Salma Hayek Wows in a Plunging Velvet Bodycon Dress With an Old Hollywood-Inspired Side Part

The Gist

• Salma Hayek wore a plunging red velvet gown in a video filmed in partnership with Kahlua.

• The Frida actress paired the daring look with Old Hollywood-inspired curls and a millennial side part.

• Hayek most recently stepped out for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s annual Art+Film Gala.

Salma Hayek is celebrating the start of festive season with a red-hot take on a holiday classic: the velvet dress. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, November 25, the Frida star published a video in partnership with Kahlua wearing a plunging cherry red gown and toting an espresso martini.

“Never settle for a meh-tini,” she wrote in her caption. “It has to be @Kahlua.”

The velvet gown featured a form-fitting silhouette, a halter neckline, and several voluminous appliqué roses covering the bust. As for her hair, Hayek went the Old Hollywood-inspired route with long, loose curls styled in her signature millennial side part.

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The 59-year-old most recently stepped out alongside a slew of other A-listers for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s annual Art+Film Gala. On that occasion, she wore a similarly daring green gown designed by Gucci that was covered in thousands of tiny sequins. It featured an extremely low v-neck, long sleeves, and a slim fit through the waist and hips.

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Salma Hayek at the 2025 LACMA Art+Film Gala.

The Drunk Parents actress was joined at the event by her husband François-Henri Pinault, who she once described as her “king.” The couple married in 2009 after welcoming their daughter Valentina in 2007.

“I found a man better than any man I could ever in my life imagine existed,” Hayek once told Latina magazine, per the Daily Mail. “He found me, actually. I wasn’t even looking.”

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