The legendary actress, soon to publish her memoir, discusses embracing a fearless fashion style in her 90s, conceived by her designer of the past 15 years, B Michael, who says,"I see her as Hollywood royalty."
When Tyson was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2018 and became the first African American woman to be so lauded —"after all those years," she says — she was resplendent in a gown and bolero made of around 150 pieced-together sections of a metallic vintage French silk from the same fabric house that supplied Christian Dior and Hubert de Givenchy in their heydays."I couldn't think of anything else," says Tyson's couturier for almost two decades, New York-based B Michael.
Another commanding appearance came when the actress attended Aretha Franklin's 2018 funeral service in a bell-sleeved black dress, a string of pearls and an enormous rippling black hat."People stop me in the street today and ask me about that hat," she says."The hat took over. I didn't want to wear it because I was sitting in the front row and I said that the people behind me will not be able to see.
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