Great piece and this very timely for as I’m trying to recalibrate between pros and cons. I have to rethink my shape with peri weight gain, but I’m also feeling braver as I age. I have been second guessing my taste as age appropriate but this article really helps.
It has always cracked me up that according to those kinds of “rules” young = short skirts and older = longer and longer. I’ve never loved super short skirts, even when I was young and had legs that looked more mini-worthy than mine now. Midi lengths have been my favorite ever since I was a teen in the 80s!
Good point! I hadn’t thought of that. And she’s such an icon. Proof that we all need to lean into our preferred styles and figure out how to best present them! I always enjoy your insights.
I love this—it adds so much clarity to my thinking. I often look at things in the stores my daughters favor and think, I cannot wear anything in here when really it’s… I WOULD NOT wear anything in here. Whereas I was in a very funky, but filled with quality small designers and bought an oversized t-shirt that’s super on trend and would work on someone my daughters’ age… but not them, bc it’s my style but not theirs. (My sons, yes!) and I know exactly what I’m planning to do with it—upgrade and make more “me” what I put on after inferno hiit that needs to be washable but also chill Manhattan tomboy. Ok TLDR—thanks, this is helpful!! (And the store is R2, one of the second floor shops on Newbury—which, if yall know Boston, can be a challenging place for anyone who wants chill modern classic and not… classic preppy traditional.)
Also you absolutely nailed it with the SATC reboot. It’d found inauthentic but I had not noticed that the styling also demonstrated the absence of character evolution. Such an in interesting observation!
Heh, finally gave up with And Just Like That exactly when Carrie came down the stairs at Aidan's in her heels and dress!
I'm 63 now, yet some of the earlier me is still there but way more pared down, and more choosy about prints (they need to be cmc). Classic jewellery particularly makes me feel and look old, so it has to be slightly "off" or modern. Ear cuffs, jokko bangles, some Dinosaur Designs all good.
There’s an article circulating currently. Apparently 2/3 of the British population believe 56 is the cut off age for women to be wearing fashionable clothes.
Just turned 70 here - still wear tank tops, just bought the Tibi clear PVC belt. My style isn’t going to change because of a number.
Great piece and this very timely for as I’m trying to recalibrate between pros and cons. I have to rethink my shape with peri weight gain, but I’m also feeling braver as I age. I have been second guessing my taste as age appropriate but this article really helps.
It has always cracked me up that according to those kinds of “rules” young = short skirts and older = longer and longer. I’ve never loved super short skirts, even when I was young and had legs that looked more mini-worthy than mine now. Midi lengths have been my favorite ever since I was a teen in the 80s!
Exactly. In fact, just watching the Carolyn B. / JFK series, pretty sure I’ve never seen her legs.
Good point! I hadn’t thought of that. And she’s such an icon. Proof that we all need to lean into our preferred styles and figure out how to best present them! I always enjoy your insights.
Amazing research, loved this. Wish I had seen you in SF! 🧡
I love this—it adds so much clarity to my thinking. I often look at things in the stores my daughters favor and think, I cannot wear anything in here when really it’s… I WOULD NOT wear anything in here. Whereas I was in a very funky, but filled with quality small designers and bought an oversized t-shirt that’s super on trend and would work on someone my daughters’ age… but not them, bc it’s my style but not theirs. (My sons, yes!) and I know exactly what I’m planning to do with it—upgrade and make more “me” what I put on after inferno hiit that needs to be washable but also chill Manhattan tomboy. Ok TLDR—thanks, this is helpful!! (And the store is R2, one of the second floor shops on Newbury—which, if yall know Boston, can be a challenging place for anyone who wants chill modern classic and not… classic preppy traditional.)
Yes exactly - not could not but WOULD NOT
Also you absolutely nailed it with the SATC reboot. It’d found inauthentic but I had not noticed that the styling also demonstrated the absence of character evolution. Such an in interesting observation!
I also thought “the real Carrie wouldn’t wear that today” but I couldn’t pin down why, and Amy totally nailed it!
Heh, finally gave up with And Just Like That exactly when Carrie came down the stairs at Aidan's in her heels and dress!
I'm 63 now, yet some of the earlier me is still there but way more pared down, and more choosy about prints (they need to be cmc). Classic jewellery particularly makes me feel and look old, so it has to be slightly "off" or modern. Ear cuffs, jokko bangles, some Dinosaur Designs all good.
Wait. How did I not know you were at McMullens? But anyway...I love this!
There’s an article circulating currently. Apparently 2/3 of the British population believe 56 is the cut off age for women to be wearing fashionable clothes.
That is so sad.
Yes yes and yes!