Rules to break in your 50s and 60s

How to make any trend work for you, at any age. By Laura Craik and Sonia Haria

Women are more judged for their age than men are, and if you disagree, it’s probably because you’re either a man, or too young to have been judged for your age yet. Give it time. Like a crow’s foot, it’s coming. As will the edicts to dress age-appropriately.

We’ll have none of that, thank you. These so-called rules have no place in 2022 – particularly when they pertain to what one should and shouldn’t wear past a certain age. From red lipstick to shorts, wear what you like, regardless of what it says on your birth certificate. And if you need encouragement, here follows a list of items that many older women feel particularly nervous of embracing, along with pointers on how to wear them.