Fluffy thread.

If I slung one over my shoulder it would slip off and I'd trip over it.

You know you're either old overweight or both when you start wearing loose edge-to-edge full- length 'coats' over whatever shapeless garments you have on underneath or (an especial favourite of Dame Dench, Miriam Margolyes and the late Clare Rayner among others) half a kilim runner thrown over one shoulder...why? I've no idea. Not a scarf, not a jacket, not a pashmina. A huge dangling thing that serves no purpose.

I can see you're the high maintenance type, phoenix.

Alexa my current haircut is very similar to Dame Judys, when I CBA to actually "style" it, I use a squirt of VO5 gel spray and poke it about a bit with my fingers.

Calendargirl

I am sitting here in my fetching navy blue cropped trousers (BHS circa 2014) and my even more ancient top from M&S (old but cool), bare-footed, hair a la Boris, daring to criticise the elegant Ms Dench.

Bit too much white and silver, IMHO, but hey, what do I know as I sit here in old top, shorts and pinny cooking the tea.?

Too much white. Either piece should have been cream to add contrast. This way neither piece is showed to its best.

Ah, Calli, I am experiencing glasnost and perestroika all at the same time.

A little warm colouring may have indeed, enhanced the look.

Oh dear, Lessismore, I do most humbly apologise for my comment.. I just think that white is rather harsh after a certain age and perhaps a little colour would have enhanced the outfit.

She does look lovely, though - I went and tried to mess my hair like hers but, alas, my efforts did not have quite the same effect.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNEfI6JnMJI

I have tried to emulate her hairstyle with limited success. Does anybody know if her hairstyle needs that wax stuff that you mould into shape?Or hairspray?

I did like her dignified understated outfits in the Marigold Hotel

Love judi dench and so glad she didn’t go down the Joan Collins route or for that matter Brigitte Bardot. There is a happy medium! Not a fan of linen, looks like crumpled bedding after 10 minutes!

Just found the picture, and she looks lovely, I think.
Really relaxed, but mostly it's just that she has such a pretty, kind face.

Well Calli, I most humbly politely and totally unpolitically feel I must disagree.

She looks brilliant , I think.

just glancing down at my trousers and the answer seems to be 'no', Stansgran

I'm not sure about the white ensemble in the DM, sorry.
It makes her look like the White Witch in Narnia.

She obviously avoids ironing too.

She was in the Times today too in rather crumpled linen. Is there any other sort of linen I ask myself?

I loved her in " As Time goes by ", such a natural. She's great.

Maggiemaybe

However, I will take a look.

Dench or Clench?

84 , wow.

She looks just lovely.
One to emulate I think.
Just how old is she, dont bother I will google for myself.

Fluffy? I’m not falling for it.

Twenty minutes in and we’ll all be at each other’s throats about her hairstyle and which papers we read.