Comments on: Older Models In Demand

By: Christie

Christie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:21:36 +0000

Merci beaucoup Carine, for pointing out how ridiculous the message is here. My response to the new “older” model? Airbrush this!

By: CRobin

CRobin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:31:25 +0000

Yes there are glamorous women well into their golden years, my mother is one of them. She has lines that show she has lived a long life, and they are beautiful lines. I wonder what the young girls coming up are going to think about what age actually looks like. With the high-profiled faces of women being line-free, tight and shiny, what does a real seasoned woman look like? Do journalists think about that or do advertisers look to the future? I found a photo of this “timeless” model Carmen Dell’Orefice, not airbrushed — regal, wrinkled, still beautiful and REAL. Why not use something like that? Not “classy” enough? See the photo here; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2008/01/13/st_carmendellorefice113.xml

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:34:24 +0000

i hope in addition to your blog you sent your editiorial to the l.a. times as commentary on their article. i like that older models are getting gigs, but it would be nice if an older woman’s beauty was shown/recognized in more realistic terms. for beauty comes in many forms, not only in smooth skin.

By: dearpru

dearpru — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:09:39 +0000

So now we know what Madonna will look like when she’s 70.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:33:22 +0000

I don’t know what you’re talking about. My mom’s 92 and she looks better than any 50 year old. PSYCH! You are so right. But at least we have the brains (do we???) to see through it. As the mother of a tween girl about to hit her teenage years, I can tell you that the impact of advertising is profound and toxically impacts girl’s body image. It’s hard on them, but now, to add insult to injury, advertisers are going to continue demoralizing women from the cradle to the grave. It starts with The Disney Princesses and never ends.

By: Fran

Fran — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:43:02 +0000

I agree that the woman they use for ads like this should indeed look like perhaps a well-put-together seventy-something. But that would be far too real. I’m 56 and wear young clothes in a slender body and spin my hula hoop to House music in my front courtyard – with the wrinkles I sport in place of that long slender neck of my 20′s, I’m not doing too badly. Would they photograph me? Absolutely but not my face. It would take a photoshop massive endeavor to cause the evidence of my age to go away. So I call this new/old cattle call inauthentic at best, a slap in the face at its worst. How about we all get together at one of these cattle calls and show them what age is and how proud we are of every part of it. But not till I get my face lift