Eva Mendes wants you to know that it takes everything to be glamorous at Fashion Week work.
The the actress and entrepreneur, 49, just attended her first Milan Fashion Week since becoming a mom to daughters Esmeralda Amadi, 9, and Amadi Lee, 7, who she shares with Ryan Gosling.
While she certainly walked into the Dolce & Gabbana show on February 25 decked out in a cheetah print, sparkly updo and a voluminous beehive hairdo with a veil, it wasn’t all glamorous behind the scenes.
In a video shared on Instagram on Wednesday, Mendes showed the reality of what it takes to survive the hustle and bustle of Fashion Week. Her hot tip: bring a snack!
Eva Mendes rarely appears at the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show in a glamorous leopard style
Mendes packed a banana with her for fuel after the show. In the clip, she holds it up like a phone, pretending her man is on the phone.
Then, the video cuts to her in the car, removing her gloves and pushing her knee-high boots up before getting ready to snack—except her veil makes it hard to actually eat. He eventually gets the hang of it, but the clip is a friendly reminder that sometimes function is better than fashion.
“The gloves are coming off! Really [sic]: so hot and hungry after the stunning @dolcegabbana show,” Mendes captioned the post.
Taking to social media, Mendes shared how much fun she had flying to Milan in the name of fashion and dressing up as her inspirations Sophia Loren and Ken (yes, that’s right, Gosling Barbie the character made it onto Mendes’ mood board). “Time flies when you’re a mom,” she wrote with another post.
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Motherhood has changed Mendes’ outlook on several things, including Valentine’s Day. On vacation, Mendes admitted that she used to be a “rebel” who refused the most romantic day of the year until she welcomed her children.
“But now I like it. Now I’m a mom and I’m all soft and like that,” she said on Instagram. “Yes, I am a mollusk now that I am a mother of two girls! There is a lot of love today and always,” she wrote.
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