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Article: Fashion: Roaring forties It seems like only yesterday that Jasper Conran was fashion's superbrat. Now he's pushing 40, and about to unleash his 40th and most ambitious collection on the world. Somehow, finds Susannah Frankel, he's managed to grow old both gracefully and dynamically - and he's still precocious after all these years
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 19, 1999
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JASPER CONRAN, resplendent in skinny black vest and wide, white
trousers, has recently returned from celebrating his 40th birthday at
his home in the south of France. The celebration, it almost goes
without saying, was rather more than a long lazy lunch in the sun for
a handful of intimates. Instead, Conran summoned some 80 family and
friends, festivities continued for three days, and guests dressed as
everything from wasp-waisted Hollywood sirens to Little Bo Peep - and
that was just the boys.
Today, it's safe to say that, despite the fact that Master Conran
has reached that certain age, he looks like the proverbial spring
chicken, nut-brown, impressively wiry, and younger, if anything, ...