Julie Bishop

Australian politician Julie Bishop hoped to break the stigma that older women can't wear certain clothes for an International Women's Day photoshoot.

You can be fashionable at any age.' One person wrote: 'Is she auditioning for a role as a stripper? Love more elegance' with someone else agreeing: 'That stylist got it wrong completely!!' Someone else chimed in: 'No definitely not... Who would wear something like this? The former Minister for Foreign Affairs, 66, channeled her inner Carrie Bradshaw from Sex And The City as she posed for Stellar Magazine in just a jacket and tights, but many readers were not impressed.