Longoria swans down the red carpet in bird-inspired outfits
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Not one for modesty, Eva Longoria never passes up an opportunity to turn heads. The stunning actress quite literally showed off her plumage on a night out in Cannes yesterday as she sported a unique peacock-style dress. Onlookers would be forgiven for thinking Eva was donning an actual bird as the extraordinarily detailed green feathered dress was embroidered with a series of eyes, much like those seen when a peacock’s tail is fanned.
Once bullied for being unattractive, 33-year-old Eva’s transformation from ugly duckling to swan appears complete. She was pictured earlier at the film festival in a long white swan-like silk organza dress for the premiere of Kung Fu Panda - looking every inch the Hollywood star.
Eva wouldn’t have looked out of place on the set of Swan Lake and appeared to have chosen birds as her theme for the night. Perhaps she has been taking style tips from new celebrity pal Victoria Beckham. The Spice Girl was pictured sporting a red dress not dissimilar to Sesame Street’s Big Bird last October and seems to have started a trend.
Eva admitted, as the youngest of four daughters, born to Mexican Catholics in Texas, her sisters drove her to tears, calling her “la prieta fea” (the ugly dark one).
She said: “Of course when you’re a kid, you’re so sensitive to everything. You cry. They were very pretty, light-skinned, I was very dark, scrawny and the only one in my family with black hair. I hated it (…) Today I don’t think I’m ugly anymore. I think I’m pretty average looking (…) It wasn’t until college that I noticed people paying me more attention and I realised I had the potential to be beautiful - not that I was, but I realised that if I wore make-up or dressed nicely I had the potential.”
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