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Pink Hair Don’t Care
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02of 13Purple ReignPaul Morigi/WireImageThe Oscar winner honored late music icon Prince at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner (just one month after he died), paring her purple lace Dolce & Gabbana gown with a small temporary tattoo of the artist’s famous “love symbol” on her collarbone.“I’d love to say that Prince himself did it in 1988 or something, instead of me in the bathroom this morning,” Mirrentold theWashington Postof the hand-drawn tribute.
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Purple Reign
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The Oscar winner honored late music icon Prince at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner (just one month after he died), paring her purple lace Dolce & Gabbana gown with a small temporary tattoo of the artist’s famous “love symbol” on her collarbone.
“I’d love to say that Prince himself did it in 1988 or something, instead of me in the bathroom this morning,” Mirrentold theWashington Postof the hand-drawn tribute.
03of 13Stripper Heel HighGetty; Filmmagic; AKM-GSIThey’d makeQueen Elizabethclutch her pearls, but “stripper shoes” have been Mirren’s red carpet “secret weapon” for most of her career.“They were stripper shoes I used to buy on Hollywood Boulevard,” she told Jay Leno in a 2010 interview when asked about her red carpet styling hack. “Thirty-nine dollars, they cost me … They give you like, an immediate seven inches.”
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Stripper Heel High
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They’d makeQueen Elizabethclutch her pearls, but “stripper shoes” have been Mirren’s red carpet “secret weapon” for most of her career.
“They were stripper shoes I used to buy on Hollywood Boulevard,” she told Jay Leno in a 2010 interview when asked about her red carpet styling hack. “Thirty-nine dollars, they cost me … They give you like, an immediate seven inches.”
04of 13Well-SuitedNoam Galai/GettyMirren put her effortlessly cool mark on menswear at the 2016 New York City premiere of her filmEye in the Sky,teaming a Giorgio Armani suit with a bold red lip, slicked-back hair and sassy hand-on-the-hip pose.
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Well-Suited
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Mirren put her effortlessly cool mark on menswear at the 2016 New York City premiere of her filmEye in the Sky,teaming a Giorgio Armani suit with a bold red lip, slicked-back hair and sassy hand-on-the-hip pose.
05of 13Feminist FashionTheo Wargo/GettyThe activist not only practices what she preaches — she wears it too! Mirren wore this bloomer-baring, sheer Alice + Olivia “feminist” skirt with an edgy leather bomber and combat boots for an appearance at SiriusXM Studios in 2018.
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Feminist Fashion
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The activist not only practices what she preaches — she wears it too! Mirren wore this bloomer-baring, sheer Alice + Olivia “feminist” skirt with an edgy leather bomber and combat boots for an appearance at SiriusXM Studios in 2018.
06of 13Sheer GeniusChristopher Polk/GettyFor the 2018 Golden Globes, Mirren embraced the daring, sheer gown trend in this black Zuhair Murad design with see-through lace paneling and floral appliqués.
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Sheer Genius
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For the 2018 Golden Globes, Mirren embraced the daring, sheer gown trend in this black Zuhair Murad design with see-through lace paneling and floral appliqués.
07of 13The Return of the Pink PixieSamir Hussein/WireImageThe superstar turned the red carpet into her stage, giving photographers a show in her metallic Elie Saab gown which perfectly matched her rose gold hair at the screening of the French filmLes Plus Belles Annees D’Une Vieduring the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
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The Return of the Pink Pixie
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The superstar turned the red carpet into her stage, giving photographers a show in her metallic Elie Saab gown which perfectly matched her rose gold hair at the screening of the French filmLes Plus Belles Annees D’Une Vieduring the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
08of 13Barefoot and BeautifulEstrop/Getty; Rindoff Petroff/GettyCementing her fashion icon status once again, Mirren ran down the runway barefoot (!) in a billowing Giambattista Valli Couture gown and bejeweled eyes at L’Oréal Paris' third annual Le Défilé show in 2019.“It it was just me in a show, it would be, ‘Oh, what an amazing novelty that they have a really old woman walking!'—and I wouldn’t feel so good about that,” Mirren, who has been aL’Oréal Paris spokespersonsince2014,toldVoguebackstage, adding, “But here we are, a whole, diverse group of sizes, shapes, genders and races. We’re making a statement about the inclusivity of the family of L’Oréal, and I think that’s a great message, and I’m happy to be a part of it — I just hope I don’t fall over!”
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Barefoot and Beautiful
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Cementing her fashion icon status once again, Mirren ran down the runway barefoot (!) in a billowing Giambattista Valli Couture gown and bejeweled eyes at L’Oréal Paris’ third annual Le Défilé show in 2019.
“It it was just me in a show, it would be, ‘Oh, what an amazing novelty that they have a really old woman walking!'—and I wouldn’t feel so good about that,” Mirren, who has been aL’Oréal Paris spokespersonsince2014,toldVoguebackstage, adding, “But here we are, a whole, diverse group of sizes, shapes, genders and races. We’re making a statement about the inclusivity of the family of L’Oréal, and I think that’s a great message, and I’m happy to be a part of it — I just hope I don’t fall over!”
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Gorgeous in Green
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Mirrentold the CFDA in 2015that the first dress she ever wore on a red carpet was a Badgley Mischka.
“I was not a particularly well-known actress here in America,” she said at the time. “I had seen their beautiful clothes. I wondered, maybe they might lend me something. They were so incredibly generous and immediately helpful.”
She added: “I’ve got a very narrow back. I got quite big tits. I got big hips, and it just fitted me like a glove. And that’s been my experience with Badgley Mischka every time. These clothes fit women with a womanly kind of shape.”
10of 13Red HotFrazer Harrison/GettyThe dame looked regal as ever in this scarlet custom Dior gown accessorized with a dazzling diamond Harry Winston necklace at the 2020 Golden Globes, where she was nominated for best actress, miniseries or television film for her leading role in HBO’sCatherine the Great.ShetoldEntertainment Tonighton the red carpet that it was the “first time I have ever had a Dior dress made for [me],” adding, “I feel very queenly.”
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Red Hot
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The dame looked regal as ever in this scarlet custom Dior gown accessorized with a dazzling diamond Harry Winston necklace at the 2020 Golden Globes, where she was nominated for best actress, miniseries or television film for her leading role in HBO’sCatherine the Great.
ShetoldEntertainment Tonighton the red carpet that it was the “first time I have ever had a Dior dress made for [me],” adding, “I feel very queenly.”
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Catwalk Queen
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The beauty ambassadorreturned to theL’Oréal Paris runway in 2021 — this time wearing an embellished black suit, sky-high sandals and bold graphic eyeliner —to celebrate the 50th anniversary of L’Oréal Paris’ iconic"Because you’re worth it" tagline.
12of 13Permanent AccessoryTODAY. Inset: Jason Merritt/Getty"It was done with a safety pin, it was so painful," Mirren told theIndependentat the 2018 Cannes film festival when asked about her hand tattoo. “Oh my god. Like a prison tattoo. It represents a very beautiful idea which is basically ‘equal and opposite,’ that someone can be as different from you as you could possibly imagine, but have equal value to yourself, that’s something I believe in life.“And while she maintains she wants more, she alsoadmits that it bothers her how trendy tattooshave become since she got hers “when only Hell’s Angels had tattoos.““I decided to get a tattoo because it was the most shocking thing I could think of doing,” Mirren previously toldGood Morning America. “Now I’m utterly disgusted and shocked because it’s become completely mainstream, which is unacceptable to me.”
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Permanent Accessory
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“It was done with a safety pin, it was so painful,” Mirren told theIndependentat the 2018 Cannes film festival when asked about her hand tattoo. “Oh my god. Like a prison tattoo. It represents a very beautiful idea which is basically ‘equal and opposite,’ that someone can be as different from you as you could possibly imagine, but have equal value to yourself, that’s something I believe in life.”
And while she maintains she wants more, she alsoadmits that it bothers her how trendy tattooshave become since she got hers “when only Hell’s Angels had tattoos.”
“I decided to get a tattoo because it was the most shocking thing I could think of doing,” Mirren previously toldGood Morning America. “Now I’m utterly disgusted and shocked because it’s become completely mainstream, which is unacceptable to me.”
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Cover Star
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Mirren admits she was “gobstruck” when she was asked tocover PEOPLE’s 2022 Beautiful Issue.
“I never considered myself ‘beautiful.’ And [at] my age! So I was amazed,” the Oscar winner tells PEOPLE.
There were “beautiful gowns, layers of tulle, layers of different weight fabrics, a range of pretty petal colors and general fantasticalness,” adds Mirren’s makeup pro of five years.
For Mirren, the term “beautiful” is more about exploring how one presents themselves to others and finds inner confidence.
“There are incredibly beautiful people in the world, and it’s an absolute delight to look at them, male or female. Beautiful people are a wonder to behold,” the actress tells PEOPLE. “But most of us are not beautiful. We have other stuff, which is just as powerful as beauty. And I would like to see us celebrate those things … I love the wordswaggerbecause I think swagger means I’m confident in myself, I’m presenting myself to the world, I’m enjoying the world around me. I think what is called the beauty industry should be called the swagger industry. We’re giving people swagger.”
source: people.com
