Same here…cut my hair short once at 23. It was cute enough…but I was 23 and cute! Now at 56, I know longer hair with volume at the roots and layers looks the most flattering and youthful. Longer meaning past my shoulders. I think the OP is envisioning straight long hair to the chest, maybe? I agree that is a typical look for the youth, and I do find it ages a woman…looks odd at a certain age. I think it’s the style of the cut more than the length that matters. Short hair would immediately add 5 years to me. My current hair takes 5 years off IMO.
I lot of short hair is trendy!!!
I like long hair on men and women. 
Those dropped crotch pants just look awful on everyone. I love that they had to write an entire article on how to less dreadful in them! :))
I just hate going to the hairdresser so I leave my hair long. Like Pizzagirl, I also like to be able to stick it in a ponytail. I wear it in a bun, clipped up or ponytail most of the summer. I have looked good with short hair in the past. Don’t know what length would look best on me now.
Man that article could not make dropped crotch pants look good, and they look even worse from the back.
What is interesting to me is why all the beautiful people in the article decided to wear those pants. Where did the look begin? On a street somewhere or on a runway? Does anyone know?
In #153 PG provided this link;
http://www.lagenlookclothinguk.co.uk/collections/clothing/products/ladegenlook-layering-wool-2-piece-tunic-in-beige-code-3264
I think all the “holey” sweaters in existence today probably derive from this:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73390/jumper-kawakubo-rei/
http://www.academia.edu/271375/fashion_and_deconstruction
and for an off-topic question since maybe someone on a clothes/fashion thread knows the answer:
Where did Adele get the plaid coat she wears in the beginning of the Hello video??? Does anyone know?
"What deconstruction fashion tends to show is how absence, dislocation, and reproduction affect the relationship between the individual body and a frozen idealization of it. Significantly, in the early 1980s the work of designers pursuing deconstruction was considered a direct attack on western ideas of the body shaping. "
Or, moths attacked someone’s clothing and they decided to overintellectualize the resulting holes. Sometimes a hole is just a hole.
All long hair and junior- style clothing looks fine except if you’re old enough that it looks like you’re trying to fake your way back to youth or you scare people behind you when you turn around. Everyone probably knows people who do it well…and those where it is an epic fail.
How to dress like Adele (didn’t the coat come from her personal closet?):
But this is not true of Rei Kawakubo’s designs. Whether you like them or not, you have to agree that she designed them that way intentionally.
And this is all about clothing as fashion/art, taken to the limit: The clothing doesn’t have any relation to the body underneath it.
Google says the plaid coat from the Adele “Hello” video is a Lanvin coat.
CF - yes, of course she designed them that way intentionally. I’m also saying that sometimes you can put lots of big words around something and pretend that there is more meaning to it than there really is.
This just displays ignorance about the aims and concerns of certain artists working in fashion at that time (early 80s). These same concerns were bring explored in the fine arts, architecture, literature, etc. Why deny that some artists were exploring the same ideas through the medium of fashion?
Lanvin is apparently a staple in Adele’s closet. Of course it sold out… and it is out of reach for most of us anyway. 
http://www.barneys.com/lanvin-bouclé-blanket-coat-504033582.html
I think it helps immensely to have a D to consult once you get over about 45 or so. I really admire my D’s style and I can depend on her to be honest when I ask about hair style, color or even clothing. I am not really much into the “fads” as far as clothing is concerned, but I must say that I am complemented when my D asks to borrow something of mine. She is pretty conservative herself but it makes me feel good about a purchase if it is something she thinks is current as well. She always looks great and appropriate for the occasion so I don’t hesitate to consult her if I am unsure about something.
"…neither draw attention to the form of the body, nor try to make the body conform to a preconceived shape; instead, the texture, layering and form of the clothes are regarded as objects of interest in themselves”
To say this is to state the obvious… Like water is wet. All real artists in the world of fashion design use the human body simply as a hanger… unless it is RTW collections we are talking about.
Sleeveless dresses in winter-- c’mon… what’s the point???
GMT, the point is to be able to wear my collection of cardigans and blazers. 
I have not read the whole thread, so this has probably already been said. The skin tight leggings worn as pants just don’t look good on anyone. Believe me, you might think you can pull it off but the person standing behind, no pun intended, you is thinking “oh my.”
Wearing a regular bra with shoulder-less shirts. I can overlook this in a teen, but a grown woman should buy a strapless bra!
The secret of much “modern” art. See Tom Wolfe, “The Painted Word.”
So, I saw some things on this thread about “pajama pants worn as pants.”
That’s really a thing?!? I live in Asia and thought it was just … um … people making a mistake. Like, pink fuzzy pajama pants with teddy bears on them, paired with a sweater and worn as if they weren’t, well, pink fuzzy pajama pants. I’m starting to fear that a fair number of the goofy outfits I see on the street aren’t really goofy outfits, but perfectly fashionable and I’m just out of touch. Ouch.
I thought that about those … what are they called? Ho shoes? Those weirdly designed high heels with platforms that look like they’re for a red light district on another planet. I assumed no one in the US would be caught dead in them. (Unless trying to pick up space aliens.) Sadly, I seem to be wrong …