She added: "I don't want to look matronly. I think there's this great divide between matronly and up-to-date mom."
There are some easy things you can do to avoid the age bind. Find a salesperson who knows your body type and will put aside clothes for you before they're scooped by other customers. Cropped jackets by Dries van Noten are a good way to perk up a summer dress, especially if you want a little arm camouflage.
"A great tailor is a better than a surgeon," said Wells, who suggests a little padding in a jacket's shoulders to give you a lift. Nothing is more aging than makeup and hair. So avoid heavy concealer and dark lipstick and nails.
"Hair looks better when it's slightly lighter than it was in your 20s and 30s," Wells said. "And you don't want it to look stiff — that's just as aging on Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as it is on a 60-year-old woman."
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