Post by Sasha Brown-Worsham
A new HBO documentary called About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now explores the world of supermodels and what happens when women who made a living being young and gorgeous stop being young. Answer: it's not as easy as it should be. No matter how much we claim older women are attractive or sexy, it always has a qualifier. Salma Hayek is sexy at 40. Helen Mirren is hot for an older woman. There is the sense that older women are put out to pasture to make way for the new lovelies who will soon be old themselves. It can make aging a terrifying and frustrating prospect, especially for those whose stock and trade is their looks. Isabella Rossellini, once the darling of society, says in the film:![]()
A new HBO documentary called About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now explores the world of supermodels and what happens when women who made a living being young and gorgeous stop being young. Answer: it's not as easy as it should be. No matter how much we claim older women are attractive or sexy, it always has a qualifier. Salma Hayek is sexy at 40. Helen Mirren is hot for an older woman. There is the sense that older women are put out to pasture to make way for the new lovelies who will soon be old themselves. It can make aging a terrifying and frustrating prospect, especially for those whose stock and trade is their looks. Isabella Rossellini, once the darling of society, says in the film: