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We were just talking about Paulina Poriskova and how she feels like shes being dismissed and ignored now that shes getting older. That must be a big adjustment for a supermodel used to getting stares and attention. (I cant relate to that as Ive cultivated a bitch vibe to keep men away since I was young.) Christie Brinkley, on the other hand, has pretty much made a cottage industry out of remaining approachable, sunny and positive. Shes 68, shes had a lot of work done that shes cagey about, but she loves talking about getting older and staying sexy. To each their own, and it is interesting to see the difference in how the 80s supermodels talk about it. Christie was just on The Masked Singer. I didnt know that she could sing, but she did Chicago on Broadway when she was 57. Christie told Yahoo Entertainment/SiriusXM Volume about that and about how women are aging differently than they used to.
?The first thing that they said to me [when I started modeling in 1973, at age 19] was, ?Get it while you can, because theyll chew you up and spit you out by 30. Youll be over-the-hill and done-for,?? Brinkley recalls. ?I was like, ?Whoa, OK!? And theyre like, ?No, seriously ? its like an athlete. Theres a certain amount of years that you can do it, and then after that, youre just no good.? And I was, ?Whoa, thats harsh. I think weve got to change that.??
?A 60-year-old today doesnt look like a 60-year-old from the ?50s,? Brinkley says. ?[My generation is] saying, ?Oh no, youre not going tell me Im not supposed to do that at my age, that Im not supposed to have hair past my shoulders, or that Im not supposed to have a hemline at a certain length, or Im not supposed to switch gears and do a completely new job starting right now.? This generation has thrown all of that out the window and said, ?Dont boss me around!? ? This is the generation that is literally reshaping the numbers. Instead of those numbers shaping us and dictating to us, were redefining those numbers.?
?I think a lot of people focus on aging as, like, counting wrinkles and counting numbers. And its not about that at all,? Brinkley muses. ?Its counting adventures and memories and smiles, really. So, I welcome every adventure, and Im so happy and thrilled that the producers of The Masked Singer invited me to do this. I?m very grateful. And I think gratitude also plays a huge part in staying young at heart, because when you can find something to be grateful about ? no matter where you are, no matter what the situation ? it puts a smile on your face. And lets face it: A smile is the best thing you can put on your face.?
[From Yahoo.com]
A few weeks ago I saw a tweet I cant find again that said women looked older in the past because their styling was so dated, basically. (This article with an old advertisement from the 60s is similar.) Were aging better because were keeping up with the trends and also because were taking better care of our skin. Plus its plastic surgery and injectables in Christies case especially. This also reminds of the movie The Thomas Crown Affair, which came out in 1999, when Rene Russo was just 45. They made a big deal back then about the fact that she was a sexy older woman. She was 45 for Gods sake! Not only have womens styles changed over the decades, societal perceptions of older women have too. Christie bugs in a lot of ways, but I appreciate her perspective.
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