‘Sexy Has No Expiration Date’
This week, we’re celebrating female models
over 60. One great example is Jacky O’Shaughnessy, who is taking the modelling and
fashion world by storm.
O’Shaughnessy began her working life as an
actress, but she started working with American Apparel in 2011, coming to
especial prominence after modelling lingerie for the brand in 2014 with the
tagline, “Sexy has no expiration date”. She has inspired women all over the
world ever since.
O’Shaughnessy’s Facebook page states that
she is a “determined, fearless woman” that people should use as their guide to
life and success, a sentiment we at Silverfox Management echo whole-heartedly.
What’s also interesting about O’Shaughnessy
is the work she’s done to promote self-acceptance. The older model produced
a video for the What’s Underneath
project for StyleLikeu, the website which promotes the ideas that true style
comes from acceptance.
In the video, the American Apparel model
talks about finding true acceptance of her body when she started modelling for
the brand. She’d spent years worrying about not being skinny enough and having
cellulite, but she found a new determination to stop wasting time worrying
about what she looked like.
O’Shaughnessy says she especially wanted to
do the video for StyleLikeu as she thinks there’s an “epidemic of poor body
image” among women her age. In the video, she also talks about the moment when
she made the decision to stop colouring her hair and how liberating that was.
Older models help to address the cultural
imbalance our society promotes – where youth is celebrated above all. We
applaud Jacky O’Shaughnessy for being part of that corrective measure. Here’s
to her continued success!