Manolo Blahnik criticises "anonymous" Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway

Manolo Blahnik has criticised modern actresses such as Amanda Seyfried and Anne Hathaway, suggesting that they are forgettable.

Speaking to Interview magazine, the legendary shoe designer made the comments after describing Salma Hayek as "sweet" and "beautiful".



"This is what I really love - where are those girls?" he said. "I was looking the other day, Lara Flynn Boyle in Twin Peaks and that other girl Sherilyn Fenn - they're old school girls like Elizabeth Taylor, and I think that's so fabulous."

Blahnik continued: "[Fenn and Boyle] should be working now instead of these anonymous girls. They're all the same. I don't even know Amanda Seyfried or whatever - they're all the same! I try to remember - the only one I remember is Julia Roberts because she's particular.

"Anne Hathaway... Pretty? Yes. Wonderful actress? Yes. But, I mean, I don't even remember her. What is it about her?... I'm not saying she's not beautiful or a great actress. I just don't remember her."

However, Blahnik had much kinder words for Victoria Beckham, with whom he has worked.



"This is a woman who could do whatever she wanted to do, have a house in Majorca, raise children, be a footballer's wife," he said. "But she's not at all like that. I thought she was going to be one of those pop girls but she's absolutely the complete opposite.

"She's a working girl. She knows what she wants. And when she doesn't know, she really prepares herself. I love this working type of woman."

He added: "I never watched those Spice Girls. I didn't enjoy that at all. So I didn't know her well. But she came out with this pretty boy, got married, and the boy got more tattoos and more tattoos. And then I met her a few times, and we started work, and something happened. You know, she wanted it. She loves what she's doing."

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