Why age is just a number when it comes to fashion

Age should have no bearing on how we dress anymore, writes Annmarie O’Connor, just look at Jane Fonda

When it comes to clothing, the term ‘age-appropriate’ is ill-fitting if not a bit outdated. The prescriptive notion of acquiescing to a quieter, more controlled image with ascending years suggests that matters sartorial have an age limit.

Adulting is challenging enough without the added social pressure of having to fit a style by numbers approach to dressing. Media messages such as: look young but not too young; learn to conceal, not reveal; don’t look like mutton or a lamb, have left many women over 40 feeling sheepish.