Salma Hayek at ‘The Birdcage’ premiere in 1996.Photo:Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via GettySalma Hayekhas been long known for her stylish looks.That wasn’t the case in the early part of the star’s career. When she attended the 1996 premiere ofThe Birdcage,one of her first major red carpets, her look was decidedly less glamorous than what she’s known for these days. In fact, it wasn’t even womenswear.“I didn’t have any connections,” theBlack Mirroractress, 56, toldW Magazinein a recent interview. “The only connection I had was to somebody I knew at Hugo Boss, so I wore a man’s suit because no one else gave me anything to wear.”Ron Davis/GettyHayek previously echoed a similar sentiment two years ago when she recalled toVogue Indiathat designers initially passed on dressing her when she was a then-unknown. “I’m Mexican. I’m also very short, which doesn’t help with the weight and doesn’t help with the design,” she said, which led her to wear men’s suits for a time.“Another time, I had on a very simple black dress and I knew all the other girls were going to have fabulous dresses, beautiful jewelry,” she further said in theVogue Indiainterview. “And can I tell you something? Instead of giving me a complex and saying that I don’t have the best dress or they don’t know who I am…I was like, I am fabulous. I painted some butterfly tattoos on myself and I felt happy about myself.“Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault at Cannes in 2023.Lionel Hahn/Getty ImagesHayek’sprofile heightened with her rolesin the 1990s filmsDesperadoandFrom Dusk Till Dawn, and that coincided with her changing style, especially when she wore a white Armani dress and a tiara at the 1997 Oscars.As she later toldVoguein 2020: “I decided I wanted to wear a tiara. Everyone told me I was crazy and that it would be ridiculous, it would be pretentious, and everyone tried to convince me, like my manager, my stylist, and my publicist. I wore the tiara anyways, and you know what happened? Everybody started wearing a tiara after that. I never got credit for that trend!”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Amy Sussman/GettyIn the last 27 years after she sported the Hugo Boss suit onThe Birdcagered carpet, Hayek has publiclyworn glam outfitsfrom labels like Versace, Narciso Rodriguez, Herve Leger, Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen. She continues to wow, including at the2023 Golden Globeswhere she wore a custom crystal-embroidered Gucci gown that matched with Maison Boucheron jewels, a Dionysus clutch and peep-toe sandals.Kevin Mazur/GettyAnd at this year’sOscars, Hayek was outfitted in a sequin copper Gucci dress paired with a gold clutch and jewelry. During the ceremony, she posed with her daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, who wore a vintage, strapless red Isaac Mizrahi gown that her mother first rocked in 1997.
Salma Hayek at ‘The Birdcage’ premiere in 1996.Photo:Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Salma Hayekhas been long known for her stylish looks.That wasn’t the case in the early part of the star’s career. When she attended the 1996 premiere ofThe Birdcage,one of her first major red carpets, her look was decidedly less glamorous than what she’s known for these days. In fact, it wasn’t even womenswear.“I didn’t have any connections,” theBlack Mirroractress, 56, toldW Magazinein a recent interview. “The only connection I had was to somebody I knew at Hugo Boss, so I wore a man’s suit because no one else gave me anything to wear.”Ron Davis/GettyHayek previously echoed a similar sentiment two years ago when she recalled toVogue Indiathat designers initially passed on dressing her when she was a then-unknown. “I’m Mexican. I’m also very short, which doesn’t help with the weight and doesn’t help with the design,” she said, which led her to wear men’s suits for a time.“Another time, I had on a very simple black dress and I knew all the other girls were going to have fabulous dresses, beautiful jewelry,” she further said in theVogue Indiainterview. “And can I tell you something? Instead of giving me a complex and saying that I don’t have the best dress or they don’t know who I am…I was like, I am fabulous. I painted some butterfly tattoos on myself and I felt happy about myself.“Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault at Cannes in 2023.Lionel Hahn/Getty ImagesHayek’sprofile heightened with her rolesin the 1990s filmsDesperadoandFrom Dusk Till Dawn, and that coincided with her changing style, especially when she wore a white Armani dress and a tiara at the 1997 Oscars.As she later toldVoguein 2020: “I decided I wanted to wear a tiara. Everyone told me I was crazy and that it would be ridiculous, it would be pretentious, and everyone tried to convince me, like my manager, my stylist, and my publicist. I wore the tiara anyways, and you know what happened? Everybody started wearing a tiara after that. I never got credit for that trend!”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Amy Sussman/GettyIn the last 27 years after she sported the Hugo Boss suit onThe Birdcagered carpet, Hayek has publiclyworn glam outfitsfrom labels like Versace, Narciso Rodriguez, Herve Leger, Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen. She continues to wow, including at the2023 Golden Globeswhere she wore a custom crystal-embroidered Gucci gown that matched with Maison Boucheron jewels, a Dionysus clutch and peep-toe sandals.Kevin Mazur/GettyAnd at this year’sOscars, Hayek was outfitted in a sequin copper Gucci dress paired with a gold clutch and jewelry. During the ceremony, she posed with her daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, who wore a vintage, strapless red Isaac Mizrahi gown that her mother first rocked in 1997.
Salma Hayekhas been long known for her stylish looks.
That wasn’t the case in the early part of the star’s career. When she attended the 1996 premiere ofThe Birdcage,one of her first major red carpets, her look was decidedly less glamorous than what she’s known for these days. In fact, it wasn’t even womenswear.
“I didn’t have any connections,” theBlack Mirroractress, 56, toldW Magazinein a recent interview. “The only connection I had was to somebody I knew at Hugo Boss, so I wore a man’s suit because no one else gave me anything to wear.”
Ron Davis/Getty
Hayek previously echoed a similar sentiment two years ago when she recalled toVogue Indiathat designers initially passed on dressing her when she was a then-unknown. “I’m Mexican. I’m also very short, which doesn’t help with the weight and doesn’t help with the design,” she said, which led her to wear men’s suits for a time.
“Another time, I had on a very simple black dress and I knew all the other girls were going to have fabulous dresses, beautiful jewelry,” she further said in theVogue Indiainterview. “And can I tell you something? Instead of giving me a complex and saying that I don’t have the best dress or they don’t know who I am…I was like, I am fabulous. I painted some butterfly tattoos on myself and I felt happy about myself.”
Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault at Cannes in 2023.Lionel Hahn/Getty Images
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images
Hayek’sprofile heightened with her rolesin the 1990s filmsDesperadoandFrom Dusk Till Dawn, and that coincided with her changing style, especially when she wore a white Armani dress and a tiara at the 1997 Oscars.
As she later toldVoguein 2020: “I decided I wanted to wear a tiara. Everyone told me I was crazy and that it would be ridiculous, it would be pretentious, and everyone tried to convince me, like my manager, my stylist, and my publicist. I wore the tiara anyways, and you know what happened? Everybody started wearing a tiara after that. I never got credit for that trend!”
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Amy Sussman/Getty
In the last 27 years after she sported the Hugo Boss suit onThe Birdcagered carpet, Hayek has publiclyworn glam outfitsfrom labels like Versace, Narciso Rodriguez, Herve Leger, Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen. She continues to wow, including at the2023 Golden Globeswhere she wore a custom crystal-embroidered Gucci gown that matched with Maison Boucheron jewels, a Dionysus clutch and peep-toe sandals.
Kevin Mazur/Getty
And at this year’sOscars, Hayek was outfitted in a sequin copper Gucci dress paired with a gold clutch and jewelry. During the ceremony, she posed with her daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, who wore a vintage, strapless red Isaac Mizrahi gown that her mother first rocked in 1997.
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