Eva Longoria wore a $39 dress on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
It looked pretty spectacular but she regrets making the move because some people shamed her for not modeling haute couture.
The star explained that at the time she ‘really didn’t understand the gravity of that red carpet’ 20 years ago when she was a newbie.
The Desperate Housewives star shared that she popped into a high street store in Los Angeles in 2005 to pick up a frock before the festival.
In an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper, Eva said: ‘The first time I went to the Cannes Film Festival sticks out [as a fashion regret].
‘I went to Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles and bought a $39 dress because I was told I needed a dress.
‘It looked amazing and people were like: “Who are you wearing?” I thought, why are they asking me that? It was this gold knit dress…’
Eva Longoria wore a $39 dress on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Can you guess which one it was?
It looked pretty spectacular but she regrets making the move because some people shamed her for not modeling haute couture; could this be it?
Eva was an ambᴀssador for beauty giant L’Oreal at the time and she admits her gold dress prompted their team to offer to get her a stylist for her next trip.
She added: ‘Even L’Oreal were like: ‘Maybe next time we style you.’ I really didn’t understand the gravity of that red carpet.’
In the interview, Eva explained she isn’t a fan of trends and prefers ‘classic styles and comfort’ – and she aspired to be able to dress like her close friend Victoria Beckham.
Eva added: ‘Victoria Beckham. She is my style icon. I aspire to be like her one day, and I never will.’
This comes after Longoria said she believes Laura Bush helped to put ‘Desperate Housewives’ ‘on the map’.
The actress played Gabrielle Solis on the hit TV drama between 2004 and 2012 – but Eva has claimed that Laura, the wife of former US President George W. Bush, played a pivotal role in the show’s success.
It’s this one from 2005. The Desperate Housewives star shared this week that she popped into a high street store in Los Angeles in 2005 to pick up a frock before the festival
The star explained that at the time she ‘really didn’t understand the gravity of that red carpet’ 20 years ago when she was a newbie. In an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper, Eva was asked if there are any past outfits she regrets and she replied: ‘So many! The first time I went to the Cannes Film Festival sticks out’
Jenna Bush Hager – the daughter of George and Laura Bush – told Eva on the ‘Today’ show: ‘Do you remember when my mom made that ‘Desperate Housewives’ joke?’
Eva – who is co-hosting the ‘Today’ show alongside Laura – then replied: ‘Yes, your mom put us on the map! Your mom said she was ‘the ultimate desperate housewife!”
Laura, 78, made the comment during her speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2005.
She said at the time: ‘I am married to the President of the United States and here’s our typical evening – nine o’clock, Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep and I’m watching ‘Desperate Housewives’ with Lynne Cheney … ladies and gentlemen, I am a ‘Desperate Housewife’.
Longoria at the Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 29
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‘I mean, if those women on that show think they are desperate, they ought to be with George.’
Eva previously admitted that ‘Desperate Housewives’ ‘changed everything’ for her.
The actress also confessed to being shocked by the show’s global popularity.
She said on ‘Today with Hoda and Jenna’: ‘I just remember the first time I went to London, I had never been to London before and there was a big crowd of people outside the H๏τel, and I was like, ‘Gosh, who’s here? Is Bono here? Somebody important must be here!’ And the driver was like, ‘… You…’ And I was like, ‘No, somebody like, big. Like a big deal!’
‘And he didn’t understand that I didn’t understand. The global reach of that show, at the time where there was no streaming.’
