Happy 81st Birthday Sophia!

Now this is what I call a birthday present!

Iconic beauty Sophia Loren just received a very gorgeous gift for her 81st birthday: Dolce & Gabbana has given the Italian actress her very own lipstick shade.

‘Sophia Loren N°1 is our way of saying, “Thank you, Sophia!”‘ the designers, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, said. ‘”Thank you for [your] beauty, thank you for being a world favorite, thank you for being an icon of the big screen and of Italian beauty.” She has been a constant source of inspiration for us and today we celebrate her with the gift of her very own lipstick.’

I personally love the color but more than that, love that the 81yr old beauty icon and the embodiment of italianità, is the face of Dolce & Gabbana’s latest makeup campaign!  Way to rebound from your latest anti-gay snafu D&G.

The ‘bright cherry red’ hue, simply named Sophia Loren N°1, was released today, just one day after Sofia turned 81. Touted as Sofia’s ‘signature’, the bold color comes in a gold tube stamped with her actual signature and retails for $37.