Buy and Hold: Classic clothes, current attitudes
On the post about Eileen Fisher/Sari Botton, noreen commented, "i dont think its the clothes you wear that need to change as you get older but what i think is vitally important as we age is grooming. messy just out of bed hair is sexy at 30 and deranged at 60. un-ironed clothes look insouciant at 30 and 'time for a carer' at 60. when one's body face and hair already look messy then the clothes have to add the polish that a young face and figure already come with." Do you think the clothes you wear need to change as you get older? In my case, yes and no. The style may remain constant: you know, for example, that you have never wanted to wear cropped trousers. But over time, proportions and details shift. Haven't you ever looked at a photo and thought, "So '80s!" At some imprecise moment, no matter what your age, the thing that once looked current loses its lustre. It's not that clothes need to change as we get older, but they will as a...
