That day in May 2005 when Eva Longoria made her first stair climb in a 38-euro dress

We are on May 13, 2005. That day, Eva Longoria is invited to climb the steps of the film

directed by Atom Egoyan.

Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth or the Canadian actress Rachel Blancard who share the poster are present on the Croisette.

Sophie Marceau, the French's favorite actress, was also invited to climb the stairs - and made an impression by accident by revealing one of her breasts.

Alongside the gratin of French television and cinema, a new American actress in a golden dress is already standing out on the most famous red carpet of the 7th art.

Very open back

Eva Longoria, who is only in her first season of the hit soap opera

, signs her first appearance on the Croisette.

The actress playing the bubbly Gabrielle Solis admits to having no idea of ​​the importance of the Cannes Film Festival.

“I had no idea what Cannes was,” she told

magazine .

The actress decides to buy her dress for the climb of the steps at only 38 euros on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.

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Eva Longoria in a dress at 38 euros during the Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, May 13, 2005.) Abaca

Golden, long, with frayed details and a very openwork back similar to that of Mireille Darc in the film

… the sparkling dress acquired for only 38 euros is emulated.

Among which the press officer of L'Oréal Paris.

To his question "

“-in French” which designer do you wear?-, the actress remembers having answered confusedly: “What do you mean by that?

She's mine".

Either the humor worthy of the flamboyant Gaby.

"It's just from Melrose"

Recalling this moment, Eva Longoria comes to the following conclusion.

"It's not the dress that wears the woman, it's the woman who wears the dress," explains the actress who ended up admitting the subterfuge during the evening.

"Everyone loved the dress, and I was like, 'It's just from Melrose.'"

Once unveiled, the illusion is more than successful.