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Helen Mirren’s sense of style

While Mirren (pictured here at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards) doesn't claim to be a fashionista, she's come a long way since 1997, and we couldn't let her accumulated knowledge go to waste. So here -- perhaps for the first time ever -- Dame Helen Mirren's red carpet fashion tips: Very high heels: "It helps with the whole look of the dress and gives you length at the waist to make you look taller and slimmer."

While Mirren (pictured here at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards) doesn’t claim to be a fashionista, she’s come a long way since 1997, and we couldn’t let her accumulated knowledge go to waste.

So here -- perhaps for the first time ever -- Dame Helen Mirren‘s red carpet fashion tips:

Very high heels: “It helps with the whole look of the dress and gives you length at the waist to make you look taller and slimmer.”   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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Go easy on the makeup: “Makeup has to survive tremendous heat or tremendous cold, and it has to get through the whole evening, three hours of sitting there and being on camera. By the time you get to the parties, you can visit the ladies room and retouch.”  (Dave Hogan / Getty Images)

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Be comfortable: “It’s terribly important: Take spare shoes -- some little flatties. And do be sure your dress is comfortable. You’ll be sitting in it for three or four hours. Anything that digs in will be excruciating by the end of the night.”  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

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Skip the big bangles: “I borrowed a fantastic bracelet one time, and it was a disaster, because at the Oscars, you’re clapping every few minutes and the cameras are always on you, so you can’t not be clapping or people will wonder, ‘Why is she not clapping?’ Well, by the end of the night, my wrist was bruised, just black and blue.”

Helen Mirren: A passion for acting  (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)

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