As the generation of the first baby boom shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, a growing numb er of retirees aged around 60 are enjoying their post- retirement life______ model dreams that were hardly achieved when th ey were young. In the material deprivation when the generation grew up to their 20s or 30s, beauty was repressed as the re was little choice for style or color of clothing, while in their middle age after the reform and opening-up, most of them toiled and mo iled all days to support the families. Retirement in the new era offers the elderly a second chance to make their model dream come true.