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To grey or not to grey

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami
May 18, 2019 10:56 PM IST

That is the question; and what, pray, is your answer?

I am pretty sure everyone reading this is familiar with the phrase ‘silver fox’. But to err on the side of safety, allow me to explain that it is used to refer to handsome men of a certain age who are going grey, and looking better with every strand that turns white.

It is difficult to find famous females who have decided to go grey with age and look glamorous while doing so(Getty Images)
It is difficult to find famous females who have decided to go grey with age and look glamorous while doing so(Getty Images)
There’s more pressure on women to look good than there is on men...women with white hair equals old while men with white hair equals distinguished!
The original poster boy of the ‘silver fox’ brigade was Richard Gere and the mantle has passed on to George Clooney (Getty Images)
The original poster boy of the ‘silver fox’ brigade was Richard Gere and the mantle has passed on to George Clooney (Getty Images)
In the last Parliament, probably the only woman who sported grey hair with aplomb was Jaya Bachchan (Getty Images)
In the last Parliament, probably the only woman who sported grey hair with aplomb was Jaya Bachchan (Getty Images)
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