Older Models

New magazine, old cover girl. That's what I like to see - and I'm not talking about Twiggy does Saga. The first issue of Ponystep is out with a selection of different cover stars, my favourite is Jerry Hall looking absolutely stunning in a YSL tuxedo against the bubblegum backdrop (though Christina over at Fashion's Most Wanted prefers Kylie!)



Inside there are some fabulous early photos from Jerry Hall: My Life in Pictures.




Hall talks about moving to Paris, aged 16, with her sister, how she shared a flat with Grace Jones, met Helmut Newton in a club and was working for him the next day, ' We did some pictures for Photo magazine. It was all leather clothes and I was cracking a bullwhip and I then said to him, "Is this a bit porno?" and he said, 'No darling, this is art!'

Sixties-model-turned-Vogue-legend, Grace Coddington also worked with Newton and she's on the cover of Intelligent Life. OK, this is volume number four, but to me that's relatively new-ish. Inside there's a feature written by Julie Kavanagh (Coddington's assistant in the seventies) which you can read here, photos are by David Sims.





Here's fashion editor, Coddington in the water, on a 1973 Helmut Newton shoot for Vogue.



And Jerry Hall on the beach in Cannes in 1975, with Lisa Taylor in Rudi Gernreich swimwear (shot by Helmut Newton):



Helmut Newton and Jerry Hall in 1983:



And I can't sign off without mentioning the hilarious interview with Janice Dickinson in Ponystep, during which ace journalist and That's Not My Age's menswear expert, Paul Tierney is mounted by a nearly-naked JD who at one point admits, 'I once stole an entire rack of Kenzo clothes. Jerry Hall took the boots, and I said "Watch this," and I just wheeled out the fucking rack.'

The Menswear Manifesto

In the name of equality, and because I'm not attending New York fashion week, That's Not My Age has decided it's time to focus on grown-up menswear. But first let's set the record straight, that's not Mr TNMA in the photo, he is very shy, a confirmed atheist who would rather go and wave at the pope than appear on this blog. It's Nicholas Fugler, 50, director of retail at Jermyn Street tailors, New & Lingwood who puts a vexed generation at ease when he says, 'You grow into your style in your forties.'

Though I don't consider myself a menswear expert, I'd like to think that by surreptitiously easing Mr TNMA out of his ageing rocker uniform of baggy Rolling Stones' tour t-shirt and skinny black jeans and into a wardrobe of timeless basics I have a certain first-hand knowledge. But, in order to compose a proper grown-up guide to menswear, I enlisted the help of a couple of style experts of a certain age: Mr James Anderson and Mr Paul Tierney.




And this is what they said:

Do
1. Go more Savile Row than Carnaby Street. Buy good design not cheap shit and choose classic heritage brands.
2. Opt for a clean cut look. You can get away with being scruffy and grubby when you're younger but have to make a bit more effort after 40, or risk looking like a complete loser.
3. Have a range of instant throw-ons in your wardrobe; cotton v-necks, cashmere sweaters, classic 501's/Japanese selvedge jeans, chinos.
4. Buy proper shoes, like a good solid brogue. A shoe made on a last, will last!
5. Be proud to be eccentric but don't end up looking like Jon Snow. A novelty tie does not add character to any outfit.


Don't
1. Worry about what style magazines say, half the people who work for them don't practise what they preach.
2. Avoid short-sleeved shirts, far too company rep.
3. Wear a fleece - it'll add twenty years to your age.
4. Try not to get stuck in a decade, the Top Gun bomber jacket belongs in the eighties.
5. Get preoccupied with seasonal trends. Leave the jaunty man bags and décolletage to Cristiano Ronaldo.


And now for some gratuitous pictures of men who do get it right:









From top: Hamish Bowles, Joe Casely-Hayford, Guy Pierce, Malcolm McClaren, John Malkovich, David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker.


Do you know anyone who needs to follow the menswear manifesto?



Photos
Nicholas Fugler: Fashionistable, Hamish Bowles: The Sartorialist, Joe Casely-Hayford: Lulu Kennedy, Guy Pierce: Daily Mail, Malcolm McClaren Sun-Times, John Malkovich: MySpace, David Bowie: NME, Jarvis Cocker: Eamonn McCabe.

Bella Freud and Susie Bick

It's Bank Holiday Monday and there's a spiteful north-easterly blowing, so That's Not My Age has been dreaming of the perfect sweater (again) and getting quite excited about the autumn/winter 2010 collaboration between designer, Bella Freud, 48, and model, Susie Bick, 43. With one of Britain's most celebrated artists as a father, its no surprise Freud is the creator of super-cool jumpers:



Here's the new collection modelled by fashion friend, Susie Bick.




Bick has worked on campaigns for YSL and Versace, with photographers like Steven Meisel and David Bailey, and back in the eighties was one of Vivienne Westwood's favourite catwalk models. Along with Sarah Stockbridge - here they are having a snog:



Oh and now she's married to Nick Cave, and as far as I'm concerned you can't get cooler than that.



Mr and Mrs Bick Cave arriving at London Fashion Week, February 2010.


Hear what Bick and Bella have to say about their collaboration in this interview with ace journalist, Paul Tierney.


Susie and Bella, Bick and Nick, can you think of a more credible combination?

Photos
Bella Freud and Susie Bick: sky.com
Campaign shots: Marley Lohr
Kate Moss: vogue.co.uk
Westwood catwalk: rockpopandfashion
Nick Cave and Susie Bick: contactmusic.com