(Late) BLOOMING lovely

I’ve had an epiphany about the joy of getting older. And yes, you can go ahead and yell, it’s about time we called midlife what it is: late blooming!

DANIELLE WEAKLEY

Her oeuvre of late involves a Woman of a Certain Age who is Going Through Something but still looks utterly immaculate while doing so. MY recent epiphany involved Nic Kidman. Not too long ago I was havin’ a bit of a laugh about Nicole. She was – and still is – everywhere. You cannot turn on a screen without conjuring her – with her perfect, immovable hair and slippery-as-glass immovable visage. Generally speaking, her oeuvre of late involves a Woman of a Certain Age who is Going Through Something but still looks utterly immaculate while doing so. The steadfastness with which she approached these nary-a-hair-out-of-place characters rubbed off on her red carpet persona. She was a perfectly poised ice queen, unless of course she was caught whispering sexy sweet nothings…

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