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Podcast: Too Young To Be Old with Diane Gilman, The Queen of Jeans
Episode: 271. The Fashion Industry Wants to Forget Us. Here’s Why I Refuse to Disappear After 50.
Description: In this episode of Fashion Thursdays with Diane, Diane Gilman gets brutally honest about what it feels like to be an “OG” (old girl) completely iced out of the fashion industry. She talks about how Baby Boomers went from inventing the Youthquake and living in six‑inch heels to being treated as an afterthought by brands that openly admit they don’t want to dress “old ladies” because “they’re going to die soon.” Diane pushes back on the idea that older women don’t spend on fashion, asking whether it’s really that—or the fact that almost nobody is making clothin...