- Hi, Vogue.
I'm Mariah Carey.
And today we're gonna be looking through
some of the looks I've had throughout my life.
I don't know that I'm gonna love them, hate them,
whatever, because I have not yet looked in this book.
So, here we go.
[soft instrumental music]
Okay, first look, let's see.
This is me as a 20 year old girl accepting my first Grammy.
I know that I was very wrong for the earing choice.
But whatever, I'm not gonna disrespect the moment
because I'm winning my first Grammy, yay.
And I actually do like the hair, I like it.
It's curly Riah.
Oh my Gosh.
The reason I'm saying that
is because it's me with my puppy from back then,
her name was Ginger.
She was amazing.
That's what I noticed the most.
Also Chanel gave me all these amazing
two piece runway numbers and I loved them.
And by the way, somebody stole that out of my closet, FYI.
But I know that I had this outfit
and a black and white Chanel suit that were...
I lived for them.
So, I'm looking around like
where are my freaking Chanel suits?
And how dare they have stolen them?
Find them.
Somebody find them, bring them back
'cause I will be pressing charges.
Okay, next look.
Okay, so it's festive.
First of all, this is me
when I put out my first Christmas album.
Merry Christmas, very creative.
You know, there's the whole MC,
Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas.
No, I don't love everything about the ensemble,
but the moment, the feeling, the vibe was there.
I'm very, very grateful for the success of
"All I want for Christmas Is You".
Hold on, darling, I'm sorry.
Do you like this cup?
I think it's amazing.
It's my own cup, but I mean.
So next look.
This is the "Fantasy" video behind the scenes.
'Cause I don't even think I've seen this picture
until just now.
I actually think this is a cute picture
and I'm gonna say it.
I am wearing jean shorts and a black hoodie.
I wish I could wear those shorts again.
[Mariah laughs]
This was my directorial debut.
I was discouraged from working with certain directors
who may have gone for a quote, unquote "sexier vibe".
Let's just say it wasn't allowed.
So I was like,
"Well fine, I'll just direct the fricking thing."
Okay, it's a roller coaster ride,
it's a lot of things like that.
There's really no concept for the video.
So this is "Honey",
this is me on the beach in Puerto Rico.
And it was the first time I got to do a video
that I really wanted to do,
and had fun, and just got to be me.
We had a whole concept
where I was kidnapped.
It's a whole long story,
but somehow I get away from the villains and I'm like, boom
when I bash one of them in the head and jump into the pool.
And then we had an ensemble change in the pool
and had this bikini that was inspired by Ursula Andress
and her Bond girl fabulosity.
A lot of things happen.
There's a jet ski moment.
I live for the jet ski scene.
I love the hair on the jet ski because I love the swoop.
Oh, and at the end,
the little brown outfit and the curly hair
and I'm jumping up and down.
I had the best time ever making that video.
I actually really do like this look,
I have to say.
It was kind of the first time
I was able to do whatever I wanted to do
in terms of whatever the ensemble was gonna be.
It's a tad revealing, what have you.
The bandeau top, the little straps and the skirt,
the slit is kind of major.
The slit is there, it's present, we see the slit.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any tips for anyone
who might be wearing such a dramatic slit?
- I mean, I can't tell anybody how to wear their slit.
[all laughing]
Sorry.
And I don't care what they do, frankly.
I was living for the moment, okay?
I was living for the butterfly moment.
You can tell that I'm actually happy.
It was a new moment, it was freedom.
It was not being controlled by anybody.
[Mariah gasping]
Okay.
So this is Divas Live.
I was blessed to perform
with the Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin.
Kristofer Buckle is here, he did the makeup for this.
Roque Jimenez did the hair.
And the thing is that at the last minute
I was walking out of the trailer
and he just grabbed my head
and started completely flipping out, what do you call it?
Teasing it.
'Cause it was already huge.
It was already big.
It was fine.
I was mortified by the fact that it was so huge.
It's a matte sequin, it's gold.
It's clingy to the body, as my friend, Connie would say.
Kinda like being nude but with just what?
Sequins on.
But the main thing is that Aretha Franklin
was always a hero of mine and she really only did one duet
and that was me, so.
- [Interviewer] Would you consider yourself a diva?
- Would I consider myself a diva?
Absolutely not.
Why would you even ask me that question?
[Mariah laughing]
No idea what you're talking about.
I actually liked this picture.
I think it's a sweet expression that I'm making.
It's Gucci.
Yes, I live for this outfit.
Yes, it is very revealing.
No, I don't really care.
When did I perform in this?
I'm in a video in it.
I did the "My All / Stay Awhile" remix video.
I don't know what this performance is.
- [Interviewer] This was at like a Z100 moment.
- Oh, so I thought I could just wear it twice.
How dare I?
I wore it to Z100 as well?
Oh my gosh.
They must've been mortified for me.
Next look.
Yes. Okay.
So this is Whitney Houston and myself at the VMAS.
So Vera Wang made these dresses for us both to be matching
so we could be matching,
but have a little bit of a different thing, right?
And we were opening the show with this bit,
which was supposed to be like,
"Well, here's my thing."
And she's like, "Well, look at mine."
You know what I mean?
We're having like a foe competition of the look.
So my dress naturally didn't show up, right?
I had a police escort for the dress, let's put it that way.
- [Interviewer] Do you still have this dress?
[Mariah sighs]
- You know somebody stole that one too.
Ahhh, see, it's the jeans thing.
Well, I love this photo.
It's what some people would call the iconic jeans
with the top cutoff.
And they were my favorites.
And really, because they're not squeezing your waist
and giving you a roll that one doesn't need.
So, just kinda, I thought it was flattering to the buttocks.
But I did do this on the spot that day,
when we were shooting "Heartbreaker",
I was just like,
[Mariah imitating tearing]
and there they went.
I think this is a signature "Heartbreaker" era look for me.
And I might add,
because there might be a few designers watching,
people ripped that off,
no pun intended 'cause the top was ripped of the jeans,
but they stole the freaking thing
and I didn't make a red cent.
This is the cover of my album Rainbow,
which was shot by David LaChapelle,
one of my favorite people.
This is not like special effects, blah, blah, blah,
whatever was not done in post.
He had an artist spray paint my actual body
to the wall twice, 'cause it's on the front and the back.
Yeah, that was what was going there.
This is one of my favorite all time photographs.
It is of me and Ms. Diana Ross.
Basically Donatella made me two dresses.
They were for me to decide which one I liked better
to wear for this Divas Live.
I guess there was a wardrobe issue.
But somehow it ended up where Ms. Ross wore my dress
and that was like the most flattering thing ever.
She wanted to wear the silver one,
so the silver one she wore.
And you know, somehow someone stole this one too.
I don't...
[people speaking indistinctly in the background]
Oh, well.
So I have a bittersweet relationship with this photo
because it was like this period of my life almost killed me.
And I hate the cover.
Despite the stigma, the Lambily got #JusticeforGlitter
two years ago, and that was amazing.
That was amazing.
I don't care who you are,
your fans can never be as good as mine, sorry.
So next look, next layer of my life.
This is The Emancipation of Mimi.
That the cool thing about following that glitter moment,
even though we had Justice for Glitter
is that Mimi really had to have this huge success
in order to be welcomed back into the world.
And this is a performance that was one of my favorites.
And it was inspired by "Sin City"
in terms of the black and white,
and then the one thing popping being the red dress.
And I actually really think
it was a flattering look on me at the time.
I would live to have this dress again.
I just, [sighs] I'm not gonna say somebody stole it.
I was told I could be wrong.
That it is the number one song of the 2000s,
up until 2010.
So this is me receiving my star
on the Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
And it's an incredible moment
because you could see my son, Rocky here.
This day was an amazing day,
but it was daylight, it was my favorite lighting.
[Mariah laughing]
I have to be honest,
everything should be an evening event.
You wouldn't wanna get out of bed and be in the daytime
so you could get sun damaged.
Hell no.
[Mariah laughing]
And even when I look at the dress, I'm like,
"Ugh, I could've done better."
But whatever, you get what you get when you get it.
So this look is me at the Golden Globes.
It's Dolce & Gabbana.
I have to say I added a little thing here
with the top situation.
I don't know if they were mad, I hope not.
But it's daytime.
[Mariah laughing]
I should be sleeping.
I don't have time for this daytime shit.
Sorry.
[Mariah laughing]
So, this next look is from my latest Christmas special
Mariah's Christmas:The Magic Continues.
And this is one of my favorite gowns ever.
And it was a 60 pound train.
If you watch the Apple Special,
you will note that there are several men holding it,
strong men, holding this train,
picking it up and walking with me.
The beading is why it's so heavy.
And it's Dolce & Gabbana.
I think it could have been
a little bit less open in the front.
But this always happens to me.
It's the drama of it all, it's the drama.
I just look at myself as like,
okay, I've spent more than half of my life
working in this industry.
It's a career, it's a life choice.
It's not always easy.
And you just have to be devoted to it, dedicated to it.
And sometimes if you're lucky you get a good look or two.
Well, Vogue, I thank you so much for having me.
I hope you enjoyed my looks and I'll see you next time.
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Ginger, she did have an altercation with Jack,
my first Jack Russell.
And I don't wanna say what happened,
but he did something to her that was not nice.
So she ended up kinda needing an eyepatch-type thing.
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