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| Women of every age: what does ageing gracefully mean to you? | Women of every age: what does ageing gracefully mean to you? |
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| A new book, French Women Don’t Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style & Attitude has got us wondering what "ageing with style and attitude" actually means. The book’s author, Mireille Guiliano (of French Women Don’t Get Fatfame) believes that a good attitude has something to do with being "bien dans sa peau" (comfortable in one’s skin). But she also believes that “too many women forty and up se laissent aller," (let themselves go). | A new book, French Women Don’t Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style & Attitude has got us wondering what "ageing with style and attitude" actually means. The book’s author, Mireille Guiliano (of French Women Don’t Get Fatfame) believes that a good attitude has something to do with being "bien dans sa peau" (comfortable in one’s skin). But she also believes that “too many women forty and up se laissent aller," (let themselves go). |
| For the most part, Guiliano's advice comes from celebrity routines and diets. But we don't all have the luxury of having a daily citron pressé like Catherine Deneuve or taking argan oil and estrogen supplements to reduce wrinkles. She reminds women to remain conservative in their style as they grow older, suggesting that women should stop showing cleavage, and only wear dresses below the knee after a certain age. | For the most part, Guiliano's advice comes from celebrity routines and diets. But we don't all have the luxury of having a daily citron pressé like Catherine Deneuve or taking argan oil and estrogen supplements to reduce wrinkles. She reminds women to remain conservative in their style as they grow older, suggesting that women should stop showing cleavage, and only wear dresses below the knee after a certain age. |
| “Look around,” she writes. “Fat is becoming scarily acceptable; so is dressing down, poorly and distastefully … American women tend, it seems to me, to behave in extremes; they are “all or nothing” in their approach to dieting, for instance, which I believe parallels how some people approach ageing. They want and like to see themselves as young and perfect, but then they cannot ignore the slippery slope to getting old.” | “Look around,” she writes. “Fat is becoming scarily acceptable; so is dressing down, poorly and distastefully … American women tend, it seems to me, to behave in extremes; they are “all or nothing” in their approach to dieting, for instance, which I believe parallels how some people approach ageing. They want and like to see themselves as young and perfect, but then they cannot ignore the slippery slope to getting old.” |
| We want to know what ageing gracefully means to you. | We want to know what ageing gracefully means to you. |
| Tell us: do you think there's a "slippery slope" women must be watchful of as they get older? Do use anti-ageing products? Color your hair? Avoid certain styles of dress? Do you have an ageing role model? Is Guiliano's advice too conservative? Even outdated? Share your thoughts below and we'll feature your comments in an upcoming piece on the Guardian. | Tell us: do you think there's a "slippery slope" women must be watchful of as they get older? Do use anti-ageing products? Color your hair? Avoid certain styles of dress? Do you have an ageing role model? Is Guiliano's advice too conservative? Even outdated? Share your thoughts below and we'll feature your comments in an upcoming piece on the Guardian. |
| Deadline to submit: Wednesday December 18. | Deadline to submit: Wednesday December 18. |
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