How to steal the show.

I had no idea who l was looking at until l saw caption. I barely recognised her to be honest and thought she looked awful.

What sort of hairstyle is that. Or is it some kind of hair piece wig.

For those of who you thinks she does look younger. Maybe having a husband who.is 32 years younger than her helps?

I think Jane Fonda looks scary in those pictures.
Not that i care one way or the other.

I remember reading that she always wears a sun hat and factor 50 to protect her skin . Since my 30s I've followed her advice . She's always been glamorous and why stop now because she's 92. She dresses well and yes money buys help to maintain your looks and well cut clothes . I hope I can age as well.

I think that Joan looks fabulous at 92. She has obviously always looked after herself in addition to having good genes. I do think she would look better with less blusher and more hair around her face, but I applaud her chutzpah and energy 👏🏻🥂

I haven't seen any naive posts Jakuss I have just read a rude one though!

Exactly, lot of naive people on here

A good cosmetic surgeon, huh

I think she looks fabulous whether she had cosmetic surgery or not! I hope I look as good as her when I’m 90. My feelings whatever you feel to help you look this good then do it!!!

Top post, Foxie. I’m actually posting from my gym, surrounded by aged 60 to 85 women at this time of day, some coming out of Pilates or Endurance, others heading for the pool if not so enabled. All kinds of wibbly and wobbly as well as fit bodies.

I guess it started with mum, she wasn’t against make up, but just used a bit of lippy, and with us girl children it was, ‘go bring the apples down off that tree’ yes jump that log’ see how fast you can run to….no pressure to be a star, but to enjoy. I just went on from there.

Upbringing has an awful lot to do with it?

My son didn’t choose a girl for her glam: yes she likes to wear make up just to go out, but DGD is shaping up nicely as a footballer as well as giggly girl stuff with her bf. ….

It’s genes too, tho, isn’t it? If we were in the Victorian era the pear shape would be much admired… Now it’s the t shirt shape. …oh, and the extra large bum …but there needs to be role models across the board?

bothered

Comparing Mary Berry (a cook) with Joan Collins (vintage film star) is ridiculous. As is suggesting she is suffering from “mental deterioration” Monica.😁

She’s a working actress, just made a film in her nineties and has to put SOMETHING on for a red carpet event. You may not like the dress or makeup (and I don’t like her politics) but she’s not half naked as we have seen recently at similar events.

Reading this thread, I think some of you would prefer her to be at home in her recliner, slippers, cocoa and dressing gown to hand. Maybe you are and couldn’t be both to make an effort.

Good old Joanie. She has made a second and very successful career of 'turning up' at events looking fabulous. Really, does she look worse than some of those red carpet celebrities in weird dresses displaying all their (ahem) talents? No, I really don't think so. And Joan appears to be in a happy marriage at last, to a man a great deal younger than she is.
Go for it, girl!

Actually there are lots of different role models for girls and young women to admire and thankfully their participation in sport and exercise has increased in the last decade thanks to programmes like "This girl can", the success of women's teams in football, rugby and cricket etc and the popularity of park runs, Crossfit and Hydrox. I've been a role model for my two daughters as I've always played sports and taken part in regular exercise. They both are active participants with my pregnant younger daughter continuing to go to crossfit for as long as she thought it suitable and intending to go back asap after the birth. She's continued with pilates going to a special pre-natal class. My grandchildren know that I exercise regularly and they all do too, playing a number of different sports. If we want our young women to be healthy and look after themselves, we need to set them an example. None of the women in our family have had surgical procedures but we all look after our skin, exercise and eat decent food. If this sounds sanctimonious, so be it.

I get that Basgetti, I'm looking at a broad social phenomena rather than one individual. But the point is that she has spent a lifetime concentrating on how she looks and her books are - well - about people who live that way. the Hollywood slab culture over years.
She's witty.

But that is her substance: fair enough, but I certainly don't worship it or value it in the world we live in, I'm not completely sure what it does actually give back except fantasy.

Unfortunately we are now surrounded by slebs who don't have both. and young women who do botox and nice ordinary ing teenagers feeling pressurised.

It would be nice to see more of women who've done all kinds of wonderful things that they were one not allowed or enabled to do, whatever they look like.

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Jane Fonda, who has had "work done" I thought looked good at the same event as Joan Collins. She is 88.
Here she is - with her lovely grey hair.

And one of her in February (I think) wearing purple.

I seen this photo of Joan Collins and also a photo of Jane Fonda and thought that Joan looked the better of the two, Jane face didn't look quite right although her hair / wig looks lovely a more natural colour than Joan's , but TBH just getting "dolled up" and making an effort should be appreciated at this time in their lives. To compare Mary Berry to them isn't right her talents rely in her ability as a cook and to teach, where as the other two are more relied on their looks for their career

Wyllow3

I don't buy that, frankly. I'm with Monica.

We are better and far, far more than that as women, painted dolls that just buy into a specific idea of beauty as thin, highly made up, clearly very wealthy:

all surface and no substance. ~nothing wrong with looking the best we can be but we are so much, much more.

I think that there’s quite a lot of substance to Joan. It’s possible to have both.

Re Look North - someone asked what it was, so I told them, thats where the interview of the school pupils all dolled up aged 13 to 16 appeared and it felt sad.

She used to, apparently. I don't know if she does now.

Oh, has she?
I'm a bit behind, then.

MT62

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 actually gone back to wearing makeup

She used to use Botox and face fillers.

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 actually gone back to wearing makeup

I've heard of Look North.

But the majority won't be watching it, however popular it is. Why would we?

But we don’t all live in your area Wyllow so us southerners and our daughters and grand daughters aren’t aware of it. We have our own community news in our own areas. And isn’t it lovely to have a break from ‘serious issues and community initiatives’ which I believe should be on the news and politics thread where you usually post prolifically.

This thread is about admiration for a lady 99% of women in the UK, who know if her, would admire.

Nothing wrong with looking good for yourself or others in a natural and self accepting sort of way whoever you are.

Of course not if you're pushing a trolley round Tesco!
But if you're promoting your latest film at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 92, you might want to pull out all the stops 😁