Writes Ruth La Ferla....
....In embracing a tint their mothers would have shunned, such role models are lending gray new cachet, giving shades from ash to ermine an unlikely fashion moment. Now, some say, the trend, which trickled down from the runways of Chanel, Giles Deacon and their rarefied ilk to fashion hot spots around the country, seems poised to go mainstream.While trendsetters will move smoothly into the next trend, it is my hope that it will catch on in the mainstream and women will embrace their gray hair, particularly maturing women. Going gray is a lot like coming out of the closet - one needs to be allowed to do it in their own time and comfort zone. With hair, once one becomes accustomed to seeing a certain style, everybody follows. Come on women! Show me what you can do!
At Whittemore House, a vanguard salon in Manhattan’s West Village, models and bohemian types began asking for gray streaks about six months ago, said Victoria Hunter, an owner, adding dryly, “When one gets on the bandwagon, they all do.”
Sharon Dorram, an influential New York colorist, said that among her downtown New York patrons, it is mostly younger women, renegade types, who request gray. Not lost on Ms. Dorram is the irony that their older, more conventional counterparts spent $1.3 billion to cover their grays last year, according to Nielsen....
Tribault Camus/Associated Press
Kate Moss
4 comments:
O I kind of like it!
I have always thought gray hair was attractive, which is ironic, because with my blond hair, you can't even see any.
now I'm confused; I thought platinum was the new blonde, right Judi? Glen
Juju - Welcome! I imagine Kate Moss would look good no matter what, right?
Pam - Are you bragging or just stating fact?:)
Glen - Hey! You made it. Platinum is the new blonde was the pre-trend trendsetting (and a bumper sticker)!
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