Meryl Streep at The SAG awards

Looks good for 70+. But she also looks a little special here. And what's with that ugly, clunky necklace? And those glasses? Does she just not have a stylist?

Her style has always been odd.

She looks great. Did she lose a ton of weight?

She definitely looks thinner.

I've always thought that Streep keeps a rather trim figure, but has no qualms about wearing padding, prosthetics, or other tricks to make herself look frumpier when the role calls for it.

She does looks great, though.

Head to toe terrible!

Her skin looks absolutely gorgeous. This is what happens when you don't lay out in the sun, people. You get to look good well into your 60's and 70's.

What an... *interesting*... necklace.

Did one of the kids make it, M, dear?

She never overthinks her looks.

So refreshing.

She looks a lot slimmer. Last time she lost weight she was meant to play Maria Callas for Mike Nicholls in 2014. Then he died.

I don't like anything about her look--the dress, hair, jewelry, glasses--but good for her for shaking things up a bit. (NOW she decides to show some skin?)

One can be a Meryl fan (as I am) and acknowledge: the woman has NO taste at all. She has a history of frustrating multiple stylists and designers who offer their services for free, then choosing something hideous and unflattering to wear at the last minute. Looking like your crazy aunt or a lesbian pottery instructor has just become part of her brand over the years.

Meryl's gotta do Meryl.

I love the dress but hate the necklace.

Great actor. HORRIBLE taste.

Her style is godawful, but when she has someone dress her for a movie, she can look beautiful like in The Devil Wears Prada or Death Becomes Her.

Her ugliest Oscar dress

Yes, dear R13, they're called costume designers.

No, no, THIS was her ugliest Oscars outfit.

Not that there aren't many to chose from.

Her children seemed to have inherited the worst of both parents facial features.

Yes, that poor, unfortunate, resentful looking daughter also seems to have inherited her mother's horrible taste.

R16 you are right! And that was when she was up for her least deserved nomination!

R16 you are right! And that was when she was up for her least deserved nomination!

Which one, R19? There have been a few.

Which one, [R19]? There have been a few.

Losing weight? I hope she's not unwell.

Though that would explain that gray pallor.

Music of the Heart, she got in because she learned to play violin. And for saving the world from Madonna playing the role.

[quote]And for saving the world from Madonna playing the role.

That should've been cause enough for a win.

G were you embarrassed being there in spite of not being nominated?

I would say August: Ossage County was her least deserving nomination.

That necklace is unbelievable. I cannot understand why someone who has such great taste in roles and acting choices has such awful taste in fashion.

She was terrific in August. The screenplay should have been stronger though.

[quote]I would say August: Ossage County was her least deserving nomination.

Oh, I thought she was very convincing in that one. So real. Almost like she didn't have to act.

The only time I remember thinking she was embarrassing was in August Ossage County.

I didn't think she was the right choice for August: Osage County. I would have liked someone with a harder edge to her, like Julianne Nicholson (who is not a big enough star to have cinched the part). But it was hard to tell how anyone was with Julia Roberts making an ungodly spectacle of herself all over the place. Roberts's idea of heavy duty "acting" is always to be angrily shouting at everyone (see also: The Normal Heart).

She was great as that craggy old nun in Doubt. She and Viola should have both won that year over Winslet and Cruz.

Those glasses make her look cross-eyed.

She's great at bitch roles!

I love the necklace and the outfit. Not the glasses.

Agree R36. To answer OP's question, no I don't see any evidence she had work done. She has many wrinkles and fine lines about her mouth, and under her eyes. Maybe it's Crepe Erase she's using, to show her skin.

She dresses like the guest of someone who's a nominee--like the frumpy mother. Her face looks good--if she had work it's been very subtle, because she has a normal looking face.

Frumpy mother's been her thing for a while. She flows, and she's comfortable and that's what she wants at that age. More than anything though, it's what she knows she can get away with because she's walking cinematic history.

Great--so she can "get away" with looking like a frump. What a victory!

She should have starred in Looking For Mr Goodbar.

She wasn't a movie star then, R41. And she was hardly an actor who exuded sexuality. Not her forte.

She looks way better than normal. I like the glasses. So much better than her normal glasses.

[quote] I've always thought that Streep keeps a rather trim figure, but has no qualms about wearing padding, prosthetics, or other tricks to make herself look frumpier when the role calls for it.

I doubt she needs to prosthetics to gain a frumpy or matronly look.

The old age makeup was needed for the Thatcher movie but not the Florence or Women movies. I think they were just feeding her ego like ‘Meryl you don’t look old enough to play a 70 or 80 year old character so we are going to do or that to you ‘....

This or that.

Sure, Jan R44. You're such an insider.

I felt like she could have gone a little further with the old age makeup when she did Into the Woods. She just looked like herself with bad hair and 3 extra wrinkles and Karen Black's teeth from the end of Trilogy of Terror. It didn't help that, when she was transformed back to her "beautiful" state, she looked frumpy and ridiculous. There should have been more of a contrast.

Sexy old witch

I'd rather see her like that in R48 at awards shows than the frump look she subjects everyone to.

Am I the only one who's a bit grossed out by her bare uncooked-chicken/crepey upper arms? Maybe so.

The fashion powers that be used to say that women shouldn't bare their upper arms after 40, the same age they should stop wearing shorter skirts. Of course, nowadays a lot of women over 40 can do both.

Meryl, however, is not one of them.

Just the beads on that necklace would have been fine but the medallion piece is ugly.

R31 I've never seen Osage county but it sounded terrible. Like being stuck at the dinner table of a dysfunctional and trashy family.

Her 2009 SAG speech is one of the best ever.

She's not a clothes horse, so what?

All she has to do, R54, is NOT look like a frump at an awards show a couple times a year. Apparently, her inner New Jersey frau wins out over every stylist in Los Angeles.

She looks frumpy and horrible (at awards shows, etc.) in an almost defiant way. If you're going to be defiant, wear a swan dress like Bjork, at least.

She does it just to annoy you, r56.....

She and husband Don are separated and keeping it quiet. Hence, New Look - New Life.

Really? How do you know this, R58?

Nothing wrong with the glasses or necklace. She's probably wearing the necklace as a favor to the designer who sells them for $300 a pop at Lili and Loo in Hudson. Dress is fine too.

The necklace is not fine. It's chunky and very suburban-edgy.

[quote]Really? How do you know this, [R58]?

The voices in his head told him.

She looks perfectly fine here.

You all mock her necklace, but the pendant stone is actually an ancient Mayan cipher map leading to the lost treasure of the Yucatan!

R61 It's funny how everyone has a different frame of reference to hang things on. To me it's neither suburban, or edgy. I find many older rich women wear costume pieces like this. They're usually quite sophisticated city dwellers actually. To me, it's evocative of a 1920s style, with a bit of an Asian inspiration. Perhaps a bit larger than a vintage piece, but classic nonetheless. I think the drop is perfect where it lands at her waist, almost like a belt buckle. The colours compliment the dress as well.

Perfectly dreadful looking necklace.

At her advanced age, she should stick with basic black.

R63 has proven that she can look good--once.

It's not even a necklace if it hangs down to her cunt.

She took the potion!

She's getting ready to film The Prom musical with Ryan Murphy.

R71 she's been filming The Prom for a few weeks now, looking great in a red wig.

[quote]The only time I remember thinking she was embarrassing was in August Ossage County.

Have you SEEN Mama Mia??

Only parts of it, R73--but you're right. I stand corrected!

Wow! I love her with the red hair.

The poor thing hasn’t gotten even a whisper of an Oscar nomination for the last two or three years. Now she is working for that hack Ryan Murphy and Netflix. I can’t tell you how times I have not accepted their calls !

Of course, the closest G has come to a win resulted in a humiliating loss. Truly the Hillary Clinton of the Oscars. And we won't even mention that 23-year gap until she was finally nominated again for playing a man, which resulted in losing...to me! I think I might have been nominated...oh...8 times in those years Glennie sat it out.