Barbra Streisand’s Shout-Out to Helen Mirren’s Cannes Red Carpet Elegance
Dropping this Cannes cameo into your feed: Barbra Streisand just turned hype woman for Helen Mirren, and it’s giving peak celebrity mutual admiration. On May 24, 83-year-old Streisand slid into Mirren’s DMs—well, publicly—via Instagram, to gush over the 79-year-old queen’s French Riviera fashion flex. “Dear Helen, you look gorgeous,” Babs captioned a snap of Mirren on the red carpet. “What an outfit. And the hat that you can see your eyes through! With Love, Barbra.” Cue collective swoon.
Mirren, rep’ing L’Oréal Paris at Cannes, turned heads at the Colours of Time premiere in a long-sleeve black gown cinched by a cascading Tiffany-blue sash, knotted into a bow that whispered both drama and elegance. Her show-stealer? A Margot McKinney Marina Collier necklace packing over 400 carats of gemstones—from a 241-carat cushion-cut green beryl to an oval 109.48-carat gem, plus a 65.72-carat aquamarine. Surrounding stones include tourmaline, sapphire, paraíba and even 29 rare Australian South Sea baroque pearls strung on 18K gold. She teamed it with pearl-drop earrings and a black fascinator topped with a floral appliqué, because why not marry modern chic with a nod to timeless glam?
In an exclusive PEOPLE interview, Mirren got real about her red-carpet game plan. Step one: shoes must be bearable. “They don’t necessarily have to be comfortable, and in fact, comfortable sometimes is a bit boring,” she smiled. But true agony shows on your face, she warns, so she opts for shoes you can tolerate without wincing. Once her feet are secure, she zeroes in on the outfit—no more sacrificing comfort for vanity. “Beauty knows no pain,” she quips, “but I’ve been there, sucking up the pain for my vanity.” Now she treats every red carpet like a performance, selecting looks that let her slay without sacrifice.
So yeah, this isn’t just another back-and-forth of celebrity flattery. It’s a masterclass in intergenerational style respect—Streisand handing the mic to Mirren, who responds with a wardrobe that’s equal parts commanding and graceful. Between Babs’s online adoration and Mirren’s sartorial strategy, we’re reminded that age really is just a number when you’ve got the right shoes and a killer necklace.
Anyway, that’s the low-key tea. Do with it what you will.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, Dotdash Meredith
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