Should You Dress Your Age?

As beauty and fashion director of “More” magazine for over a decade, I told readers "age was just a number," "age is an attitude" and "the concept of age appropriate is finally dead." Millions of grownup women (me included) took those words to heart and rallied to the fashion frontlines wearing whatever was new and runway worthy. Today it's not unusual to see women in their 50s, 60s or even 70s sashaying around in leggings and layers, capri pants and glittery ballet flats.

But life and fashion are cyclical. So guess what's back? Vampires (including my all-time favorite. Barnabas Collins of “Dark Shadows”), eating chocolate (this time for health benefits) and, yup, the idea of "age appropriate." Let's not have a collective fashion panic attack. You can still wear whatever you want. But if you want to look contemporary, feel confident and fit into a world increasingly obsessed with style (check out our First Lady or any female TV anchor ) you've got to stay fluid. "Age appropriate" has a new look and a new meaning.

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