Comments on: Vogue gets it

By: Candelaria

Candelaria — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:59:18 +0000

Vogue does it and Essence magazine has been doing this for years. One of my good friends was featured in their last issue on beauty at any age.
I love the movie Mama Mia for this because it was such a celebration of womanhood – midlife and early 20s and it didn’t look like Meryl or the other actresses had been made up to look younger.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:56:33 +0000

Great post, and great reminder!

I badly need some new clothes, but hate shopping anymore. Half of what I find seems too ‘young’, like I’m trying to compete with my daughter (we’d both shudder at that thought!) or else I end up looking like one of the Golden Girls.

Jeans aren’t that comfortable anymore: apparently they involves something called a ‘waist’, a word which sounds vaguely familiar, but hmmmm…

Ah well. Will check the newsstand!

By: Ellen Besso

Ellen Besso — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:02:55 +0000

Hi Jane: Thanks very much for this. I’ll check it out. I particularly like your line: “Unlike other magazines, they really do acknowledge that their readership has birthdays.” Perhaps Vogue policy is informed by fashion all over the world, especially Europe, where ageism may be a bit less than in North America.

Cheers
Ellen Besso
http://www.ellenbesso.com/midlifemaze