56-year-old model Mercy Brewer stuns in new lingerie campaign

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Ageing is an inescapable part of life — and who would want to? Not this 56-year-old model, that's for sure.

Scottish woman Mercy Brewer was a fixture of the London '80s punk scene, and decades later, she's still repping that "f*ck you" attitude, posing for New Zealand cult intimates label, Lonely Lingerie, in a quietly powerful shoot.

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Shot by photographer Harry Were, the shoot is an intimate ode to the woman who stars in it. And the way she's challenging beauty standards isn't lost on Brewer. 

"Perceptions of beauty have and always will change, therefore I think we can conclude its standard is not set in stone and new beauty is always waiting to be discovered," she said in a statement.  Read more...

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