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The Mood Board: You re Too Old for Trainers
Sorry slugger, it happens to the best of us Don Arnold
I often wonder how I’ll dress as an old man. Will it be immaculate M&S slacks, nice mid-gauge sweaters and charmingly large brown shoes? Perhaps I’ll go all intellectual and deck myself out in tattered tweed and soft collar shirts. Seemingly all “creative” men (actors, playwrights, designers etc.) of advanced years have collectively agreed that the only suitable garment is an unlined cotton blazer, well-worn with the tell-tale shine at the elbows. Good for hosting panel discussions, trips to the Barbican, visits to the Brompton bicycle store etc. I might even end up as one of those curiously buff old men with a manicured grey beard,