Style at any age: this week’s round-up
Today I discovered a quick cure for jet-lag: just ask your neighbours to have a new kitchen fitted at 8am, the morning after a transatlantic flight. Works a treat. Which reminds me. Standing at the carousel at Heathrow last night, I
spotted a woman with a gorgeous grey plait. It was Kristen McMenamy. The 48-year-old supermodel had just been photographed in New York by Nick Knight for style.com. She looks amazing and part of that is by looking her age. And I mean that sincerely folks. McMenamy looks real, maybe not as real as I did after no sleep and a six and a half hour leg-cramping, economy class flight but hey… Whilst I wrestle with The Lag and overwhelming pangs for my imaginary American life, here’s a quick age-related style round-up:
Lovely Lauren Hutton on the cover of French Elle. Must get hold of this ‘Women Who Make Us Want To Be Older’ issue –
but you can read all about it over at A Femme d’un Certain Age:
Then there’s Ari Seth Cohen’s shoot for Grey magazine with style icon di jour Linda Rodin. Beautiful:
My latest grown-up style icons blog post for Boden features Jane Birkin.
And I know I’m a bit late to this, but here’s the Guardian’s 50 best-dressed over-50s list. Most of the usual suspects crop up – but I was pleased to see Kirsty Wark, Emmanuelle Riva and Vogue’s under-the-street-style-radar fashion director Lucinda Chambers in there.
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And Nick Cave! The 55-year-old rocker was one of the stars of my very first blog post and has still got it. He once said, ‘I can’t even imagine how I could do a gig – just the physical energy
involved,’ and I know how he feels but… ‘As soon as I
walk out on stage, there’s something about the Bad Seeds that’s
energizing. Like a defibrillator to the soul!’ After seeing him play in New York last week, I can confirm that that’s still the case. It’s rocking out, not rocking chair for this Antipodean musician/poet/genius.
Who would you include in a best-dressed list?
Have a lovely weekend. I’m off to figure out how to get Stones in the Park tickets without paying more than the cost of a flight to New York.
Discussion (10 Comments)
Oh WOW. Kristen McMenamy has been my favourite model forever! She is the reason I let my hair go natural. If I had been there, I probably would have flipped. I still keep photos of her August 2011 Italian Vogue cover "oil and water" in my iphotos because the photos are so arresting.
highlandfashionista – oh I was quite excited, Mr TNMA had to restrain me.
I saw that Guardian list – great wasn't it? Good ol' Nick Cave for getting in there!
great post ! i love the linda rodin picture and jane birkin of course !
i just found your blog, and its great !
http://www.alexavoncanisius.com/blog/I always think it is funny when people say "you dont look 72" as if there is a certain look that goes with certain ages. It is only ones "SPIRIT" that makes them yooung or old to me and their look is SECONDARY!!!
I must remember 'defibrillator to the soul.' Very clever post and the photos are inspiring and energizing.
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Fantastic post….some of the most stylish women I know are way post 40! One particular lady I know is near 70, and never a day goes by that she doesn't look like a style icon! She knows more about fashion than I ever will, and I look to her for her wealth of fashion knowledge! x