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七旬奶奶做穿搭博主：衰老并不可耻

Aging is a natural part of life, yet it has long been treated as something to be ashamed of. Luckily, many people are speaking up to change that. Candace Leslie Cima is a 76-year-old fashion and lifestyle influencer working to change the attitudes regarding aging for both her generation and the ones following hers.

Cima’s story as an influencer began at age 72, when she first got an Instagram (一款图片分享应用) account. Curious about what influencers were, she spent a lot of time on it, only to find that there weren’t that many voices in her age group. “I remember being on the checkout line at a supermarket and looking at the headlines on those magazines. They would always have headlines like ‘How to look your best at 20, 30, and 40.’ Never did they mention 50, 60, and 70,” she recalls in a video about her wish to understand the stigma around aging. She began to speak about what was mostly on her mind—aging and took many videos about her wearing all kinds of beautiful clothes.

In addition to her videos, Cima also has a blog where she speaks at length about aging and fashion. Cima explains that she wears a lot of sleeveless tops, and there is always someone who writes to her that women over 60 should not bare their arms. She has a whole article on her blog devoted to this sleeveless shirt style element, which is called Woman’s Right to Bare Arms.

For Cima, age is not just a number, it’s a badge (徽章) of honor to wear proudly. “The only way that view is going to change is if we as older women show them that aging is a gift, something to be embraced, valued and shared,” she writes.