traditional wear albeit with a lot of personal modern twists das who moved to kolkata after marrying a bengali was quite taken in by women of all ages in sarees in the city from college goers to grannies everyone looked effortlessly stylish and comfortable in breezy khadi and taant sarees the transition from living in a brandconscious metropolis to a sareeobsessed city turned out smooth because i was always drawn to wearing sarees what i mainly lacked was confidence and the fear to be tagged odd or behenji back in those days now thanks to a growing tribe of women like das sarees are freely worn by women of all ages she adds now weve discovered the versatility of this unique garment and more and more women are coming forward to represent it in their unique way we all know by now that a pant can be worn as a pant but a saree can be creatively moulded into any artistic style on any body type plus saree gives us sizefree freedom it ticks all the rules in fashion fashion designer anuradha dhawan prasad in her early 50s was part of a fashion magazines swimwear story to support the agenobar campaign a couple of years ago she feels most people have got the basics of fashion right these days its as much about how the clothes make you feel as how you look hardly anyone talks about dressing your age anymore when i was a young mother in my 40s i was often told i had a teenager daughter and i should dress sensibly but we are talking to a very confident lot today people in their 40s 50s and 60s dont believe in being invisible or playing it down and that thought expresses itself in the way they dress as well so the next time youre wondering if youre too old to sport anything stop right there if you love it and it makes you feel good go for itageist trolls can take a hike actor helen mirren 73 sports an animal print skirt actor karisma kapoor 44 wears a statement tee with torn jeans and singer and actor jennifer lopez 49 rocks a ganji with suspenders cocking a snook at the ageist fashion standards that have shamed women into ageappropriate wear for too longsomething magical happened when i turned 50 i stopped caring what the world thought about mesudha menon author fiesty at fiftycareadamn attitudemadonna 60 doesnt care about detractors and dresses just the way she used to when she was 25 and actor alia bhatt 26 is often seen at public events in traditional indian attire in this pic in a tarun tahiliani banarasi sareedressing your age is now totally outdated as it should be its outright ageist and demeaning mamta sharma das stylist blogger