Barbra Streisand "Too old to care" if people think that she dresses too sexy at 81

The emblematic star talked about her style choices in a new interview.


At 81, Barbra Streisand is done to worry about what others think about what it is wearing. In an interview The New York Times Published on December 25, Streisand spoke of his story with style in what the newspaper reports that his first interview "to focus only on fashion". The singer, actor and director explained how she minimized her sexuality when she was younger, but is now expressed as she deems good. Streisand thinks that no one should be limited by their age with regard to their style choices.

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In the interview with the Nyt And in his recently released memories My name is Barbra , Streisand shares that she did not feel attractive As a promising artist. It affected the way she dressed. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Nobody would have looked at me and thought:" This girl should be a film star "", she wrote in her book (via the Nyt ). "I have a little head, a twisted nose, my mouth is too large, and my eyes are too small. Did I even think I was sexy?" No. "

Streisand told the newspaper that she had developed a signature style very early.

"I did not associate myself with the type of conventional dress that most nightclub singers were carrying," she said to Nyt . "Instead, I took a fabric of men's clothing - a black and white chevron tweed - and I designed a vest, which I wore with a white muslin blouse and a matching tweed skirt, a Floor length with a slit on the side, and doubled in red. I have been wearing a version of this costume since. "

Barbra Streisand at the 1969 Oscars
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Now, however, she feels free to be more expressive with her style choices.

"People should express themselves and wear what they feel one day given. And that has nothing to do with age," she said.

To appear sexy, she added: "I was too afraid of being seen in this way at that time. Now I am too old to worry about it."

Streisand also referred to a criticism she received for the outfit she had to sing Bill Clinton 1993 Presidential inauguration gala. She wrote a striped skirt suit with a low vest and a trenched skirt, that a Nyt Critic said that he had sent a "worrying signal" and a "shy mixed message".

"I thought the writer read a lot on this outfit, and that said more about her than on me," said Streisand in the new interview. "As I wrote in my book," why can't women be accomplished And attractive, strong And Sensitive, intelligent And sensual?'"

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Streisand also shared with the publication that it was his idea to wear just a shirt and no pants for his 2016 W magazine cover. The memorable photo presents the Egot winner Wearing heels, a white buttoned shirt and a black tie with a suit jacket thrown over his shoulder. His legs are covered only with tights.

In the magazine interview, she spoke of One of its most famous outfits : the pants and the matching top, she wore when she accepted her best actress Oscar for Funny girl in 1969.

"I did not know that when the lights hit this outfit, it would become transparent!" she says. "I wanted a collar and white wrists, which he had, and I wore my hair under my chin, because I said to myself, I will win two Oscars in my life, and I will be more conservative next time. ""

Streisand won his second Oscar - the best original song for "Evergreen" A star is born - in 1977. This time, she wore a pleated bronze dress with a capet.

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