- Barbra Streisand, 81, says she's "too old to care" if people think she dresses too sensually.
- In an interview with The New York Times, Streisand opened up about her style through the years.
Barbra Streisand isn't bothered by the comments she gets about the way she dresses.
In an interview with The New York Times, the 81-year-old opened up about her style evolution and even shared some stories behind a few iconic outfits she's worn.
Looking back at her outfits from early in her career, Streisand said she had shied away from anything too sensual or provocative because she was worried about how she'd be perceived.
"I was too afraid to be seen that way at that time," she told the Times. "Now I'm too old to care."
She also doesn't agree with the saying that people should "dress their age," per the Times.
"People should express themselves and wear whatever they feel on any given day," Streisand added. "And that has nothing to do with age."
She told the Times that she had even suggested posing for a W magazine cover in a white shirt with no pants a few years ago — something that she wouldn't have done when she was younger.
Although Streisand made the best-dressed list twice, she has also had her fair share of wardrobe malfunctions, per the Times.
When she won her first Oscar in 1969, her glittery pantsuit turned out to be transparent under the stage lights.
"When I saw the footage on TV, I was horrified," Streisand writes in her memoir "My Name Is Barbra."
"It looked as if I had nothing on underneath. (It was actually lined in nude georgette.) I was so embarrassed. And I'm still horrified, thinking about it now," she continued in her memoir.
Streisand also recounted in her book how Princess Diana helped her when her skirt zipper came down at a movie premiere in 1992.