks and it was kind of like,

  • a lot of these looks it was just my creativity

  • trying to struggle with the fact that I didn't

  • have a lot of resources and I'm very proud

  • that it was in my imagination, you know,

  • that made me create these looks.

  • This next one is 2002 when I did "Frida"

  • and this was in "Vogue"

  • and I was very proud to be part of "Vogue" for the first

  • time in my life.

  • This monkey, who was named Tyson actually attacked me

  • during the filming of "Frida" and I was really severely

  • injured but I was brave enough to let him come back

  • and work again in the movie and then I still did

  • a photo shoot with him for "Vogue" afterwards.

  • I was really hoping he wouldn't go for my face.

  • This red dress was made for me by

  • my dear friend, Narciso Rodriguez.

  • And it was an important year for me because I was nominated

  • for The Golden Globes.

  • And I wanted to wear something fantastic.

  • Why is Narciso convinced me that I should go just simple,

  • and pick a color that represented a little bit of my spirit

  • and so he just made the simplest but most beautiful

  • red dress and I think it was the way he explained it to me

  • why he wanted to do this that actually gave me a lot

  • of confidence to actually own it, you know?

  • And I love that dress.

  • And I love the love that came, I could feel the love

  • that came to it from Narciso.

  • Okay, this blue dress, it was again to present

  • at the Oscars, and I'm very good friends

  • with Penelope Cruz and sometimes and I'm sure when

  • you have like your best friend, sometimes you think alike,

  • and Penelope and I have this thing with many times

  • where we see each to go out to dinner or something

  • and we're wearing the same thing,

  • or the same color, or similar.

  • 'Cause we were presenting together this year,

  • we did call each other and say what are wearing

  • so we make sure we're not wearing the same color,

  • or similar or you know, and so she was wearing the strapless

  • and yellow and blue we were very careful not to wear

  • the same thing.

  • But when we showed up we realized we were doing,

  • we did the same hair.

  • So after all that work, it was very funny,

  • we had very similar hair, and it was hilarious.

  • And at this time I was really good friends

  • with Prince, and this is one of the dress

  • that he like, he was really into looking into what

  • you were wearing.

  • This is one of his favorite dresses that I've ever worn

  • so every time I look at it I think of Penelope and Prince.

  • Hey.

  • So, this Gucci number in 2012 in Cannes,

  • what I remember is that I was super excited but super tired

  • and it's one of those moments where you're just like,

  • you've been working all day and now you still have to work

  • at night, I put more makeup on myself and then once we left

  • I felt like a clown.

  • And I was trying to hide at the party because it was just

  • too much makeup and then I went to the bathroom

  • to try to rub it and it just got worse.

  • And so, the makeup is good, but I shouldn't have worn

  • something so flashy, with all that jewelry

  • and so much makeup.

  • And so, yeah, to live and to learn.

  • But the party was great.

  • This dress I wore in 2015 for the Gucci LACMA gala,

  • designed by Alessandro Michele at the beginning of his

  • grand appearance at Gucci and I just loved that dress

  • and loved the Pepto Bismal color which maybe in some

  • other time would have seem like scandalous,

  • I think it goes well with my skin.

  • This dress was for when I presented at the BAFTAs in 2018.

  • I loved this dress.

  • I love this dress, and I'm gonna tell you something,

  • after suffering so much with what am I gonna wear,

  • nobody wants to dress me, it's so nice,

  • that now I have access to like the best brands in the world

  • and I have to say that the Gucci team always know

  • how to deal with my body and make it look good

  • and what's best for me and it's just so nice

  • to have those fashion angels at my disposal that are so nice

  • to me and really take care of me and look after me

  • and they are genius and I always feel like excited

  • to go to places now because you have something to wear.

  • Ah, I love this one.

  • This is the MET Gala 2019, and it's again Gucci

  • and I have to confess I like to wear the crowns.

  • I love to put something in my hair.

  • I'm so glad that now Gucci and other designers

  • are embracing the jewelry on the head.

  • I love to decorate the head.

  • Maybe it rubbed off from "Frida",

  • you know who loved it so much, but why not?

  • Why just the hands and the neck, it's nice to put things

  • that are shiny, bling bling on your head.

  • I loved that look.

  • I know I was supposed to be more camp,

  • but you know, now when I go to the MET I don't try

  • to compete, I try to enjoy the show.

  • I don't want to be the star of the show,

  • I just want to enjoy the show and just wear clothes

  • that I love.

  • Wow, it's been an amazing journey.

  • I have to say, sometimes I look at the clothes

  • that I wore in the past and I go what was I thinking?

  • But then I feel proud of that girl, that sometimes,

  • not with a lot of resources, had fun,

  • and took chances and tried to be creative.

  • I do appreciate the artistry that goes around it

  • and how it expresses who we are

  • in different times of history.

  • Thank you for taking me through my fashion history

  • throughout the years.

  • [mellow jazz music]

- Hi "Vogue".

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