Jean cut-off rule is arbitrary and ageist

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/nov/04/jean-cut-off-rule-is-arbitrary-and-ageist

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I hope other people were as cross as I was about the article regarding a survey that said the cut-off year for wearing jeans is 53 (G2, 3 November). What happens to us after 53? Virginia Ironside expresses the patronising view that Carol Klein, in her early 70s, can get away with wearing jeans, as she is a gardener. As can cowboys and physical workers.

I hit 80 this year and intend to go on wearing jeans – and feeling good in them – for as long as I can pull them on!Marion GoughWalton-on-Thames, Surrey

• What rubbish. I am 75 and will continue to wear jeans as long as I can get them on. I look great in them as do all my friends, skinny or ample. The whole point of jeans is that they fade, and adapt themselves to your shape.Sarah CarterCanterbury

• So when are men supposed to stop wearing jeans? I suggest when they are 55, one year younger than Jeremy Clarkson. The cut-off point could move up a year each year.Margaret SquiresSt Andrews

• So Virginia Ironside, what are people over the age of 53 supposed to wear, elasticated waist beige slacks? I’m a trim size 10, attend five gym classes a week, walk six to eight miles once or twice a week, plus a daily 30-60-minute walk each day with our dog. I’m 67 and wear jeans, and I can guarantee you I look better than someone 40 years younger than me wearing a “skinny” size 16! It’s about size and not age, just because Virginia doesn’t wear jeans it doesn’t mean everyone else can’t or shouldn’t.Dot WilkinsonCongleton, Cheshire

• Sad to see Virginia Ironside capitulate to age paranoia, as we can never be truly ourselves for as long as we worry about what others think of us.Robert BellHastings

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