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Eva Longoriaknows that you can look like a million bucks but spend less than $100 — even on one of the biggest red carpets around.
With this year’sCannes Film Festivalin full swing, the 47-year-old actress revealed to PEOPLE that the slinky gold knit gown she wore to her first festival in 2005 cost only $40.
“I was like, I’ll just wear this one, this knit gold, that feels right,” Longoria recalled of the moment she chose the dress 17 years ago. “Nobody would’ve known it was a $40 dress.”
Longoria, who was then a breakout star fromDesperate Housewives,which premiered the year before, admitted she “had no idea what Cannes was” when she bought the dress from a store on Melrose Avenue.
The actress, a longtime L’Oréal Paris International Spokesperson, even recalled her confusion at the event when the then-president of L’Oréal asked her “who” she was wearing (meaning, which designer label she had on).
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“I was like, What do you mean? It’s mine,” Longoria joked. “Everybody just loved the dress, and I was like, it’s just from Melrose!”
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Looking back, Longoria said her shining moment proved that it’s all about confidence and style, not the price of the gown.
“It’s not the dress, it’s the woman who wears the dress,” the actress said.
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“I mean, it was so spectacular,” Longoria said. “I was like, yes, let’s do that one.”
source: people.com
