When it comes to ageing fashionably, Maggie Smith has something to teach us all


By AGENCY
  • Fashion
  • Wednesday, 09 Oct 2024

Maggie Smith starred in a campaign for fashion brand Loewe last year. Photo: Loewe

We see so few truly old faces in the media, especially old women’s faces.

But occasionally, they are celebrated. In October 2023, at the age of 88, Dame Maggie Smith – who died Sept 27 – starred in an arresting ad campaign for luxury brand Loewe, photographed by Juergen Teller. The images they made together are some of the last glimpses we’ll ever have of Smith.

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