Lowering hemlines with every birthday?

Just after the South Africa Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) last month, South Africa's Sowetan  newspaper featured a short piece about what the stars were wearing. The paper commented on celebrities Andile Gaelesiwe and Terry Pheto, who both wore dresses.

Of Gaelesiwe, the Sowetan wrote, "(She) showed up in a super-short dress that made her look like, um..." while of Pheto, they wrote that she looked "age-appropriate, fun, and classy in a short cream dress."