It’s funny, isn’t it: ageing rockers like Mick Jagger (80), or Ozzy Osbourne (75) are left alone, but Madonna (65) or Cher (77) still have their appearance constantly scrutinised.
Although it’s not really funny, is it? It’s limiting. We live by these blurred guidelines telling us how we should look and what society expects of us at every stage of our lives. “We’re sold a myth that self-expression is for the young, but why shouldn’t people be doing the same after lifetimes of responsibility – and repression?” says celebrity hairstylist and founder of Bleach London, Alex Brownsell.
