Eva Mendes wowed the crowd at Macy’s 150th Birthday Celebration Gala in New York. The actress opted for a Michael Kors red frock and Kara Ross jewels.
We love when Eva Mendes strikes a pose in fashion ads and magazine covers, and are really pleased with her latest cover shoot. Eva, appearing in a stunning raspberry Gucci Fall 2008 draped gown, landed the September cover of Marie Claire.
Here are some extracts from her interview with the magazine:
On women’s strained friendships with each other:
“I don’t understand women who don’t like being with the girls. They say they’d rather be with the guys all the time? That it’s just so much easier? I’m calling bulls— on that.”
On Annette Bening being a true role model:
“She reminds me of one of those women back in the ‘40s and ‘50s. She’s a broad, and I want to be a broad. I mean, she’s like Ava Gardner or Bette Davis or Katherine Hepburn. Those women were broads. They said it like it was.”
On her life growing up:
“I was raised by parents who didn’t have much. We didn’t use whole pieces of paper towel. We shared, or used rags. Mom didn’t even want us flushing all the time.”
On believing the public doesn’t need to know everything about where she lives and how long she’s been with her boyfriend:
“Think about what this whole culture of celebrity has done to movie stars. It’s made them extinct. Actors used to carry films because people would have to actually go to the movies to see them. It was the only place. But now there’s none of that mystique, and so there’s less of a reason to buy a ticket.”
Photographed by Steven Meisel, Eva poses in Calvin Klein G-strings, which she wears ‘all of the time on the red carpet and when shooting for a film’.
Tom Murry, president and chief operating officer of Calvin Klein Inc., said: “This is a departure from more slender body types that have typically been used in Calvin Klein Underwear ads. But this is not so much about a trend of being more curvaceous. This [bra] product is made for a curvaceous woman.”
If U.S. network censors banned the Secret Obsession scent ad campaign, will they ban the Calvin Klein Underwear ad where Eva is also semi-nude?
Calvin Klein Underwear and Secret Obsession ad
Eva Mendes landed Interview’s August cover. What we like about this magazine - every time it is different. After Marc Jacobs’ Andy Warhol inspired cover, Eva’s is done in black-and-white.
Celebrities and fashion designers gathered in New York for the annual CFDA Fashion Awards on Monday night. Meet this year’s winners:
Womenswear Designer of the Year: Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein
Menswear Designer of the Year: Tom Ford
Accessory Designer of the Year: Tory Burch
Swarovski Award for Womenswear: Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
Swarovski Award for Menswear: for Band of Outsiders
Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Philip Crangi
Eugenia Sheppard Award: Candy Pratts Price
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Carolina Herrera
International Award: Dries Van Noten
Board of Directors’ Special Tribute: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Eva Longoria and Ashley Olsen
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The CFDA Fashion Awards is going to be held Monday night, and of course, there is no party without the presence of celebs.
This year, the Womenswear Designer of the Year award will be presented jointly by Victoria Beckham, Eva Mendes, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who will take the stage representing nominees Marc Jacobs, Francisco Costa for the Calvin Klein Collection, and Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, respectively.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will present the Accessory Designer of the Year award. Ralph Lauren, meanwhile, will give Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg the night’s Board of Directors’ Special Tribute, and Calvin Klein will bestow Caroline Herrera with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. The year’s Swarovski awards will be presented by Mandy Moore, reports WWD.
Eva Mendes is never shy to show herself nude, but her new ad campaign (shot by Steven Meisel) for Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession scent is causing quite a stir in the U.S. Network censors have banned it.
Credit: Elle
According to a rep for Coty who produced the scent in the ad, ‘It’s clear Eva is having illicit thoughts’, but they are adamant they did not intend to offend anybody.’We wanted to do a provocative ad. But we we’re not trying to be raunchy’, Catherine Walsh, senior vice president of American fragrances for Coty Prestige told Womenswear Daily.’There’s a lot of skin, but it’s tastefully done.’ ‘We’re going to fight it’.
If this innocent ad campaign is too sexy for US censors, what would they say when see Eva Mendes’ photoshoot for Vogue Italia?
Eva Mendes, the Cuban-American actress and Revlon spokeswoman best known for her starring roles in Ghost Rider, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and We Own The Night, has done a series of provocative and sexy photos, in the spirit of Sophia Loren, for Italian Vogue, which are sure to raise Mendes standing in AskMen.com’s Top 99 Most Desirable Women.
Beautiful, sexy, a true Hollywood starlet, we just hope the glamorous Eva can overcome her recent substance abuse problems and see her career continue to flourish.
