Page 34 Daily Mail, Friday, September 6, 2019
Jan
Jen would go a
gorgeous grey
JENNIFER ANISTON, right, says she’s
fine with turning 50 but won’t let
her hair go grey. Is she right? Yes!
Lots of women are proud to go
grey, embracing ageing as a badge
of honour — and good for them.
Meanwhile, lots of us are most
distinctly NOT. I’ve started greying at
the temples like Grandpa Munster, a
ruinous look for my autumn ward-
robe of butter-yellow layered staples,
which is apparently going to be all
the rage come October... don’t ask.
One hairdresser suggested a semi-
permanent dab of dark hues, the
other suggested highlights. I don’t
care — so long as my Munster streaks
disappear pronto.
As Nora Ephron once said, there is
a reason 40, 50 and 60-plus women
don’t look old in the way we used to
— and it has nothing to do with
Pilates, kale smoothies, Botox and
Nigella’s favourite cheap mascara.
Well, they might all play their parts,
but the big change is because hair
dye and highlights rescue millions of
women from an early fade into the
grisly clutches of greydom.
It succeeds in stopping the clock
and, despite innovations in skin care
and health, it is still the most powerful
weapon we have against age. I
suspect lovely Jen would still look
sensational as a greyster — but most
of us won’t take that chance.Ellie the extravagant
ruins weddings for all
On the morning after the Brexit
vote, Remainer pop star ellie Gould-
ing woke up and tweeted: ‘I felt a fear
I’ve never felt this morning.’
I felt the same way after her wildly
ostentatious wedding at York Minster
last weekend. now, thousands of young
brides will all want what ellie had, with
a ruinous effect on their budgets.
As an example of grandiose bridal
extravagance, ellie has no peer. For
her wedding to art dealer Caspar
Jopling, she had not one but four
wedding outfits, plus a bevy of brides-
maids, a barrel of pages and flower
girls, plus royal guests, pop star
guests, a service conducted by
the Archbishop of York John
Sentamu and a bill for flowers
for the evening reception alone
that was £20,000.
Did ellie get carried away
with herself? A
breathless inter-
view in Vogue
seemed to suggest
so. She talked of
her bespoke Chloé
silk crêpe gown
which was inspired
by Jane Seymour
— the tudor
queen not the
actress — com-
plete with a veilembroidered with the bride and
groom’s initials.
‘I have never felt more special than
the moment I first stepped into the
dress,’ she exhaled.
She wore Stella McCartney to greet
guests at the Castle howard
reception. She then changed into a
Ralph & Russo bodice of pearls and
silk ‘which I will be wearing with an
evening skirt, then white tailored
trousers for the reception’. this was
followed by a Balmain frock, which
she described as ‘the most fun dress
to dance the night away in’.
Indeed! If I use my standard
Moir Marriage equation, in
which the size and ostentation
of the wedding is in direct
proportion to the length of
the marriage, Four-Dress ellie
should be divorced by now.
Is that too cynical? At
least we should be grate-
ful to ellie for taking the
time to plug the bridal
beauty products that
made her glow on her
big day, including
Capture Dreamskin by
Dior, exuviance’s deep
hydration treatment,
Rodial products and
FaceGym. Who says you
can’t buy class?Three cheers for The Andrew Neil Show, which
made its Wednesday early evening debut on television
this week. The BBC’s arch interrogator started as he
meant to continue, taking no nonsense from politicians
from the Left or the right. It was a terrific start, but surely
it would work better if it were on for 60 minutes, not 30?
And amid the current febrile chaos, we need Andrew at
least three times a week, please.