Fashion Plate: The Ageless Style of Tziporah Salamon
April 13, 2017
Few women over 65 can claim to be style icons, but Tziporah Salamon is not like other women. The Israeli-born daughter of Holocaust survivors, she learned about the fashion world from her parents: her father was a master tailor and her mother was a dressmaker. Now a New Yorker, Tziporah’s unique…
Hot Stuff: The Story Behind 80-Year-Old Model Wang Deshun
April 6, 2017
You’ve likely seen him shirtless, walking down the runway looking like a Confucian deity. Over the last year, video clips of 80-year-old Wang Deshun have ricocheted around the web at lightening speed, as he has become known world-wide as the “Hottest Grandpa.” Although he’s now visible as a striking image…
In Style: Fashionable Options For Hospital Garb
March 30, 2017
Being a hospital patient can be a disorienting and distressing experience. Routines are upended, familiarity is absent and even your clothes are missing. In fact, for many of us, our clothing plays an essential role in our unique identity. Being without our usual clothes, or being forced into uncomfortable hospital…
Double Mates: The Cutest Couple On Instagram
March 14, 2017
While divorce may be on the rise, some older couples have clearly figured out how to enjoy each other’s company. For example: among the most popular photos onInstagram right now are Bon and Pon, a Japanese couple whose Instagram page, BonPon511, has over 350,000 followers. Who are Bon and Pon? Well, if…
Knit Together: NYC Grandmas Working To Keep You Warm
December 15, 2016
Now that the holidays and winter are upon us, it’s easy to think of a warm hat or scarf as an appropriate and useful gift. One New York-based start-up wants you to also think about being socially conscious while you go about your holiday shopping. Wooln is a new crowd-funded manufacturer of…
Tailor Made: Legendary Brooklyn Tailor Martin Greenfield
September 8, 2016
In a nod to New York Fashion Week, meet 88 year old Martin Greenfield, the legendary Brooklyn tailor. Greenfield’s arrival in the US in 1947 was part of the sweep of history: He was liberated from Auschwitz as a 15 year old sole survivor of his family and personally shook…