Jane Fonda showed up courtside in Los Angeles and instantly reminded everyone that her sense of style doesn’t age — it evolves. While attending a Los Angeles Lakers game on Thursday night, the actress skipped predictable sporty looks and leaned fully into retro flair.
Fonda arrived wearing a gray knit poncho-style top that looked straight out of the 1960s. The piece featured a bold brown stripe across the chest and long fringe that moved with her every step. She layered it over a light gray long-sleeved shirt, grounding the statement top with pleated trousers and suede boots. The result felt nostalgic, relaxed, and unmistakably hers.
The unexpected courtside outfit came as Fonda continues to speak openly about how the industry has changed — and how much she wishes certain protections had existed earlier in her career. In a recent interview, the Oscar-winning actress reflected on the importance of intimacy coordinators on film sets.
She explained that these roles, which help prepare actors for intimate scenes and protect boundaries, simply didn’t exist when she was younger. According to Fonda, the #MeToo movement finally pushed the industry to introduce clear protocols and training around consent and harassment prevention.
She described how every production now begins with guidance on what to do if something feels wrong — something she says never happened decades ago. Looking back, she admitted how difficult it was to navigate sex scenes without that support, explaining how awkward and unrealistic it felt to advocate for boundaries while being expected to portray romance on screen.
Fonda has also been candid about aging, sharing earlier this year that she feels better in her 80s than she ever did in her 20s. For her, getting older hasn’t meant slowing down — it’s meant feeling more grounded and confident in who she is.
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That mindset carries into her fashion choices as well. She recently spoke about working with the shoe brand Golden Goose, saying it never even crossed her mind to view the campaign as a novelty because of her age. She said she doesn’t feel old and only later realized how meaningful it was to see someone her age represented that way.
Whether she’s courtside in fringe or reshaping conversations about aging and power in Hollywood, Jane Fonda continues to show that she’s not revisiting the past — she’s owning it on her own terms.
