Penelope Cruz has made rare comments about her sister Monica who looks just like her.
The 49-year-old Oscar-winning star has designed a capsule collection for Geox with her 46-year-old sister for the spring or summer next year.
When asked whether she and her sister influenced each other’s styles, Penelope said: ‘Yes, a lot, to the point of, you know, taking a lot of clothes from each other’s closets.
‘Sometimes wearing exactly the same thing when we were little girls.’
Cruz then said that she and Mónica would hide ‘in the bathroom together and sitting on the floor with magazines and drawing on top of the designs and changing the designs.’
A pair: Penelope Cruz has made rare comments about her sister Monica who looks just like her. Seen in a Mango ad from 2008
Double take: The 49-year-old Oscar-winning star has designed a capsule collection for Geox with her 46-year-old sister for the spring or summer next year. When asked whether she and her sister influenced each other’s styles, Penelope said: ‘Yes, a lot, to the point of, you know, taking a lot of clothes from each other’s closets’; seen in 2016
Cruz – who used to date Tom Cruise – added, ‘So that was always our main game and a fantasy.’
Monica looks so much like Penelope, she stood in for her during scenes for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in 2010.
Penelope then gushed about the brand, and having the opportunity to work with her sister on something they are so passionate about.
She said: ‘I am also very grateful that I can do another collection with my sister, because we have done this on and off, with different brands, over the last 20 years.
‘It is something that keeps happening here and there. So, we are very grateful because we continue to learn from these great brands.’
The sisters have previously designed a collection of jewelry and handbags for Japanese fashion house Samantha Thavasa.
Cruz and her sister created two collections for Swiss retailer Charles Vögele in 2010 and 2011.
The Spring/Summer 2011 collection, titled Biaggini Violett became available in Europe.
The pair teamed up again 2013 to design a lingerie line titled L’Agent for British lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur.
She also modelled for Agent Provocateur’s Autumn/Winter 2012–13 campaign.
Penelope vs Monica: Penelope is left in 2022 and Monica is right in April. ‘Sometimes wearing exactly the same thing when we were little girls,’ added Penelope
The new ad: Penelope is seen here in the ad for the new line for Geox
Her man: Penelope with Javier Bardem at the Loving Pablo screening during the 74th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande in 2017 in Venice, Italy
In November 2012, the sisters signed a three-year endorsement deal with Spanish luxury fashion house Loewe, and appeared in advertising campaigns and designed a handbag for the brand.
In 2018, she launched a jewelry collection titled Rock Star for Majorica.
Monica is a Spanish actress and dancer.
She has appeared in the films The Inquiry, Last Hour, Jerry Cotton and Iron Cross.
Cruz also said she believes her star sign is the most important factor in her fashion decisions.
When Stylist asked the actress whether creativity or comfort were more important to her outfits, Penelope spilled that her style choices are often written in the stars.
She also modelled for Agent Provocateur’s Autumn/Winter 2012–13 campaign
The Vanilla Sky star – who was born on April 28, 1974 and is a Taurus – said: ‘It’s a combination. As a good Taurus, we are very visual, so we admire beauty.
‘The combination of that with comfort.
‘Especially, I think, if you have children. My life is running around all day with them and also my work, I think that becomes very important.
‘Of course, I will always like some heels, but it’s not my everyday life, you know.
‘I am very happy with the sneakers that we designed [for Geox]. I think they are cool, but they are going to be very comfortable.’
The 49-year-old actress has son Leo, 12, and daughter Luna, 10, with her husband Javier Bardem.
