Though insisting she's not remotely a fashionista, Helen Mirren does turn her hand to design. "I make my own clothes, because I never found the kinds of things I liked," the actress said at Lacroix. "My mother taught me how to work a sleeve and make a placket. Of course, those were the pre-Primark days." And Mirren had some strong words about the low-value clothing chain. "I won't buy from Primark. It's tempting, but immoral. I'd rather go to jumble sales and buy secondhand than buy slave-labor clothes."
Actor-cum-director Edouard Baer, meanwhile, said he's off to Canada in a week for the opening of a cabaret that he's produced. "It features an unknown French cast," he said of the show, dubbed "Edward Baer, Puzzle."
PHOTOS BY STEPHANE FEUGERE AND DOMINIQUE MAITRE
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