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www.racked.com/2017/1/18/14112366/dressing-like-an-adult-sophistication
This is interesting. I thought it was going to rely on slut-shaming in order to make its point, that dressing "sexy" was bad so, ladies, cover it up! But that's not the take that I got. I also thought it was going to blast millennials by comparing youth to age in this specific time. But it didn't do that either. If anything, it picked on Baby Boomers.
I'm letting my hair go grey on its own. When I visited my mother before the pandemic, I had more grey than she did because shes not ready to let the world see her age (although she finally leaned into grey hair with the social trend that came about during lockdowns of more "natural" hair styles). I have nothing against people who color their hair because they like the color. But I'm not going to color mine because I *fear* my color.
This article wasn't about shaming people for their arbitrary fashion choices of today. It wasn't yet another "kids today don't know what's good for them!" It was a more subtle look at the way our culture dismisses older women (with a nod to the effects older men get too) and an appreciative look at the experience and complexity that can come with age, as seen through fashion.
This is interesting. I thought it was going to rely on slut-shaming in order to make its point, that dressing "sexy" was bad so, ladies, cover it up! But that's not the take that I got. I also thought it was going to blast millennials by comparing youth to age in this specific time. But it didn't do that either. If anything, it picked on Baby Boomers.
I'm letting my hair go grey on its own. When I visited my mother before the pandemic, I had more grey than she did because shes not ready to let the world see her age (although she finally leaned into grey hair with the social trend that came about during lockdowns of more "natural" hair styles). I have nothing against people who color their hair because they like the color. But I'm not going to color mine because I *fear* my color.
This article wasn't about shaming people for their arbitrary fashion choices of today. It wasn't yet another "kids today don't know what's good for them!" It was a more subtle look at the way our culture dismisses older women (with a nod to the effects older men get too) and an appreciative look at the experience and complexity that can come with age, as seen through fashion.
"Before, girls aspired to wear the sexy draped dresses only deemed appropriate for over-30 women who could handle the consequences of showing off their cleavage. Today, if you were to read some women’s magazines at face value, we’re left with nothing to look forward to past the minimum age of renting a car.
The culprit? The baby boomers and the 1960s Youthquake. "
"“By the age of thirty, most women were married, held jobs, or both,” writes Przybyszewski. “And they were presumed able to handle the eroticism embodied in the draped designs that made for the most sophisticated styles.” Draping gathers excess fabric into unique waves that draw attention to the wearer’s womanly curves and the tug of gravity. “It offers a more subtle eroticism than our usual bare fashion,” she writes. "
"The only acceptable way to present old age in public is to completely efface it. "
"But what if we accented our age on purpose to show off our hard-earned sagacity?"
"You could either get botox or celebrate the raw power of gathering decades of knowledge of yourself and the world. I say, let’s assemble a squad of matronly motherfuckers."
