How to steal the show.

MissAdventure

Again, it's choice.
That's what women strove for.

I agree.

I'm not particularly interested in what 92 year old women (or any age really) look like. I'm quite happy to look and be healthy, trim.

If Joan wants black hair, so be it. I want silver with blonde bayalage, so I do. Others want beet red, so they do. Camilla seems to want blonde and may have smokes, or so her skin appears. Choices.

smoked... stupid correcting

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embrace reality
value what really matters

You can still have a cuddle with a wig on, or dyed black locks.
Its not an either/or situation.

Afraid I even dislike the dress and the way she is standing.
I agree it shrieks mutton dressed as lamb, and to me her hair ànd face look harsh.

M0nica

Allira

I don't know if Joanie is trying to look 60.

She could be just wanting to look as she always has - the glamorous film and TV star. It's been her way of life from a young teenager.

We're all different, all age differently, all have different styles (or none).

Vive la différence!

But in this photo she looks anything but the glamourous film star, she looks like a hagged old lady trying to pretend she is much younger than she is.

She is not doing herself or her image justice.

But she's always glammed herself up so why should she change her style just because she's 92?

I'm not glamorous and never have been so for me it would be very strange if I did that (and I'm not 92) but for Joan it is a way of life, the way she has always been.
To appear less than glamorous just because she's 92 would be going against who she is.

Anyway, well done Joan, for being there and putting on the style.

Wyllow3

embrace reality
value what really matters

Stay true to yourself.

I best trot along to specsavers, as I stand by my earlier comment.

Old school glamour

Well done Joan for showing the world that it’s possible to be old and bold 👏👏👏

GrannyGravy13

I best trot along to specsavers, as I stand by my earlier comment.

Old school glamour

Well done Joan for showing the world that it’s possible to be old and bold 👏👏👏

I'll come with you!

Why should anyone turn into an old frump with no makeup on when they're a nonagenarian just to please other women?

She's not going to Waitrose, she's going to the Cannes Film Festival!

MissAdventure

Has anyone seen Pamela Anderson of late?
She has gone totally back to a natural look.
She is blessed with a naturally lovely face, too.

She's 58!!

No comparison in age.

Ye gods and little fishes, how can she look so good at 92? There is no make-up in the world that could be that good! I saw Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson in " The Great Escaper" (2023) a few days ago. Michael was 90 and Glenda a little younger at that time. They pretty much looked their age - although with me being 78, I think Glenda and I are a good match on the wrinkles. I was never much of a one for sun screen and it shows.

I know, but ahe has totally embraced the natural look.
It helps that she is such a pretty woman.

Allira

Wyllow3

embrace reality
value what really matters

Stay true to yourself.

What self, in this case? A life based on how you look, books to match?

Aely

Ye gods and little fishes, how can she look so good at 92? There is no make-up in the world that could be that good! I saw Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson in " The Great Escaper" (2023) a few days ago. Michael was 90 and Glenda a little younger at that time. They pretty much looked their age - although with me being 78, I think Glenda and I are a good match on the wrinkles. I was never much of a one for sun screen and it shows.

Great film, Aely
I think it was Glenda's last one.

Glenda was never glamorous, though, was she. She had an unusual but rather lovely face.

Wyllow3

Allira

Wyllow3

embrace reality
value what really matters

Stay true to yourself.

What self, in this case? A life based on how you look, books to match?

And what exactly is wrong with that?

Stage, films, TV series.

Like it or not women are judged on their looks in that business.

Nah I m with Monica on this one I think it’s all totally overblown, dress is nasty and she looks very unnatural if she hasnt had work done
Now if she was a 92 year old, still physically working or doing areobics or running or something I d take my hat off to her but standing posing in high heels and a very exaggerated dress does not make me admire her
I haven’t seen anyone suggesting you turn into an old frump when you are old !! why did you make that up Alira ?
There’s a massive difference between being a natural healthy, young looking 92 year old and that photo

But did anyone see Sheila Hancock, who’s 93, on TV (‘Have I Got news for you’) the other day? Now she’s someone who really is admirable and extremely bright in every sense of the word.

I agree Allira Looking good and glamorous is what Joan has always done since she was a teenager. It's who she is. I can imagine her thinking 'I won't stop trying until I fall off my perch'.

high heels

Now, there's a whole story attached to high heels at the Cannes Festival, but I won't bore you with it. Just to say for decades high heels were de rigeur or obligatoires for ladies on the red carpet. In fact, I believe flats were not allowed. A decade or so ago there were protests, and Juila Roberts turned up in bare feet. I think the final compromise was that elegant shoes with heels must be worn, but they don't have to be high heels.

I've walked up the steps to the Palais des Festivals a few times in my 40s or 50s, but I wore canvas sandals and lately trainers! It's a bit of a climb.

It troubles me that there is so much "advice" in the media on how to look younger. Which implies that there is something objectionable about the way older people naturally look.
The lucky ones amongst us get older. Why should we be made to feel we have to hide it?

a very exaggerated dress
it's a cat walk creation by Stéphane Rolland. He designs lots of those sculpted dresses.

Except there's no accent on the e. Not sure how that came up?

Kate1949

I agree Allira Looking good and glamorous is what Joan has always done since she was a teenager. It's who she is. I can imagine her thinking 'I won't stop trying until I fall off my perch'.

I agree *Kate949

It is how she is, who she is and always has been.

As is Sheila Hancock, Joanna Lumley.

Why should any of them change who they are and how they portray themselves in public?

Why do we continue to put these women under such scrutiny?

I admire any woman that gets to be so old and hasn't committed murder...!