Stylish Helen Mirren turns up the heat in sexy snake print dress

Dame Helen Mirren rarely puts a foot wrong when it comes to red carpet fashion, and the Oscar-winning actress got it right once again as she stepped out in snake print on Sunday.

The 74-year-old Hollywood star looked incredible in a flowing snake print long-sleeved dress which featured a statement collar, no doubt catching everyone’s eye thanks to its bold pattern as she stepped out for Victoria Beckham’s London Fashion Week show.

The Queen star matched her accessories to the stylish dress, which nipped her in at the waist before falling to her knees in an A-line skirt, opting for a purple clutch bag that matched with the detailing of her outfit. While she added a touch of glamour to the look with a chic pair of sunglasses and a glamorous pair of statement dangling gold earrings.

Her signature cropped blonde hair was swept to the side and she kept her make-up to a minimum, opting for neutral eyeshadow and a bright pink lip.

Mirren’s public outing comes after the star recently opened up about the real story behind the jaw-dropping photo of her posing in a bikini, which sent the world into a spin in 2008.

The 74-year-old actress was pictured by a paparazzi photographer on holiday in Italy in 2008 as she stood up and showed off her incredible figure in a red bikini. The photos catapulted her to a whole new level of fame as a sex symbol, as women around the world turned to her for inspiration for a healthy body type.

And now, quizzed about how she pulled off the amazing pose by KTLA‘s Sam Rubin in a new TV interview, Mirren has revealed she was trying to look “sexy” at the time for her husband Taylor Hackford.

“So, we were there, swimming a little bit, lying in the sun, and Taylor said, ‘Stand up, I want to take a picture of you’,” she revealed. “So I stood up, and sucked my tummy in because my husband was taking my photo. I tried to suck my cheeks in. I tried to look… good.”

Clearly amused by her hesitation to say “good”, Sam then joked: “You were about to say ‘sexy’.” To which Mirren burst out laughing and admitted: “I was, but no!”

“Just as he took the shot, I saw a flash in the hills,” she went on. ‘Taylor said, ‘What’s the matter?’ I said, ‘There’s paparazzi up there!’ He said, ‘No, there isn’t, don’t be ridiculous! How can they be up there, that’s absolutely absurd. You’re paranoid!’ Of course, three days later, that shot came out!”

It comes after Mirren’s nephew Simon addressed the huge reaction to the photos in an interview in 2016, revealing his aunt was offered millions of dollars to become the face of bikini brands and campaigns. Simon said he begged his aunt to take the deal but she repeatedly refused, saying she was embarrassed by the photos.

“I begged her to turn us all into millionaires by marketing bikinis after everyone went wild over her fit bikini body but she said: ‘Absolutely no’. She’s not interested. She won’t brand herself like that,” he told The Times.