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And Fashion For All
by Carol Pearson
Liv Fun: Vol 8 – Issue 2
Her steely eyes seemed to dare the cameras to look away as Jan de Villeneuve strode down the runway during London’s 2017 Fashion Week. The 72-year-old model’s chic silver bob set off the dark, rich look of the faux fur she wore to beautiful effect, as she modeled the latest creations of fashion designer Simone Rocha.
“This is my customer,” Rocha said after the show about the stunning de Villeneuve. “What I do is for all types of women, and that’s what I wanted to reflect in my casting.”
Rocha’s show with de Villeneuve included several other models who began modeling long before many of today’s younger catwalk stars were born. She wasn’t the only designer to expand the idea of what a model looks like. De Villeneuve walked another show for designer Osman and has high praise for designers who celebrate fashion at any age.
“Life doesn’t end when you start getting a pension,” de Villeneuve, who started modeling in 1966, told The Telegraph after her catwalk appearances. “Older women love fashion too. I’ve always thought it would be nice if people of all ages, shapes and sizes were included, because that’s more relevant to day-to-day life.”
Her thoughts are becoming reality, and it’s not only age that is more broadly represented in the halls of fashions of late. When actress Selma Blair, 46, revealed her multiple sclerosis diagnosis last fall, she lamented the lack of fashion choices for people like herself who were dealing with disabilities.
No stranger to the red carpet, Blair looked absolutely stunning at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in a gorgeously flowing pink and black gown … and a custom-made cane, designed especially to provide the support she needed due to her health challenges while looking smashing and so stylish.
Liv Fun
by Leisure Care
Summer 2019
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by Skye Moody
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And Fashion for All
by Carol PearsonHer steely eyes seemed to dare the cameras to look away as Jan de Villeneuve strode down the runway during London’s 2017 Fashion Week. The 72-year-old model’s chic silver bob set off the dark, rich look of the faux fur she wore to beautiful effect, as she modeled the latest creations of fashion designer Simone Rocha.