Photo of Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in Father of the Bride sparks ageing debate

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People can’t believe what 45-year-olds looked like in the ’90s when the photo of Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in Father of the Bride goes viral.

  • The Twitter thread has gone viral as people compare 45-year-olds to 90-year-olds.
  • It was sparked by a photo of Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in Father of the Bride.
  • People pointed out how differently people in their 40s dress now compared to before.
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A conversation about how we age sparked online after a woman posted on Twitter about Hollywood’s portrayals of people in their 40s.

People expressed shock at the difference between 45-year-olds in the 1990s compared to today after a California filmmaker posted a photo on Twitter of the movie Father of the Bride 2 dressed in suits that didn’t they fit her well and pearl necklaces.

The film franchise, which stars Diane Keaton and Steve Martin as parents to 22-year-old Annie, who is getting married with a baby, sees the actors playing people in their 40s.

Jessica Ellis, who started the conversation, found out that the characters were 45 in the sequel in which Annie (Kimberley Williams-Paisley) has a baby at the same time as her mother Nina (Keaton).

People have been discussing the changing face of how a 40-something dresses after a Twitter user pointed out that Steve Martin and Diane Keaton played forty-something parents in the Father of the Queen movie franchise. girlfriend, and her style was very different from how a 40 year old would dress today

Posting a photo of Keaton and Martin in the film, he said: “One incredible thing that has changed in 30 years is that in 1995, that’s what 45-year-olds were supposed to be like.”

He later clarified that he was talking about the characters of Nina and George Banks, rather than the actors themselves.

People were quick to respond, joking how unlikely it is to see a 45-year-old dressing in that style today, particularly in a Hollywood movie.

People took to Twitter to comment after Jessica Ellis pointed out how Hollywood styled 40-year-old characters.

One person said: ‘You wouldn’t do a 45-year-old woman’s hair like that today! They’d put someone in a Squad!

Another person made a stark comparison to a famous figure in her 40s today: Kim Kardashian.

They pointed out that Kim, 42, is only three years younger than the ages of George and Nina Banks in the Father of the Bride sequel.

Some people commented on the thread to say they remember the older generation dressing this way in their 40s as kids.

One person said: ‘The women I grew up with dress like this: pearls and little sweaters. It’s like the country club meets real estate agent look. I refuse to dress like an old person or have those hairstyles.’

Another recalled: “My parents gave me a pearl necklace in high school because I guess they thought I would dress like this one day.”

While many people saw the funny side of the changing face of a 45-year-old man’s style, some were worried the same thing would happen to them.

One person lamented: “If I wear that much beige at 45, just put me in my grave.”

Another said: ‘What if I told you skinny jeans, Converse and amazing T-shirt collections are going to be the new Old People wardrobe?’

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