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Belle of the ball! Helen Mirren shimmers in silver sequin dress

Sep 01, 2021

Helen Mirren was the belle of the ball for the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show on Monday. Source: Getty

Helen Mirren has pulled out all the fashion stops in a shimmery silver number for an elaborate fashion show in Venice, Italy on Monday. The 76-year-old was attending the Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda show.

For the star-studded event, the English actress opted for a silver sequin dress, which featured three-quarter sleeves and cinched in at the waist. She coordinated the ensemble with black strappy heels, silver dangling earrings and a Dolce & Gabbana bag. Helen wore her grey locks slicked back and opted for a of red lippy to finish off the look.

A day earlier, the actress wowed crowds in a beautiful Dolce & Gabbana ball gown, which featured an embellished bodice over a see-through, mesh three-quarter sleeved blouse and a stunning full-blown skirt. She wore her hair pushed back off her face and accessorised with gold statement earrings and a matching clutch.

After the event, Helen uploaded a full-length pic of her outfit to Instagram, with the caption: “I had a strange and wonderful dream last night. I dreamt I was in Piazza San Marco in Venice, dressed like a member of the Contarini Family, and before me appeared many beautiful goddesses dressed in heavenly clothes, as a rainbow and lightening appeared and thunder rolled, and as the vision disappeared a beautiful rain began to fall and then the following happened!”

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Fans of Helen’s were blown away with her look, with one writing: “This is absolutely heavenly beautiful.”

Another commented: “Just WOW!” While a third said: “Wow. What a dress.”

The actress also posted a video of herself twirling in a floaty black dress, writing: “There should be an Olympic event called twirling with a big dress. I would enter. Thank you D&G for giving me a cinderella moment.”