The Lady Magazine

27 January 2017

Dear Readers, This week we are celebrating everything that is wonderful about being ‘a certain age’. The chance to let our hair grow gracefully grey, or silver, as is more often the case. The chance to wear what we want and feel good. Yes, it’s a round of applause for the newly dubbed ‘Super Agers’ – women (and men) who look better and better as time passes. Incredible beauties including 88-year-old supermodel Daphne Selfe, or 95-year-old Instagram sensation, Iris Apfel. The triumph of these later-life fashion stars owes much to the work of the photographer Ari Seth Cohen. ‘I wanted to show that you can be stylish, creative and vital at any age,’ he says. And why not? Long gone are the days when life stops at retirement. Now, many of us are using retirement as an excuse to develop a second life. And, perhaps, offset loneliness by downsizing and moving to live among new people with similar interests. Our care and retirement special this week has pages of gorgeous, even ‘groovy’, choices. You may find time to drool over Mary Berry’s new recipes on the food pages. And if you’re wondering what to wear, the fashion pages have a stunning new red lipstick. As 68-year-old celebrity stylist Linda Rodin tells us, whatever else you are wearing, a dash of lippy always makes you feel better before you head out the door… Until next week, best wishes Sam Taylor