There was a
time, not so long ago, when you could tell a person’s age not only by the way
that they acted, but by the way that they dressed. It seemed to be one of those
unwritten rules, like you can’t wear white shoes after Labour Day. Women got to
a certain age and their skirts got longer, their necklines less daring and
their hair uniformly curled. Men spread out a bit and got more casual by adding
windbreakers and golf shirts to their wardrobes or maybe lost their sense of
colour and adopted loud checks for jackets and shorts. There were variations on
both the feminine and masculine trends but whatever the trends were, they signaled
that a certain age had been reached and the person should be treated
accordingly.
Things have
changed. Clothes are no longer foolproof clues to age and age is no longer the
passport to certain status. Reports place the blame on the baby boomers. Don’t
baby boomers end up with the blame for most of the deterioration in society?
But are they really to blame? Let’s take a look back and see how the views of
ageing and fashion changed as history unfolded.
It's hard to pinpoint age through current clothing trends
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