We used to know what forty-something looked like. It meant short, neat hair, sensible clothes and the onset of middle-age spread.
It meant less focus on yourself and more on those around you (who’s going to be looking at you, anyway?), a time for slipping gradually into the cosy cardie of your middle years. “Forty, fat and frumpy” was the tag that women dreaded, not least because it was so often true.
Now, forty-something looks… different; none of the old rules seems to apply. Thanks to those Desperate Housewives, we’ve come to feel that tousled tresses aren’t just for youngsters.
Forty-something mothers borrow their teenage daughters’ skinny jeans, chunky ankle boots and jackets – they’re trim enough after all that pilates. And no one bats an eyelid, not when their lithe-limbed, 40-plus role models Liz Hurley and Elle Macpherson are flaunting their just-as-perfect-as-ever bodies.
Источник: Independent Online
