Firstly, wrinkly rocker, and bastion of the ageing rocker school of dress, ‘Keef’ Richards has just been photographed by Annie Liebowitz for the new Louis Vuitton campaign. Personally, I think it is utterly brilliant. That a man in his sixties, a man with a face like a pickled walnut, can become the latest model for one of the world’s most exclusively luxurious brands is fantastic. What people tend to forget is that people who are now in their sixties aren’t the stereotypical pensioners we tend to identify with that age group, shuffling about in tea-cosy hats muttering about the buses and bemoaning the youth.
This is the very generation who changed the face of fashion and music forever. These are the children of the 60s, the decade that made Britain and indeed, most of the rest of the world, wake up to the creativity and exuberance of youth. Mods and Rockers and all the rest of it. Those in their sixties still have that spirit and are still eager to dress well and look their best. Just look at Twiggy modelling for Marks & Spencer; she’s magnificent and in no way overshadowed by the younger models.
The point is that fashion isn’t just for young people; the older renegade generation in their sixties are setting trends just as much now as they did forty years ago, and really, we should respect them for it!
Keef does Louis Vuitton
Secondly. Poor Kate Moss has been toppled from the top of the Best Dressed list. New supermodel, Agyness Deyn is now the top fashion inspiration in the country. Now, Deyn may be beautiful, but as a style icon? I find her somewhat lacking. Sure, Moss’ style has been a bit staid of late, but she still inspires dramatic shifts in the wardrobes of women world wide. The day I go out and buy myself a tartan blazer in neon colours and pair it with a brown Louis Vuitton bag with be the day I…the terror is too much to contemplate.
Mossy vs Deyn
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