“The Who Cares About Age Issue” – starring legendary female actresses – Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, and Sigourney Weaver.
Fashion has no doubt been lampooned for its obsession with youth. And while we too have promoted the “casting coup” of 16-year-old Russian girls, we believe that nothing comes close to the allure of a woman five or six times that age. Take someone like Nacha Guevara, the Argentine singer and theater actress, who, at 77, still walks the boards and remains a subject of national obsession. (It’s probably the legs.) Or Eve Fletcher, the 83-year-old amateur surf star still on the lookout for life’s next big wave. Or Gloria Vanderbilt, the 86-year-old socialite who built a design empire in the ’80s by channeling every bit of her subversive personality. The women in this issue, who range in age from 31 to 86, will tell you that the mythical fountain of youth is overrated. After all, age is only a number, and we couldn’t care less. – V