Bella Hadid has shared the one red carpet moment that she still gets “embarrassed” by today. The supermodel broke into the scene in 2015 and for Vogue shared her thoughts on 15 of her most iconic looks. But it was a 2016 Cannes Film Festival moment that made her share that she nowoften uses a “persona” for the red carpets.
At the festival she wore a red Alexandre Vauthier dress with a hip-high split and a plunging neckline. “I was nervous in this dress, I look very sexual and all these things,” Bella admitted.
“I was still nervous about cameras and nervous about having a lot of makeup and nervous about this slit. I think there was maybe, thank God, just one slip.”
She added: “I kind of get embarrassed by this moment still, even though this dress is gorgeous. It’s just, again, this doesn’t feel so much like me and I think that this was the start of the Bella persona that everyone sees in me.
“That’s my alter-ego, that’s Belinda. I am so the opposite of her, she is very va-va-voom. But bless her, love her, she was very nervous.”
Bella is now one of the most famous models in the world, and her looks inspire others – but one of her latest outfits might just be her most nostalgic (and divisive) ensemble yet.
Fresh off a fun-filled sojourn in the South of France in July, Bella was spotted wearing a classic Ed Hardy logo tee while grabbing coffee with boyfriend Marc Kalman in New York City.
Ed Hardy t-shirts were notoriously worn by almost all of Hollywood back in the early to mid-00s, with everyone from Paris Hilton to Madonna spotted wearing the tattoo-inspired designs. But the designs were soon worn by famous clientele less welcomed by the brand (such as the Jersey Shore cast), developing a sleazy reputation that the company never recovered from. It soon became known as the attire most commonly sported by ‘divorced dads’, leading Ed Hardy logos to even become banned by some nightclub venues.
Although perhaps the brand’s fortune is about to change, with Bella – and the renaissance of noughties fashion – giving it a stylish new spin.
