Bella Hadid reflected on her pastfashion moments in a new Vogue interview.- She said she feels a bit "embarrassed" by the red dress she wore to the 2016
Cannes Film Festival . - The
model also discussed how some people have false perceptions of her based on what she wears.
Bella Hadid is no stranger to wearing daring dresses at the annual Cannes Film Festival. But there's one look from the past that still gives her pause.
In a new interview with Vogue, the 24-year-old model looked back at some of her most iconic fashion moments.
When presented with a photo of herself wearing a sleeveless Alexandre Vauthier gown at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Hadid said she feels a bit "embarrassed" by the look - which also had a plunging neckline and a slit in its skirt that reached her hip.
"OK so this is apparently a very iconic red dress moment," Hadid said. "I was nervous in this dress. I look very sexual and all these things. I was still nervous about cameras and nervous about having a lot of makeup on."
Hadid went on to note that the dress didn't exactly match her
"I kind of get embarrassed of this moment still, even though the dress is gorgeous," she said. "It's just, again, doesn't feel so much like me, and I think that this was the start of the 'Bella' persona that everyone sees of me. That's my alter ego. That's Belinda."
"I'm just so the opposite of her," she continued. "She's very va-va-voom. You know, bless her. Love her. She was very nervous."
In another interview with Vogue earlier this month, the model referenced her alter ego and said she felt pressure to come off as a "sexbot" early in her career.
"It's like there were two Bellas - me, this person in the process of figuring out who she was, and 'Bella Hadid' the alter ego, who was, I dunno, a sexbot who goes out every night?" she said.
Hadid added: "Now I don't want to live in that box. I definitely feel like I'm allowed to speak."