Age on the Runway: Breaking Through The Final Frontier

Latest reports show that the Spring/Summer 2018 round of fashion weeks amounted to a banner season for diversity on the runways. Already since Fall 2017, according to studies conducted by The Fashion Spot, NYFW leads the charge with diversity in size, race, and transgender visibility. But there is one area in which we appear to be lagging behind Europe: age. A total of 21 models over 50 walked the runways of New York, London, Milan and Paris for Fall, more than ever recorded. As scandals around abusive casting agents and new laws against the use of underweight and underage models have exposed some cracks in the system, age appears to be the final frontier, but it is ready to be conquered.