Sari Botton's epiphany at Eileen Fisher
Sari Botton, writer and editor of the illuminating Substack magazine Oldster , wrote a heartfelt post, " What Does It Mean to Dress Your Age? " , available with the read-for-free option. In short, she visits an Eileen Fisher outlet store with a couple of male friends who deliver "Queer Eye for the Nearly-Age-60 Friend". What is of more interest than the clothes (this is still EF) is her attitude: long a "Wear Whatever the F I Want" woman, she now grapples with whether it's "finally time to dress like an adult"—which she defines as "Like, it's my duty to adopt a more formal look —smart skirt suits, crisp blouses, gabardine slacks, tea-length dresses—but also loose, shapeless linen outfits in muted tones that don't call attention to the ever-increasing softness of my body and the changes in my shape." Notice certain adjectives: formal, loose, shapeless, muted . I've been an adult far longer, and never signed up for th...
