72 year old Sophia Loren at the time of the shooting of the 2007 Pirelli Calendar.
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"The unveiling of the 2007 Calendar, A Bed and Five Stories, reveals five flawless femmes: Sophia Loren, Penélope Cruz, Hilary Swank, Naomi Watts and Lou Doillon, photographed by Dutch duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin."
"Sophia Loren is the oldest woman ever to appear in the pages of the famed calendar, and at 72, this iconic beauty does not disappoint. “I was flattered,” responds Sophia, about her initial reaction to being asked to be in the Pirelli Calendar. “It was my intention since a long time ago to be depicted in the calendar; I was amused and I knew the photographers, so I was happy to do it and I had a lot of fun. I am also very photogenic,” she adds. At this stage, why pretend otherwise?
In person, Sophia is everything her image conveys, and more. She enters our meeting room, her 5’8″ frame still graced with unrivalled natural curves, leopard-print scarf wrapped with perfection around her neck, muted grey blazer, knee-length black skirt, burgundy heels and a handbag, a living symbol of glamour and sophistication. Heads turn—who can keep from looking at La Bella Sophia? No one represents pure elegance and timeless beauty better; she has naturally what many today seek through surgery. There are visible wrinkles around her eyes, her cheekbones are distinguished, her lips sultry. How does she keep looking so marvellous? “I wear Armani. It is difficult not to look good when you wear Armani,” she says. Sophia exhibits unflappable confidence, and it is hard to imagine her as a little girl desperately afraid of attention: “I was so skinny, [I had] the nickname stuzzicadenti [toothpick]. I was tall, thin, ugly … I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.” "
72 year old Sophia Loren at the time of the shooting of the 2007 Pirelli Calendar.
10 1 NUVO Magazine Spring 2007 sophia loren page 2 image 0002
nuvomagazine.com/magazine/spring-2007/signora-sophia
"The unveiling of the 2007 Calendar, A Bed and Five Stories, reveals five flawless femmes: Sophia Loren, Penélope Cruz, Hilary Swank, Naomi Watts and Lou Doillon, photographed by Dutch duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin."
"Sophia Loren is the oldest woman ever to appear in the pages of the famed calendar, and at 72, this iconic beauty does not disappoint. “I was flattered,” responds Sophia, about her initial reaction to being asked to be in the Pirelli Calendar. “It was my intention since a long time ago to be depicted in the calendar; I was amused and I knew the photographers, so I was happy to do it and I had a lot of fun. I am also very photogenic,” she adds. At this stage, why pretend otherwise?
In person, Sophia is everything her image conveys, and more. She enters our meeting room, her 5’8″ frame still graced with unrivalled natural curves, leopard-print scarf wrapped with perfection around her neck, muted grey blazer, knee-length black skirt, burgundy heels and a handbag, a living symbol of glamour and sophistication. Heads turn—who can keep from looking at La Bella Sophia? No one represents pure elegance and timeless beauty better; she has naturally what many today seek through surgery. There are visible wrinkles around her eyes, her cheekbones are distinguished, her lips sultry. How does she keep looking so marvellous? “I wear Armani. It is difficult not to look good when you wear Armani,” she says. Sophia exhibits unflappable confidence, and it is hard to imagine her as a little girl desperately afraid of attention: “I was so skinny, [I had] the nickname stuzzicadenti [toothpick]. I was tall, thin, ugly … I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.” "