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"A few years ago, street style photographer Ari Seth Cohen decided to create and dedicate a blog to people looking fabulous. Easy enough, right? But how do you make it stand out from the sea of street style blogs all over the internet? Cohen decided he&amp;#x27;d photograph people who are all too often forgotten in the fashion world&amp;amp;#8212;style mavens over the age of 60. ... and Advanced Style, a street style blog featuring men and women ages 60+, was born. Glamour&amp;#x27;s Nancy Stiles sits down with one of Cohen&amp;#x27;s favorite subjects to talk style, substance, and, uh, pink hair. Cohen met New York City artist Debra Rapoport in 2010, and she&amp;amp;#8217;s been a staple on his blog ever since. Now, with the release of the Advanced Style book (powerHouse, 2012), Rapoport&amp;#x27;s become one of the key ladies in Cohen&amp;amp;#8217;s homage to senior citizens. The book features men and women from all over the world, some anonymous, as well as chance sightings and other frequent subjects&amp;amp;#8212;like style icon Iris Apfel. As for Rapoport, her shots are characterized by her bright pink hair, DIY bracelets made from toilet paper rolls, and any number of creative ensembles. I sat down with Rapoport to learn about her style philosophy, the importance of staying creative, and the secret to punk hair. Upper East Side artist Debra Rapoport lives by the mantra, &amp;quot;look good, feel good, feel good, look good.&amp;quot; At 67, she is featured on the blog (and soon book) Advanced Style, which showcases street style of men and women over sixty. Glamour: How did you get involved with Advanced Style? Debra Rapoport: Ari used to work in the New Museum, and he was managing the bookstore. One day, I walked in. It was a rainy day and I checked my coat and he ran up to me and said, &amp;amp;#8220;I have a blog and I&amp;amp;#8217;m photographing men and women over 60.&amp;quot; And I said, &amp;amp;#8220;How do you know I&amp;amp;#8217;m that old?!&amp;amp;#8221; But then, I said, &amp;quot;Here&amp;amp;#8217;s my card&amp;amp;#8212;why don&amp;amp;#8217;t you come up and I&amp;amp;#8217;ll make you lunch and we&amp;amp;#8217;ll talk and I&amp;amp;#8217;ll dress up.&amp;quot; Because that&amp;amp;#8217;s basically how I live my life. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been dressing up since I was about three.&amp;quot; Glamour: What&amp;amp;#8217;s your best fashion advice? Debra: The whole idea is: look good, feel good; feel good, look good. I know too many women who, after 50, walk around with hoodies and sweatclothes... you begin to feel like a blob. Pull yourself together! Find your good assets and flaunt them and support them. I get a lot of emails from 25-year-olds saying, &amp;amp;#8220;I can&amp;amp;#8217;t find my style, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t like myself, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t know what to wear.&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;amp;#8217;s so sad at that age to not even explore and try and play. It&amp;amp;#8217;s all about play. Glamour: How long has your hair been pink? Debra: I think it was two years in October, and prior to that it was black. It was blonde for a long time&amp;amp;#8212;one time in 1977 it was chartreuse green with purple stripes. It was very, very punk! Glamour: What&amp;amp;#8217;s your style philosophy? Debra: To me it&amp;amp;#8217;s like my morning meditation. So I focus&amp;amp;#8212;what do I want to wear? Who do I want to be in the world? How do I feel, internally? It&amp;amp;#8217;s the first question. That&amp;amp;#8217;s why I say style is healing, because it allows us to tap into who we are and see who we are and express it. And I think creativity and self-expression is the most important thing to staying vital, at any age. It needs to be encouraged and it needs to be experienced. Are you a fan of Ari&amp;#x27;s blog, Advanced Style? Tell us what you think in the comments! PLUS... &amp;amp;#183; Outfit ideas to steal from Grandma! Yes, really &amp;amp;#183; Does this pose look familiar? The fashion blogger formula, revealed Photos: courtesy powerHouse Books"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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