This post is for our women who are Better After 50! If you don’t fall under this category, don’t move a muscle. Pass this along to a VIP who is fashionably 50+ and read on for your own good because although us ladies in our 20s may think we know it all—ha!—we’re far from it. 

Carine Roitfeld, former Editor-in-Chief of French Vogue, is a 57 year-old woman who dresses according to her age and lifestyle, earning our nod for fashion know-it-all. While Anna Wintour may seem like the obvious nomination, her still bob and uniform (Chanel suit) make it difficult for most women her age to relate. Carine, on the other hand, is our woman to watch.

In a recent article with The Guardian, this mother of two talks about nearing 60, why you shouldn’t share clothes with your daughter, how important posture is and what you must do every 5 years…read on!

• CHANGING CAREERS

“At the beginning, when you’ve stayed for 10 years in one place (Vogue),  you do miss the people. It was like the baby blues. So immediately I did  something new and I didn’t stop working. I didn’t go on holiday, I didn’t  have time to regret it, and now I’m very much more positive and have a new  project.”

• HER STYLE

“It’s mostly a fitted skirt, a fitted jacket, heels and tights. It’s what suits me the best.”

• TURNING 60 (IN 3 YEARS) 

“When you’re getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none. The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it’s the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.”

• STYLE AND AGE 

“As you get older, you must never share your wardrobe with your daughter.  Never ever. You will never look beautiful in a jean jacket and a mini-skirt, even if  you have a beautiful body. You have to wear something for your age or you will  look really ridiculous. There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds. You have to look every five years at your wardrobe and say: “Is it OK to wear this with my legs? Is it OK to wear sleeveless with my arms?’ Then you have a cull. It’s not nice but you have to do it.”

• BORROWING DAUGHTER JULIA’S CLOTHES

“I give her mine when I think I can’t wear them any more. Now she has a better   wardrobe than me.”