Helen Mirren set our fashion evolution goals for us when she attended the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Spring 2015 Gala at The Waldorf-Astoria in NYC on Monday.

The English actress epitomized dignified elegance in a midnight blue Carmen Marc Volvo Black Label illusion gown with sheer sides and sleeves.

Obscuring the see-through mesh panels were beading and embroidery. Dame Helen turns 70 in July this year, but she rocked the illusion dress style usually reserved for younger gals like nobody’s business.

She certainly schooled all those thirsty celebrities who left nothing to the imagination in very revealing dresses at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party.
To see how to wear an illusion dress classily, compare the pictures of Helen Mirren to the ones below.
Gigi Hadid, Rita Ora, and Irina Shayk turn heads in daring sheer and cut-out black gowns, showcasing bold and edgy fashion choices (Credit: Brian To / Dave Bedrosian / FayesVision / Future Image / WENN)