After 40, there’s a fine line between being current and dressing too young; how do we avoid the dressing-too-young trap?
“You don’t see any adults anymore. If you look at old movies from the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, there were grown-ups, and there were children. Now, everybody is trying to dress like a 16-year-old hippie girl, counter-culture chick. Nobody wants to be a grown-up. If you want to look different and stand out, then try dressing more like an adult. Think Dita Von Teese. She is a standout because she is not dressing like a 14-year-old. She looks like a (grown-up) ’50's movie star.”

How do we look grown-up, without looking too granny?
“Granny only works when you are very young, like those Japanese girls that dress like Victorian dolls. By the time you are a granny, it is good to go architectural and be quite severe. An older woman with gray hair wearing some amazing Comme des Garçons or architectural Issey Miyake — that is a good look. You no longer need to worry about being seductive, you can look strange and interesting.”

Photographed by Kava Gorna