Lewis Hamilton on His Black History-Inspired Met Look

Vogue

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.

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