Older women tell us what getting older is really like

Women over 60 are having a ‘moment’ and it’s not a senior one. More confidence, more energy and they couldn’t care less what you think. 

In January this year, stratospherically cool (and stratospherically expensive) fashion house Céline announced 80-year-old writer Joan Didion (she of The Year Of Magical Thinking fame) as the new face of their spring/summer collection.

Saint Laurent chose 71-year-old Joni Mitchell as the muse for its Music Project. Shot in black and white by Hedi Slimane, Mitchell’s lined face is a joy to behold for anyone sick of an industry that usually prefers expressionless pre-pubescent rib cages to model their clothes.