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The 50 somethings are people, not cadavers!

Monday September 17, 2012 Fashion not only the domain of the young BUT THEN AGAIN By MARY SCHNEIDER star2@thestar.com.my Who says fashion is the exclusive domain of the young? MY mum wears my T-shirts,” said a teenager during a call to a local radio station. “She’s 50. That shouldn’t be allowed.” “I recently saw another woman about the same age wearing a pair of tight shorts and high heels,” responded the deejay, who was inviting callers to talk about the issue. “That shouldn’t be allowed either.” Had I not been driving at the time, I might have phoned the radio station and asked them what all the fuss was about. Living in a world that is facing global warming, starvation, human rights violations, land degradation and racial tensions, surely there are more important things to worry about than the clothes that the over-fifties are wearing. My choice: A woman should have the freedom to wear whatever she wants, no matter what her age. As I continued to listen, I realised that ...