Strike a pose! Dame Helen Mirren led a host of A-listers as she took to the Paris Fashion Week runway with L’Oréal Paris, for its Le Défilé walk of empowerment. The actress showed off a choppy, rock chick bob and a smokey grey eye as she glittered down the catwalk in silver diamante.
The actress was clearly revelling in the moment as she strutted her stuff against a huge 'We’re Worth It' backdrop. Knowing all her angles like the pro she is, Helen paused for the cameras to spin, twirl and show off her perfectly contoured cheekbones and sexy, side-swept platinum bob.
The show has become established as one of the highlights of Paris Fashion Week, and a/w25 didn’t disappoint as L’Oréal lined up some of the world’s most glamorous women on one stage.
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The ageless beauty message came across loud and clear, with Helen being joined by other members of the brand’s age positive squad. Jane Fonda continued the silver theme, with a metallic dress toning perfectly with her shiny platinum grey hair.
Andie MacDowell, meantime, opted for a chic black outfit for her spin on the catwalk. GH spoke exclusively to the Four Weddings And A Funeral icon ahead of the show, and she told us how much it means to her.
‘Being on the same stage as these remarkable women is always a huge honour,’ she told us. ‘I love watching each of us finding our own way of expressing our power and our strength.’
One ‘Worth It’ girl digging into those reserves of courage was Molly-Mae Hague, who finally made her Le Défilé debut after ducking out last year due to post-baby body confidence struggles. In her reality show, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, the mum of one was seen backstage at last year’s event, looking around at megastars like Kendall Jenner and admitting: 'This is why I couldn't walk, I'm looking at everybody in here and they are absolutely impeccable.'
'Imagine all the models walking down and then there's me, I just would have felt really out of place,’ she said, explaining how her body confidence had plummeted since becoming a mother. 'Even though this show is all about empowering women and empowering different shapes and sizes I just felt as though I wouldn't have the confidence to walk on the catwalk.'
This year, though, the influencer was up and strutting among all the other L’Oréal girls, including Kendall herself, also in white satin.
Supermodel chic came courtesy of Heidi Klum and Cara Delevingne, both opting for the perennially fashionable black option.
Heidi wore her hair long and polished smooth as she walked the runway in an asymmetrical dress with ultra-plunging neckline.
Cara opted to lean into gothic glam, with a lacey see-through dress, complemented with vampy blood-red lips and pitch-black liner. (Are the casting directors of Wednesday watching….?)
TV presenter Rochelle Humes went for a silver and black tummy-baring two-piece, paired with a beauty look of sleek hair, glossy lips and a gorgeous feline flick plus lash combo.
But for maxxing out all the catwalk looks with style, we need to give due credit to Viola Davis. The actress combined the silver, black and white colour theme into one outfit, and - just for good measure - incorporated a red lip and a glammed-up wavy bob.
We love a woman who sees the backstage trends and goes for all of them, all at once. And why not? She’s worth it!
