How to steal the show.

I've always liked Joan Collins and her wry sense of humour. It took courage for her to turn out in that outfit and I think she rose to the challenge.
In one photo it looks as if she has transparent shoulder straps. I reckon there's a thermal vest in there somewhere!

Allira

BlueBelle

How do you get to 92 and look so ‘stunning’
By having a lot of spare money to spend on yourself and a lot of surgery, I don’t admire either.

She might insist she’s had no work done to her face but that is not a 90 year olds natural face, sorry, avocados or noti don’t believe her

She hasn't had a facelift - if she had you would be able to see the scars and her hair (wig?) is off her face, so no.

She may have had an eye lift, who knows, but so would I if I was brave enough.

Mary Berry looks good and I doubt she has had anything done to her face at all.

There was a gentleman on TV the other say (ex RAF pilot in WW2, I think) who was 100 and he looked far younger than that, in fact younger than me and he's old enough to be my father 😀

It's all in the genes.

And the lovely Joan never lets the sun see her face. It’s sun that does the damage.

keepingquiet

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...!

We do it because the alterntive is to implicitly accept their presentation of womanhood as something where our greatest value is youth and we cannot honour and accept age but alwys hde it and try to look younger than we are.

If we do not call out these misrepresentaions of womanhood, who will?

I am an admirer fJoan Collins and her ability to appear glamourous at any age and what many people do not seem to take on board I am happy to see someone of 92, dressing up to paint the town red.

It is just that in this dress Joan Collins has lost the plot. At her age to wear a dress that would be challenging to anyone in their 30s and team it with hair scrapped off her face so that the very heavy meakeup she always uses is so so visible, is not the way to do it. She could have looked terrfic, it is such a shame she did not.

Personally, I've never really liked her overly done up look. Always thought her sister was far more attractive in a more natural way. It is her choice though and I respect that.

Kate1949

She is fantastic

Yes she is!
It’s just Joan Collins being her fabulous self.

If I manage to reach the age of 92 I'll damn well wear what I want and look exactly how I want to look. That's my attitude now at 77 and I doubt it will change. I hate women putting down other women for the choices they make, why don't we just focus on doing what we want and letting others do the same as long as it's legal.

foxie48

If I manage to reach the age of 92 I'll damn well wear what I want and look exactly how I want to look. That's my attitude now at 77 and I doubt it will change. I hate women putting down other women for the choices they make, why don't we just focus on doing what we want and letting others do the same as long as it's legal.

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Just to add, I had my regular "skin booster" treatment on Monday. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants to see plumper, better hydrated skin. I'm often complimented on my skin and I always say what treatment I have. Even OH who would barely notice if I lost a leg says he can see a "glow" to my skin as the treatment settles and at 77, that's good enough for me!

At her age to wear a dress that would be challenging to anyone in their 30s

Oh dear, looking at myself I'm wearing an outfit similar to what I wore when I was 18.

Must learn to grow up and become more mature at my age.
Must find the photo and look at my hair, it could be the same style though 😂

Maybe she has a penchant for a certain style and wants to stick to it?
40 years ago, but not quite as showy.

I prefer that hairstyle.

foxie48

If I manage to reach the age of 92 I'll damn well wear what I want and look exactly how I want to look. That's my attitude now at 77 and I doubt it will change. I hate women putting down other women for the choices they make, why don't we just focus on doing what we want and letting others do the same as long as it's legal.

If a woman is choosing to do something that is detrimental to other women, then yes, I will put them down.

I love Joan Collins, shes old school glamour. She looks fabulous.

She’s 92 , imo she can wear what she wants. And she’s at Cannes and has to glam up . She’s always been glamorous and is an actress from the Rank Organisation, and back then actresses had to look super glamorous.
I took my mum to see her one woman show years ago and she was fabulous. Interesting and had the ability to laugh at herself .
I loved Dynasty back in the 80s and Joanie showed the Americans how to do glamour .

What on earth is detrimental about Joan Collins wearing a wig and getting dolled up to go to a big event? Monica Afaiac she could go wearing a bikini, wellington boots and carry a snorkel, totally up to her.

Monica, this is the seventh comment on this thread disparaging the way Joan Collins looked and dressed on the red carpet.
To the point of stating that she is “choosing to do something that is detrimental to other women”.
Can you please explain how it is detrimental to other women and why Joan Collins’ looks and dress has triggered you so much?

I don’t think there is such a thing as mutton dressed up as lamb. It is a horrid expression. Everyone is entitled to wear what they feel comfortable in.
There is nothing wrong with a bit of glamour at any age.
How boring if we all wore tweeds and twinsets after the age of 60!

Joan Collins looking fabulous 👏👏

I am an admirer of Joan Collins. She usually looks and dresses with great style and glamour

But this picture shocked me. She is wearing a dress than many 30 year olds could not wear, let alone a woman of 92 and I am not sure what she has done to her face and hair, but unless someone had told me it was Joan Collins, I would not have recognised her.

When you see such changes in someone of this age, going from spot on- to looking really peculiar, you remember they are mortal and how many people of this age slide so uickly from being in the world mentally to beginning to behave in uite bizarre ways. Like turning up at a glamorous event dressed and made up as she is in the picture. I have worked with older people and have seen this transformation many times.

My thoughts have been evolving over the day. The main reason I think that I thought it was derimental to women is that if an older woman, who generally always looks absolutely fabulous suddenly starts thinking she needs to wear clothes that are difficult for even a young woman to wear. The message they are supportting is that women are nothing if they are not young. It devalues older people as not adeuate because they are no longer young.

However as my thoughts have evolved it has occurred to me that when someone usually so well turned out and attuned to every presentation nuance, gets things as wrong as Joan Collins did at this event, I began to wonder whether it was the first sign of mental deterioration.

Joan Collins looks fabulous for 92. Anyone who says otherwise is just jealous. As for the hairstyle she is advertising her new film where she plays Wallis Simpson who also wore her hair in that scraped back style. Joan Collins is to be admired for her still working at 92! Good on her. She’s fantastic and glam to the last.

I am amazed Monica that you have been spending all day pondering about this photo.

I began to wonder whether it was the first sign of mental deterioration.
Whatever next M0nica!

You don't think Joan looks good, fair enough, we are all entitled to our opinions but that really is going too far.

M0nica

keepingquiet

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...!

We do it because the alterntive is to implicitly accept their presentation of womanhood as something where our greatest value is youth and we cannot honour and accept age but alwys hde it and try to look younger than we are.

If we do not call out these misrepresentaions of womanhood, who will?

I don't understand your argument.

This woman is 92 years old- what kind of womanhood is she misrepresenting?

How is she dishonouring or not accepting her age? How can you hide your age at 92?

Just because she doesn't look like the late Queen or even the Queen Mother?

Where they better representations of womanhood?

I just don't get it.

Leave Joan alone.

Jealous? I've never aspired to look like a made up artificial doll anytime in my life. I've never wanted

- or needed - to look like a painted doll - for that's what it's all about. Yes, my thoughts ar informed by whole generations of women trying to attract men's gaze:

It's actually not necessary. And most men, when they unwrap the package?