Editor’s Be aware: Delving into the archives of popular culture historical past, “Remember When?” is a CNN Fashion sequence providing a nostalgic take a look at the movie star outfits that outlined their eras.
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Was 1999 a less complicated time? With dumber telephones and fuss-free styling, Y2K-era nostalgia has been robust, and its style isn’t any exception. What was as soon as a daring red-carpet look wouldn’t look misplaced on the streets right this moment — specifically, the peek-a-boo cardigan Salma Hayek wore to the Cannes Movie Pageant that 12 months.
The actor, who had two movies premiering at Cannes — the Gabriel Garcia Márquez adaptation “No One Writes to the Colonel” and Kevin Smith-directed fantasy-comedy “Dogma” — paired her baby-blue short-sleeve sweater (fixed suggestively with simply two buttons and a bra peeking via) with a full, flowing satin skirt in a sister shade.
Hayek wore the unconventional two-piece to the amfAR Gala at Cannes, and accessorized with a silver clutch and indulgent jewellery, choosing an identical set of sapphire and diamond earrings, necklace and bracelet. Later, she traded the necklace for an elephant-shaped pendant as she danced on stage with Ben Affleck, her co-star in “Dogma.”
Voluminous satin silhouettes had a second on the pageant: Geraldine Chaplin wore an A-line maxi skirt in white with a plunging V-neck shirt and a dramatic stack of pearls round her neck, whereas Catherine Zeta-Jones went full promenade queen with a halter-neck powder-pink robe. However Hayek stood out for daring to pair hers with the unexpectedly informal: a fuzzy knit.
Hayek’s laissez-faire styling wasn’t contrived, both. Over 20 years later, the actor revealed that she had picked out the look herself.
“It was taking an opportunity… I took a sweater that’s alleged to be (worn) with one thing beneath — as a result of it solely had two buttons — and a skirt, and made my very own style type,” stated Hayek in a video recounting a few of her finest style moments for Vogue, which called the Cannes match a “look-at-me mixture.”
“Little did I do know that Vogue sooner or later was gonna say (it was) one in every of your iconic seems,” she added, explaining how the ensemble was a results of her “creativity” throughout a time when she didn’t have many sources to decorate for the crimson carpet.
At that time in her profession, Hayek was no stranger to getting herself prepared for the glitzy movie star circuit. She advised the style journal that she struggled to seek out designers who would offer her with outfits for her earlier red-carpet appearances.
“No person thought a Mexican would stick round, so why give me a gown?” she stated.
By the point Hayek stepped out in her breezy red-carpet-ready cardigan, she already had quite a lot of revolutionary, self-styled seems below her belt. On the MTV Film Awards in 1998, she accessorized a easy little black gown with a flutter of butterflies painted on her physique — a nod to the period’s non permanent tattoo development, and a intelligent technique to skip carrying costly jewellery, she defined to Vogue. The 12 months earlier than, Hayek opted for a tiara at her first Academy Awards look, rebelling towards recommendation from those that advised her it could be “ridiculous,” she recalled.
“All people began carrying a tiara after that and I by no means received credit score for that development,” she stated within the video.
Her suggestive, nothing-underneath cardigan has equally turn out to be a throwback staple, popularized by manufacturers like Reformation who advertise them styled with satin skirts.
In 2019, Katie Holmes went viral for her equally slouchy and stylish Khaite cardigan and bralette, whereas designers like Jacquemus, whose cropped, barely-there cardis have been a favourite of celebrities like Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber.
Although Hayek can’t get all of the credit score for pioneering cropped cardigans within the Nineteen Nineties — the period noticed Rose McGowan’s character within the cult flick “Jawbreaker” in a purple model, whereas Drew Barrymore, Christina Aguilera and Mena Suvari rocked them in varied shades — it was a daring selection for Cannes, which is thought for its strict gown code. (This week, the pageant announced a ban on nudity, seemingly taking purpose on the ‘bare’ gown development, in addition to voluminous clothes, from official occasions).
Whereas Hayek now has her choose of designer items to put on on the crimson carpet, her inventive mixture for Cannes stays timeless. Like all the style beloved from the last decade, it’s simple, enjoyable — and is available in child blue.
