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Can we relax, please?

(32 Posts)
AlisonMA Tue 05-Jun-12 11:52:47

I think a lot of people look older because of their posture. Head up, shoulders back and then don't give a damn!

greenmossgiel Tue 05-Jun-12 11:22:14

Probably is a diet thing, glamma. Not being shy of lots of fruit and veg in the diet can only be a good thing! smile

glammanana Tue 05-Jun-12 11:12:59

So true green I dress to suit myself most places now will accept you in jeans and boots (my staple dress code) I have the odd black dress for formal occassions but mostly I go casual and comphy,I think Yoko Ono looks better now than she did when she first met John Lennon but then Asian skin does tend to always age better in my view some of the Asian/Chinese ladies I know have wonderful skin and figures I think it must be a diet thing more than cosmetic enhancement.

greenmossgiel Mon 04-Jun-12 21:13:46

I don't feel pressurised, either. I don't dress in an old-fashioned way, but I don't follow trends - I just dress in a way that I think suits me, quite 'relaxed'!

Ella46 Mon 04-Jun-12 21:10:27

I think most of us are far too sensible to allow ourselves to be pressurised by sad women, who are lacking in confidence and need surgery to make themselves feel better.
I make the best of myself because I want to, not to impress anyone.

Anagram Mon 04-Jun-12 21:08:45

Well, I couldn't believe that photo of Yoko Ono hadn't been retouched! Who has a cleavage like that at 79 - and who'd want to expose it at that age?
I think Jane Fonda looks very good, believably so, for her age, but has of course had access to all the 'help' money can buy.
I try to look as good as I can, for my own benefit, but I don't feel pressurised at all to hold back the years beyond trying to live as healthily as possible.

dahlia Mon 04-Jun-12 20:44:39

This week I have seen photographs in the press of Jane Fonda and Yoko Ono, both looking tremendous although now in their 70's. Do you think this puts pressure on us as we grow older, to maintain our looks, diet, take pills, anything, just to deny the biological changes of ageing?