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I\u2019m reminded of a video clip I saw not long ago of Isabella Rossellini looking far older than her 73 years while shooting a film in Italy. She remarked that for movie roles, she\u2019s now often made up to appear older than she looks. Why? She\u2019s aging without interventions, which seems to make her vulnerable to add-ons. You want to look natural as you age? Great! We\u2019ll make you look the most natural, we\u2019ll agemaxx you, here, have another 10 years.<\/p>\n
It seems we have some confusing feelings about human bodies showing their age. I think it\u2019s fun that Bad Bunny showed up in an old-age costume at the Met Gala last night. But I\u2019d love for him to keep his costume on for a week, so I could watch his response to the inevitable ageism, the slights small and large, likely to confound him as he traveled in his older (young) body. The most fun thing about his costume? He can take it off.<\/p>\n
Most Met Gala attendees of course prepared for the big night (and some, for the rest of their lives) by submitting to procedures aiming to keep them youthful, or diminish even the most subtle manifestations of age. With flawless makeup and flattering red carpet lighting, 70-year-old Kris Jenner\u2019s facelift was looking once again like our filtered ideal and everyone\u2019s heartfelt slippage concerns have been allayed. Nicole Kidman, 58, resembled an adolescent Rapunzel, and 43-year-old Anne Hathaway does not appear to have aged a day since the first installment of The Devil Wears Prada<\/em> premiered in 2006. We can be amused, however, by one of the guests play-acting what it\u2019s like to forswear all of that clock-stopping intervention, pretending that he\u2019s the old person he hopes he will one day be.<\/p>\n Read more about aging in our culture:<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, check out another Met Gala attendee’s go-to makeup look:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n