What does it mean to “dress your age”?

A reader asked about what you should and should not wear as you become older.

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March 18, 2024

A reader asked: “I have always dressed fashionably. I still want to, but as I get older, I don’t want to look silly in an outfit for a 20-year-old. Are there rules to dressing as you age?”

Sigourney Weaver poses in front of a backdrop at an “Avatar” movie event. She wears a button-down white shirt and a long glittery skirt in an abstract bronze and silver pattern.

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