The Age Issue

The November 13 issue of Women’s Wear Daily has Amy Wicks speculating Madonna to be the next face of Louis Vuitton. Although the company has declined to comment one must wonder; Madonna really? Exactly what is Louis Vuitton’s target age range? On the one hand Madonna gives hope to all the aging women in show business who have found themselves undesirable once reaching a certain age. The women who are fired for too aged a look or are tortured with Botox to avoid wrinkles. If Madonna becomes the next face of Louis Vuitton instead of a twenty-year old model will this be the first step to changing the business? Or, will Madonna set-back any progress made so far because she looks so much younger. Will she up the ante for women to look even further from their age? I cannot answer any of these questions and no one knows for sure if Madonna will be Louis next face but the topic has got me thinking. I wonder if discrimination against older women will ever change or will grandmothers began to look more like aunts?
~Stephanie Mastrangelo