How Not To Look Old At Your Book Party

In writing a book titled "How Not To Look Old," Charla Krupp has put her own looks on the line. No problem for her: not only does she not look old, she doesn't look sad, tired, or frustrated. And why should she be? Her book moves to No. 5 on the New York Times bestseller list next week. Still, her record isn't perfect, as a side by side photo comparison demonstrates. The photo on the right was taken at a fashion show a year and a half ago, Uh-oh. Krupp doesn't appear to have a hairstyle with bangs, and if she did have bangs, she made an error sweeping them off her face. At her book launch party last week, on the roof of the Gramercy Park Hotel, all was in order, both for the author and her best friend from high school, the Broadway actress Christine Ebersole. (Which just proves that sticking with old friends also keeps you young.) Both significantly improved their youthful quotient. Bangs were a big part of it. Longer hair too. And definitely, definitely younger and hipper clothes. And as for the party itself: guests left feeling younger with a bag full of tools Krupp recommends in the book: age-defying creams from Oil of Olay, Spanx bras and tights, jeans from Habituel, yoga toe flip-flops, and gift certificates for Robert Marc eye wear.