HELEN SHOWS HER METTLE!

Secret Style Tips of Celebrity Dame Helen Mirren

She is described as our National Treasure for her immaculate work on stage and screen, both television and cinema.  She has the ability to get under the very skins of the ladies she portrays.  Think back to Queen Elizabeth,  DCI  Jane Tennison, and really recently the Oscar-winning actress plays the iconic director's Alma Reville in new biopic 'Hitchcock'.

Although Helen is a an over-50 lady of sexy glamour she whips off the makeup and scapes back her silver hair for the parts she plays - something I couldn't allow.  Separating me from even my Maybeline Mascara might involve a surgical procedure!

So, how does she always look sensational?
Let's face it - most of us cover up our white hair the moment it sprouts but Helen embraces it and allows it to dominate her look.  She builds on the precious silver/ platinum metal colour by repeating it in her clothes.  It was difficult to find a photo of her that didn't feature, midnight blue and seducing the camera with liquid silver.  See how she accentuates her curves with a loose noose of silver rope; drawing the eye down to her lower body.










 Here, she's lit up like a meteor shower in a magnificent evening dress.  The shimmer reflects onto her face creating a dewy brightening effect - very age reversing.















Oh Helen! soft grey angora softens her looks and gives her complexion a dreamy, youthful appearance.  Combined with subtle eye colour but with plenty of pretty pink blusher and lipstick to pep up her medium toned skin colour.  

Helen's hourglass figure is shown off in a plain wrap-over, cinched at the waist. Oh, and look, silver shoes!

And again, she steals the night as she illuminates the darkness with this slinky silver number.

However, doesn't she look fab in black - that shouldn't work?  But there's enough flesh on show with the low cut and flesh behind the lace to keep her look soft.  

STEAL HER LOOKS!

Try this Betty Jackson number from Debenhams £59.00 and create an hourglass figure into the bargain.

First Lady, Michelle Obama

Hi lovely ladies. Another beautiful lady who is in our age group is President Obama's wife Michelle.  We saw her this week shining like the fiery planet Mars in an enviable gown of purple-plum hue, warm and sultry enough to melt the polar ice caps (below centre). The First Lady brought the Michael Kors dress down to earth with the addition of a bolero type black knitted jacket. A favourite dress possibly as she was first seen wearing it 2 years ago.  Maybe it's her lucky dress and it certainly brought her husband plenty of luck as he was voted into Presidential office for a 2nd term.
Michelle favours purples and plums which create a sophisticated look.  It's a colour of royalty and of healing and mystics.  If she was to wear the colours that would look really great on her: bright clear colours of orange, yellow, turquoise she would steal the show away from hubby so I think she plays down her natural vibrancy to keep Barack firmly in the limelight.





Compare these pics of Michelle wearing bright sunshine red and yellow and The President just disappears into the background.  Michelle has great toned arms and a pear shaped body which her simple shift dress manages to camouflage and create an hour glass figure instead. Girls, you need a flat tummy and slim waist to pull this look off or a fabulous bodyshaper underwear.



Until next time my friends,
love Lynda 

Model Mum

I was so sorry to see gorgeous Jerry Hall voted out of last week's Strictly Show.  Her wonderful Texan drawl poured like maple syrup from a silver spoon and her long legs and slender shoulders were a great frame for the fabulous ballroom dresses.  We were all surprised with her awkward dance moves when we remember her mostly for her glittering seductive poses on record covers and posters in her Brian Ferry and Mick Jagger days.  She's a mere mortal after all but she scored mega points for her warmth, good naturedness and her ability to laugh at herself.

Jerry has a new Christmas modelling contract with H & M posing with her daughter  Georgia May Jagger.  Jerry favours classic styles that don't distract away from her amazing face and hair. Although, Jerry isn't short on body length, this shirt is a great look for lengthening a shorter body as the middle, vertical black line will draw the eye downwards.Photo: H&M/Inez & Vinoodh.  

Georgia has her father's iconic pout, clings onto mum but she has already come out from her mother's shadows and has made her own unique impact on the modelling world. 

Jerry is photographed here at the British Comedy Awards with her husband.  She is careful not to show everything all at once and chooses a low cut dress which falls well below the knee.  Here are some ideas from the high street to copy her look and look fab-u-lous darling. 

ASOS Full Circle Floral Drape Neck Belted Dress £110ASOS bag £12.99

Black Scuba peplum jacket from Dorothy Perkins (Kardashian Collection) £45

Eyeful at Skyfall

Hello to all you lovely ladies who are probably hoping to buy something new to wear for a glam xmas do.  Or are you pondering on whether to return something bought on impulse (good name for a credit card me thinks)and infuriatingly doesn't team up with anything else you possess. 

What would Judy Dench choose?  Would she send James Bond on her behalf - I mean - he really puts himself out for "M".  I watched Skyfall last night - I loved it but the female fashions weren't memorable.  Judy was dressed in homely style suits and wore comfy flats - and not a handbag in sight.  

It was another story at the premier red carpet where she looked like a shimmering vision in a full length, voluminous evening dress with matching coat - nothing middle aged about this number.  I think she had been sharing fashion secrets with Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City seen out recently wearing designer Jill Sander - I presume she wasn't on the school run? 

Red carpet arrivals for the world premiere of Skyfall.

(October 23, 2012 - Source: Jimmy James/Bauer Griffin) 

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