Posted on 12/08/06
Age cannot wither her, but it can wrinkle her a bit
I Feel Bad About My Neck:And Other Thoughtson Being a WomanBy Nora EphronKnopf, 137 pages, $26.95The current issue of Vogue magazine is its annual wildly inconsistent look at "Dressing Your Age." Pronouncements that appear on one page about age-appropriate dressing -- for instance, that women over 35 should never show their knees, grow their hair longer than collarbone-length or wear jeans at night -- are contradicted a few pages on by nonsensical statements that refer to 60 as the new 40 and to women in their forties as being, in effect, in their twenties. Which may or may not mean they can show their knees.
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