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Great
Pretenders
With the plastic surgeon’s scalpel making it possible to defy
the march of time, some older folks are eagerly adopting the youthful
fashions they never got to enjoy all those years ago. Did someone say
“reality check”?
As promised last month, here are my picks of the fall/winter
collections unveiled in July.
In keeping with this Weekender’s youth generation
theme, I am not going to discuss silhouettes and colors, but the
wearer.
The models featured on this page are undoubtedly young and
beautiful, but even they look a bit too mature for such sprite-focused
clothing.
And if
the clothes appear too young for them, then what about most of us who
said a sad goodbye to our teen years several decades ago.
A couple
of weeks ago I headed to Bali with two younger friends. We spent the
weekend relaxing on the beach and restaurant and bar-hopping. Of
course, a trip to paradise island means shedding the formal wear of
Jakarta for casual, sexy duds of tight pants and shorts, T-shirts, and
sunglasses.
A week
later I looked over the photos. I could only chuckle and shake my head
in embarrasment
The youth-oriented clothing could not disguise the fact that
I am now on the wrong side of 40, especially standing next to my
friends (one 28, the other 32) and with my unruly tufts of gray hair.
My message to designers everywhere is that there is a time
for everything and everyone. Please design fashions accordingly, for
all ages.
+ Samuel Mulia
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