Here's What The Mamas & The Papas Singer Michelle Phillips Looks Like Now
Although The Mamas & the Papas were only a group for three years, they left a permanent stamp on music and popular culture, by way of hits like "California Dreamin'" that perfectly encapsulated the sound of the mid-to-late 1960s. Then there was the fascination with the group's four members, from their scandals to their personalities. Michelle Phillips became known as the token California blond of the band, with her simple fashion and hippie-chick hairstyle. There are certain celeb outfits from the '60s define the era's style, and Phillips was the epitome of laid-back folk style with her jeans and tunic tops that she wore to perform on live TV. So what does The Mamas & the Papas soprano look like now?
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Phillips, who turned 82 in 2026, still looks gorgeous today. Her hair is a very light blond, a shade she's maintained since the '80s, after wearing her natural dark blond hair color throughout the '70s. In November 2025, the octogenarian attended the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles wearing a sparkly black dress with simple black flats, an example of a youthful outfit idea that looks beautiful on older women.
Michelle Phillips still borrows some of her signature style from the past
When we look at what the Mamas & the Papas singer Michelle Phillips looks like now, her style still seems pretty simple, with a few elements left over from her singing days. In the 1970s, Phillips pursued acting and only made one solo album after the band broke up. During this era, she occasionally wore flowers in her hair, like other it-girls of the time, including Diana Ross.
As hairstyles straight from the '70s have been making comebacks in recent years, Phillips has leaned back into her flower-in-the-hair look that she wore in that decade, which is also a nod to her hippie days in San Francisco as a teenage model in the early '60s. Her then-partner John Phillips actually wrote the song "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)." And she's apparently taken that to heart. Among other instances, the vocalist donned a white flower in her hair in the '80s for the 1985 AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards. And in 2024, she wore a white flower in her blond updo for a pre-Grammy gala in Beverly Hills. Whether it's intentional or not, it reminds fans where Michelle Phillips came from and her longevity in show business.