From Helen Mirren to Diana Ross, six graceful septuagenarian style icons we’re loving right now

Soul queen and Diana Ross held her own at Glastonbury this year. Arriving on the Pyramid Stage in a sumptuous snow-white beaded gown, a tulle shawl, feathered headpiece and gargantuan chandelier earrings, she belted out her greatest hits in front of Worthy Farm revellers and a record-breaking audience of 3.1 million on the BBC – the most-viewed performance in the Legends slot at the festival. 

At 78-years-old, Ross is one of many stylish women over 70 relishing a deserved moment in the spotlight, highlighting celebrity style of the generation that was. Glenn Close is a fellow lover of all-out septuagenarian glamour. The 75-year-old actor stole the show at the Met Gala in Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino hot pink and took to the famous staircase with her arms spread wide, full embellished cape on show. Many have worn Piccioli’s cult hue, but no one as exuberantly as Close. 

Over on Instagram, Vera Wang is wearing baggy jeans and Balenciaga’s crystal-choked boots. With 789,000 followers and counting, she’s becoming as much a fashion influencer as a fashion designer, posing competition to the fervid 20-somethings on the platform. 

Hollywood sirens Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep, who are 76- and 73-years-old respectively, have walked many a red carpet in their lifetimes, but their recent outings are some of their best examples of celebrity style. Mirren turned heads in metallic Dolce & Gabbana at the Cannes Film Festival, with her silver locks slicked back. Streep, meanwhile, looked effortlessly cool at the New York premiere for Don’t Look Up in a contemporary disc dress from Marc Jacobs’s autumn/winter 2021 collection, layered over a roll-neck top and tights. 

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As for 78-year-old Gladys Knight? The singer has looked positively radiant for recent performances, wearing everything from patterned separates to feather-kissed sequins and smart suiting.  

Stylish women over 70 are having their moment – scroll on to see their best looks from this year.

• Jim Dyson/Getty Images1/6Diana RossOf all the various performances at Glastonbury 2022, Diana Ross’s whopper set was one for the record books. The 78-year-old needed little more than her voice to command attention, but her showgirl-esque beaded gown and feathered headpiece made it even more iconic to witness.

• Sean Zanni/Getty Images2/6Glenn CloseCountless celebrities have fallen for Pierpaolo Piccioli’s hot pink hue, a shade that he says “felt like being born again” when he created it. Glenn Close made the unique colourway her own at the Met Gala.

• Instagram /@queensjulietteandhelen3/6Helen MirrenThere were several standout moments at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The most heartwarming of all came courtesy of Helen Mirren, who danced with Andie MacDowell on the Croisette, wearing a silvery Dolce & Gabbana gown. 

• Instagram: @Verawang4/6Vera WangFashion designer Vera Wang, who’s renowned for her frothy wedding gowns, regularly treats her 789,000 followers (and counting) to fashion snaps. Recently, she shared a picture of herself trying on Balenciaga’s crystal-choked boots at its new London flagship.  

• Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images5/6Gladys KnightSinger Gladys Knight has embraced her recent performances with fashion finesse. Every stage she takes to, she brings with her a head-turning outfit, be it the printed trousers and matching shirt she wore at the Royal Albert Hall or the breathtaking feathered look she sported at the HSS 37th Annual Tribute Dinner at the American Museum of Natural History.

• Instagram / @themarcjacobs6/6Meryl StreepMeryl Streep is a veteran of the red carpet. For the New York premiere of Don’t Look Up, she forewent an ornate gown – her co-star Jennifer Lawrence, who was pregnant at the time, was radiant in embellished Dior – and wore a contemporary look by Marc Jacobs instead.