It wasn't going to be long before my new regular 'Dresses with Sleeves' feature got round to Dame Helen Mirren. Back in 2008, DHM complained about the dearth of dresses with built-in arm coverage:
'There are no dresses with sleeves and we need to bring back the sleeve: fine, see-through ones, long or short,' she said, ' There are so many wonderful things you can do with sleeves that people used to do, and then they stopped.'
Three years later, at the Channel 4 British Comedy Awards last night, here's the Dame looking fabulous in Dolce & Gabbana. With sleeves. Which leaves me to conclude that the combination of the grey pound and a new demure sensibility - courtesy of the Duchess of Cambridge - is having an impact on fashion. Anyway. Forget about Kate Middleton, let's talk about Helen Mirren. This isn't the first time we've seen her in Italian designer fashion - and, even though her latest dalliance with D&G involves lace detailing, gloves and a hair style that yells Desperately Seeking Susan, I think the overall effect is very fine. Sassy not muttonous.
Whilst I was watching the TV show, my phone pinged, it was a text message from a friend, ' Doesn't Helen Mirren look fab? Do you think she's finally succumbed to the knife?' But, that's a conversation we'll leave till another day.
What do you think of Dame Helen in Dolce & Gabbana?
Photo: The Huffington Post
21 comments:
She rocks it, of course she does! x
Wow! She does look fab, no doubt about it.
love that dress. she looks ravishing.
love the dress, love the sleeves, love her!
I saw her wearing this dress on TV last night and loved it, and oh my god she has such a fantastic figure.
she really does look amazing! I hate my arms and get really disappointed by the lack of dresses with sleeves, but saying that, her figure is a lot better than mine *hangs head in shame*
I have been noticing more dresses with sleeves in the high end stores in LA recently (previously home of the sleeveless) ~ Very happy to see it. And Helen always rocks everything, and I don't care if she's had a little help, she looks natural, and that's what matters.
I do like the style of the dress and I am a great fan of sleeves. On this occasion I feel that the dress wears her rather then her wearing the dress. I prefer her in softer colours in my opinion they compliment her delicate colouring better .
Helen Mirren is a star, therefore she can wear the star print.
For the rest of us, the print won´t do any favors.
Long sleeves = +.
She is totally amazing, as per always. But even I would dare to wear this fab dress!
I love the dress and she looks fab in it
I would be happy to be a sort of male equivalent of Helen Mirren if that makes sense - being herself, attractive and using her age rather than being ashamed of it.
Grey Fox - a man searching for style in middle age and beyond.
http://www.greyfoxblog.com/
She looks amazing! I'm pretty sure she's not rocking the silver hair anymore, though. What do you think?
She does look great - and I am ALL about sleeves...
I realize I have quite a few dresses with sleeves, even though it's not something I particularly look for. I just liked the dresses in general and they just happened to have sleeves!
Those lace sleeves are very DSS and all the better for it. x
Grey Fox - hello there, and yes that makes sense. I'd quite like to be the forty-something version of Helen Mirren.
Rock the Silver - I think she's rocking the blonde highlights.
beautiful outfit! I love it!!
I follow u, follow me please
And I ask you if follow me also here because my google give me a problems :((
BLOGLOVIN
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
kiss
Erika
My Free Choice
There is Ceramic bow-tie Giveaway on my blog I wait u!
I'm going out on a limb here, despite admiring Dame Helen. The overall effect of the outfit was O.K. but when I blew up the image to have a look at the details of the dress, I was disappointed. The heavy denier tights certainly don't enhance the overall effect. Reminds me of Ed in Ab Fab (Absolutely Fabulous).
Warm wishes.
Love her!
Lovely outfit. I like it and it looks elegant. The color was very stunning. Thank you for sharing.
wholesale artful dodger
Post a Comment