PHOTOS: Pedro Pascal, Gael García Bernal in drag & all the fiercest style moments from Pedro Almodóvar’s films
All About My Mother, Best Original Screenplay for Talk to Her).Almodóvar films are known for melodrama, kitschy humor, bold visuals, larger-than-life female characters, and storylines exploring identity, LGBTQ themes, family and passion.Fashion is also key to his glossy aesthetic as Almódovar has collaborated with topped designers and couture houses like Jean Paul Gaultier, Gianni Versace, and Balenciaga to outfit stars that have included his muse Penelope Cruz, Pedro Pascal, Antonio Banderas, Tilda Swinton and Gael García Bernal, among many others.Recently, the 74-year-old filmmaker sat down with Vogue to go over iconic style moments from his filmography for fashion bible’s ongoing “Life in Looks” series.Below are highlights of each of the fierce fits with quotes from Almodóvar giving context, history and meaning to what went into picking the ensembles in each of the works.From Pedro Pascal’s green Western wear and Gael García Bernal’s drag makeover to Penelope Cruz serving Sophia Loren realness and even Madonna‘s “SEX” boots, check out the biggest fashion moments from Pedro Almodóvar’s films…This was Almodóvar’s first time collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier.“I asked Jean Paul to make her (Verónica Forqué) look very glamorous.
But she experiences a disaster. Her breasts exploded, there’s blood. I think he was the first to use rubber thread for her hair,” the director said.“It isn’t my best film, but at least the first hour is a lot of fun.”“You can’t really see them here, but these boots are special.
They were mine. They were back in fashion then. In the early ‘90s, Madonna showed them in her book Sex.“Gael García Bernal in drag as Zahara wearing Jean Paul Gaultier bodysuit made of paillettes and feathers.“He dressed him in something that represents being nude, because there’s another body underneath that body.
