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Ingenue Who? Jane Fonda and More Mature Actresses Are Ruling the Red Carpet

Tell 'em, girl.

By Bridget Burns

Sep 8, 2017

Performance, Entertainment, Fashion, Event, Performing arts, Fashion model, Public event, Music artist, Fashion design, Dress,

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Every passing premiere seems to bring out a new flock of PYTs, but never fear—Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren, and more are here to prove you don't have to be a spring chicken to absolutely slaughter the red carpet. Ahead, some of their most recent, jaw-dropping looks even if their industry still relegates women over 40 to playing moms, while their male cohorts' girlfriends stay the same age forever, hmm.

<p>Put Helen in her sunflower Dolce & Gabbana dress and <a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/news/a26450/shonda-rhimes-pasta-dress/" target="_blank" data-tracking-id="recirc-text-link">Shonda Rhimes in her spaghetti one</a>, and you've got a Tuscan picnic, basically. Also, that pose.</p><p><em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">Shop similar: Dolce & Gabbana, $1,497</em><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor"></strong></p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">BUY IT: <a href="http://www.matchesfashion.com/us/products/1096178?country=USAwcB" target="_blank" data-tracking-id="recirc-text-link">matchesfashion.com</a>.</strong></p>

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Helen Mirren

Put Helen in her sunflower Dolce & Gabbana dress and Shonda Rhimes in her spaghetti one, and you've got a Tuscan picnic, basically. Also, that pose.

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<p>You're never to old to twirl in a big, tulle princess dress. </p>

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Helen Mirren

You're never to old to twirl in a big, tulle princess dress.

<p>Big up to both Helen and designer Sassi Holford for this playful moment.</p>

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Helen Mirren

Big up to both Helen and designer Sassi Holford for this playful moment.

<p>Why does this look like the triumphant end to a biopic about a girl who was told she'd never amount to anything, but years later, you see her in Giorgio Armani at the <a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/news/g5013/venice-film-festival-2017-fashion/" target="_blank" data-tracking-id="recirc-text-link">Venice Film Festival</a>? </p>

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Annette Bening

Why does this look like the triumphant end to a biopic about a girl who was told she'd never amount to anything, but years later, you see her in Giorgio Armani at the Venice Film Festival?

<p>One of the perks of growing up is getting your own wind machine to sweep up your hair and Valentino gown. That's a fact. </p>

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Julianne Moore

One of the perks of growing up is getting your own wind machine to sweep up your hair and Valentino gown. That's a fact.

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Julianne Moore

Who said you couldn't wear skirts above the knee after a certain age? Not Louis Vuitton, nor Julianne Moore, that's who.

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Julianne Moore

Valentino! Couture! Baby!

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Jane Fonda

Remember when J.Lo made Jane Fonda wear a ruffly matron of honor dress in Monster in Law? Classic. But in this Marchesa dream, that peach monstrosity is but a distant memory.

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Susan Sarandon

Another plus side of aging is knowing the silhouettes that work for you and your very impressive décolletage. Here, she's in bespoke Hugo Boss by Jason Wu.

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