Helen Mirren

I think she looks awful, but AIBU? ?

Patsy70

I think she looks awful, but AIBU? ?

She has looked better ?

She looks much better with short hair imo.

I think having her hair pulled back off her face coupled with her eye makeup makes her face look hard, which normally isn’t the case. She has a lovely figure and her dress is beautiful.

I think she was having fun, dancing with Andie MacDowell, a bit of fantasy, who wouldn’t?

Much better! She’s beautiful in the pink and looks younger they way she’s done her hair.

She looked weird. Maybe she wanted to?
She must have looked in a mirror and been happy to walk through the door anyway ... ‘yep, good to go girl’.
She’s 76.
Maybe she was fed up of looking amazing for her age (like in the red bikini she wore on the beach a couple of years ago).

Hmmm, err, its a NO from me. She looks like she just stepped off the set of Starwars. Sorry Helen but its a bit toooo alien'ish for me ( if there is such a word in the English language!)

I don't think the pulled back hair is doing her any favours and I don't like the high neck on the dress. Oh and the black shoes are awful - she surely must have a nice pair of silver sandals in her wardrobe.

I thought it was Donatella Versace..Oops!

I really didn’t recognise her and have seen her in some fabulous outfits but this is a? from me. Not that she would care what I think.

Yes definitely the pointy ears and pulled back hair make her look like an alien! And yes the black shoes ...? Usually she looks OK, though not as good as Joanna Lumley in my opinion.

I don't like the look, and think the pulled back hair isn't flattering.

I think when you have tons of events to go to, with no budget, a stylist, make up artist and hair dresser, going the safe route all the time would be boring.

So good on her for trying something different, even though most of us don't like it. She looks confident and having fun, so why not?

Usually like HM and think she carries her years well.
Do not like the new look very unflattering and with her hair pulled back emphasises and highlights very pointy witch like features.BUT
everyone should be able to dress for themselves.Who are we to comment on people's style.
From a 5ft garden gnome.?

Party4 yes but if we didn’t comment on anything there would be no GN! Another garden gnome here!

From a 5ft garden gnome.?

Can't wait to see you on the red carpet, Party4
?

Lovely dress. Makeup and hair a bit extreme but so what? She looks different every time one sees photos of her. At least she's not trying to emulate the younger stars by exposing large areas of flesh. She does have the figure to carry that dress off.

She is able to dance in those shoes. There are several photos of her and Andie MacDowell dancing along the red carpet at Cannes.

I’m afraid it’s a definite ?from me, not a Helen Mirren fan though.

I find it very interesting that a thread criticising Helen Mirren’s appearance on Friday attracts so many more comments than a thread admiring the amazing appearance of the 89 year old Joan Bakewell on Have I Got News For You, also on Friday.

Says a lot about gransnetters I am sad to say.

That's the power of a photographEsspee. The other thread has no image, which makes it difficult to comment.

https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202205/medium-937221-bd70a13f-d98c-44eb-a518-f585085732ef.jpeg https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202205/medium-817823-300b72cc-ba5f-45c8-a8f8-92a86652d53e.jpeg

.

How many of us will look as good as that at 89?

Joan is a total fox, ditto Prue.
Delia looks absolutely gorgeous too ?

This thread was asking us what we thought of Helen's look and we have replied and given our opinion. We weren't asked here about Joan, and maybe lots of people didn't see Joan or haven't yet watched it like me. I am recording 'Have I Got a Bit More News for You' tonight so can't give an opinion on her yet.

Sorry, Monday night. I can't give an opinion on Joan until at least Tuesday!

Yes, I saw Joan on HIGNFY and she looked wonderful.
Even without a silver dress.
I didn't realise that Delia is 80 - she looks good too, as does Prue.

Too much makeup, hair scrawped back just does nothing for Helen, who normally looks nothing like that.