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401KS ON THE RUNWAY

Out with the youth, in with the botox-less baddies. The fashion industry has revived the aging process without botox– a modern day miracle.

What’s been known as the wrinkled wrath of age has blissfully blossomed into walking moodboards for an eventual fate. Adorned with designer brands and bold accessories, the salt-and pepper hair marks a polarizing attribute of age alongside the greatly feared aesthetics of a wrinkled face. Millennials trapped in an arrested development and Gen Z with a programmed existentialist mindset converge: taking “preventative” measures to “beat” aging and a carpe diem approach to accepting they may not make it to an old age. Amidst this 21st century plasticized age of increased access to become “ageless”, the pendulum shifts towards an appreciation of the aged aesthetic. This polarizing maturation trend is nothing short of refreshing, emblematic of perhaps a new dawn of body or age acceptance/positivity– and perhaps the new age of the “grandma-centric design”. 

Courtesy of pioneers Mara Brock Akil, Tracee Ellis Ross, Angela Bassett and Iris Apfel has this newfound appreciation and vision for old age; using fashion as a means to express merriment– which has otherwise felt constricted to expressionless clothing. Expanding to television and film are the carefully written characters like Miranda Priestly, Sylvie Grateau, and Lily Van Der Woodsen redefined the societal norms for women’s age and autonomy. 

Stephanie Cavalli, a 50-year-old model, opened Chanel’s AW26 runway with Matthieu Blazy remarking “older models bring a completely different dimension to the clothes”. 61-year-old Kristen McMenamy, 45-year-old Mariacarla Boscono, and 57-year-old Christy Turlington graced Tom Ford, Miu Miu, Gucci, Alaia runways, a fresh contrast of new garments with old age. Rising in popularity are @sciuraglam, Margaret Chola, Joani Johnson, and Colleen Heidemann as elderly influencers, proving old age doesn’t have to be filled with reminders of an adjourned life, but rather one still worth exploring. 

Four Women, Four Elements, ONE Law Roach🪡

Four women. One stylist.

Or, as image architect Law Roach jokingly put it, four girls, four elements, like the five elements of vogue, except there are only four.

This week, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, and Anne Hathaway, the women of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Odyssey, appeared as earth, fire, air, and water for ELLE, styled by Law Roach and photographed by Norman Jean Roy. The film hits theaters July 17, with Zendaya as Athena, Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, Charlize Theron as Calypso, and Anne Hathaway as Penelope.

Now that we have the background, let’s get into why each cover works so well.

EARTH

Zendaya as Athena was always going to be a serve, but styling her as earth makes the whole thing click. Athena is wisdom, strategy, civilization, and the kind of power that does not need to raise its voice. She is also tied to the olive tree, her gift to Athens, symbolizing prosperity, agriculture, and peace.

Zendaya’s looks lean into that groundedness without making it boring. There is structure, restraint, and a  quiet command that feels very Athena. She is not floating through the fantasy. She is building the world underneath it.

FIRE

“The face that launched a thousand ships” was never going to be water or air. Helen of Troy is fire because beauty, in her story, is not soft. It is political, dangerous, and completely world-altering.

The red tones nod to Sparta, but the real flame is in the myth itself. Helen’s abduction sparked the decade-long Trojan War, turning desire into destruction and beauty into a historical event. Lupita looks regal, untouchable, and a little lethal, which is exactly how Helen should look.

AIR

Charlize Theron in Mugler Spring/Summer 2026, Miguel de Freitas’s debut collection.

Air, fog, mystery, concealment. Calypso’s entire character lives in the space between seduction and disappearance. Her name comes from the Greek kalyptō, meaning “to cover,” “to conceal,” or “to hide.” In other words, she who conceals.

The feathers feel like the perfect high-fashion translation of that idea. They are soft, strange, and slightly impossible to pin down. Charlize looks less like she is wearing the clothes and more like she has drifted out of some mythological weather system. Very Calypso. Very chic. Slightly terrifying.

WATER

Penelope is the daughter of a Greek freshwater spirit, which immediately links her to water. Her mother’s advice to “be like water” by staying patient and persistent taught her that rather than using force, water finds ways around obstacles to get where it’s going.

That is what makes this styling so good. Anne looks soft, elegant, and fluid, but not weak. Penelope’s whole power is that she endures. She waits, she thinks, she survives, and she gets exactly where she needs to go.

After seeing all of their magazine covers, I can definitely say that I’m gagged. While each of these women looks absolutely stunning in their respective shoots, I also want to give Law Roach his flowers. When it comes to method dressing and staying on theme, he always understands the assignment.

What truly sets him apart is his attention to detail, love for fantasy, and sense of theatrics. He could have simply put them in archival vintage gowns and called it a day, but he did his homework and styled each woman accordingly.

So if you take one thing away from this article, let it be this.

#RespectDaLAW.

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Football, Fireworks, and PSG💥

Going to the PSG vs. Brest match at Parc des Princes was honestly such a cool experience.

The stadium itself is beautiful, definitely one of the nicest football stadiums I’ve been to. Before the game even started, the whole place already felt loud and full of energy. Everyone around us was so proud to support Paris, and the fans stayed hype the entire match.

I genuinely do not know how they did it for 90 minutes. I was tired of screaming after 10.

People were singing, chanting, waving scarves, and reacting to every tiny moment on the field. What I loved most was how invested everyone was. It did not feel like people were just casually watching a game. The entire stadium genuinely cared about the team, which made the experience feel so much bigger than just the match itself.

Even though I am not a lifelong PSG fan, it was impossible not to get excited too. The energy was contagious in the best way, and by the end, I felt completely pulled into it.

PSG ended up winning 1-0, and right after the final whistle, fireworks went off around the stadium. I had never seen that at a football game before, and it made the win feel even bigger.

Between the atmosphere, the crowd, the fireworks, and the nonstop energy, it was easily one of the most fun sports experiences I’ve ever had.

See you next week!