F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton talks with Ashley Graham and Gwendoline Christie about his Met look inspired by the first black gardener in Wales.
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00:00 My good friend Lewis Hamilton in the house here at Vogue.com Live.
00:03 How are you feeling tonight?
00:04 I'm feeling amazing. How are you?
00:06 I'm feeling good. Now that you're here, I'm feeling even better.
00:09 You look amazing, too.
00:11 Please can you tell me, what about this jewelry?
00:14 This Burberry.
00:15 Talk to us. Talk about the layers.
00:17 Well, what I love about the Met and what Anna does with the Met
00:21 is they're able to really deep dive into like the theme.
00:24 And so I did a lot of research and I came across this 18th century gardener
00:28 that through slavery times came up from Africa to Wales
00:31 and became the first black gardener in Wales.
00:34 And so through adversity and through, you know, really triumphed.
00:37 And so that's really where the inspiration has come from.
00:40 And then inside, we found this.
00:42 Also got like a...
00:44 Here, I can hold your mic for you.
00:45 Yeah, right here is a poem from a guy called Alex Walton,
00:49 who wrote a poem, a black poet in England as well.
00:54 So you brought this to Daniel Lee.
00:55 I brought it to Daniel Lee and his team were incredible.
00:58 So I have to say a big thank you to Daniel and his whole incredible team.
01:01 And this isn't your first Met. What number are we on?
01:03 I think it's number five, maybe.
01:05 Oh, yeah. Feel good?
01:05 Not as much as you.
01:06 Well, I know. I think I'm five, too.
01:08 These like the thorns here really to show like the pain through
01:12 through that slavery trade.
01:13 Wow. Wow. I love the depth.
01:15 I try to get in deep.
01:16 Lewis, you are deep.
01:17 He's so poetic.
01:18 Yeah, you are.
01:18 And it's always wonderful when someone takes the theme
01:22 so seriously and makes it meaningful.
01:24 Well, you have to you have to get into character.
01:27 And and you know how it is.
01:28 We got great people in the background that helping us.
01:30 So Eric McNeil helped me put together.
01:33 Eric, Eric always plays.
01:35 So, yeah, and I'm just I'm really excited to be back
01:37 because I haven't been here for two years.
01:39 You've been busy.
01:40 I was racing yesterday.
01:41 So were you racing?
01:41 You was in Miami this morning.
01:43 Yeah. Yeah.
01:45 So grateful I could make you're a hard worker.
01:47 Well, you're here representing racing, aren't you?
01:49 Kind of.
01:50 Not really. No, I'm not.
01:54 I love seeing you. Can we just see you inside?
01:56 Can't wait. Thank you so much for having me.
01:57 Bye, Lewis.