To be absolutely agog at Raquel Welch's appearance

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... on Piers Morgan. She's 76 ffs, and doesn't actually look too artificial

CaraAspen - I remember you were on another thread berating women with short hair as looking hard and unfeminine. You don't half talk a load of bollocks sometimes.

I know it's bad form to bring up other threads but I don't much care in this case.

she always and still has the most amazing figure

yes she has had surgery but not to the extent some others have

she is still very attractive and I think she would still be without surgery

Do brides really get upset if their MIL's outfit isn't a salmon pink twinset?

& im sure I wore 'statement' dresses to weddings in my time. As in a dress that really suited me & showed my figure at its best. Not low cut or short, not my thing. I never got the memo that I was supposed to look like a sack of spuds

I think there's a large grey expanse between sack of spuds and something that stunning!

But RW is stunning in that photo. Was she supposed to down play this? Genuinely asking not being smart

Ooooooh Cara - ageist and misogynist? Good for you pal, good for you.

Also meant to say stunning in photo as she is in RL

Cara you don't like women much, do you

Cara are you my Mother?

Nellyphants, she looks a lot more stunning than usual, on account of the dress, though, and I imagine she knew that, seeing as she apparently only popped that one on when she saw the press. There's a scale of clothing from 1- trackies and a t-shirt to walk the dog and 10- what you wear to pick up an Oscar!

I think it's the cut-outs on the dress. You know how many women would say they look and feel more attractive in lingerie than they do naked? The cut-outs draw the eye and emphasis her features in a way a plain deep V-neck wouldn't. It's a fantastic design on a very beautiful woman, but it's striking nature makes her look a bit overdressed for the occasion.

I wouldn't give two shiny shits of anyone turned up like that at my wedding.

I have enough self confidence to not feel the need to look the best.

I'd also be pleased my mil felt good about herself.

Still not convinced Tara why shouldn't she look stunning, she is stunning. Was she supposed to down play her attractiveness?

I don't get over dressed either, it was her son's wedding, surely one of the dressiet occasions in a woman's life??

That photo always makes me laugh - and I'm mostly laughing at the bride for that sour look on her face. That's the main reason she's overshadowed.

Probably not the dressiest occasion in Raquel Welch's life!

Anyway, if you don't get what I mean, look at Bafta outfits last year. www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/events/baftas-2016-best-dressed-on-the-red-carpet/olga-kurylenko/ Looks great on her, but wouldn't be socially appropriate as an outfit for the groom's mother. After that, if you can't see the distinction I'm making, I can't help you.

After that, if you can't see the distinction I'm making, I can't help you

Or the possibility you're talking utter nonsense?

It's not dressy compared to those bafta dresses you've linked to. It's a black dress with a deep V and cut outs. Not see through,no danger of showing any more than she wants just classic 'Sophia.'

I think she always looks beautiful. The Cara poster on this thread needs to post a pic of how they're looking. I'll bet it's not a patch on RW.

Whoops - the grin was for Navy.

But I agree with you too Dame I can't see the connection between a long, white see-through dress and Raquel Welch's outfit.

Didn't say it was dressy compared to those ones. I thought that would be obvious! But I suppose I should have made that clear.

I thought that if I linked to something at such an awards ceremony, someone, somewhere might agree it was possible to be overdressed at a family wedding. Even if they didn't agree that that dress constituted over dressing, which is a separate question.

Are you also of the school of "wear whatever you like so long as you look fantastic in it"? I may just have to lie down and gently expire at the thought of the wasted hours I've spent clothes shopping for weddings.

I'm Tara- I'm sure all that makes sense in your head

Generous of you to say so. Still feel that one is socially obliged not to go for the ten out of ten, pulling-out-all-the-stops number at a family wedding, or in this case, an 8/10 dress. But now I've discovered that it's no-holds-barred, a whole new world opens up.

I think a cream ballgown should suit me wonderfully at the next wedding...

Cara's an idiot.

She looks bloody awful. I feel sorry for her though. She lives in a world where very few women feel able to age without surgery. And once you start, I imagine it's impossible to stop.