Gray is very "right now." Photo courtesy of Trend Hunter

Trend Hunter spotted a new must-have this 2010.

Yep, you guessed it. Gray hair is in, folks, and not just in, it’s en vogue! Hot fashion designers Gareth Pugh, Giles Deacon and Proenza Schouler flaunted their Spring 2010 collections with models clad in funky gray hair (check out the photo gallery here). Stylelist reports that beauty blogger and London hairstylist Alex Brownsell (who does Keira Knightley’s hair) “calls gray hair classy, understated and perfect right now,” in this article. And, in fact, in place of “how to dye gray hair,” 2010 is turning things around with stories like “how to dye hair gray!” More and more people are going gray by choice, just like you.

We’re loving 2010 so far.. aren’t you?

 She’s got an Oscar, the respect of fans and critics from all over the world, a rockin’ bod, and yeah…gray hair.  Helen Mirren is the actor’s actor: a brilliant performer who is as talented as she is beautiful.

Those who hadn’t heard of her before last year may have had their first experience seeing her in her role as Queen Elizabeth II in the movie The Queen.  She’s also been seen on PBS’s Masterpiece Theater as Detective Jane Tennyson in Prime Suspect. 

Mirren has been a celebrated actor since the 1960’s in the UK, but American audiences (notoriously slow on the uptake) are just now starting to recognize her abilities.  Her confidence in her craft, and her beauty which is arguably as compelling as that of starlets half her age, make her one of the celebrities we can’t get enough of!

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Paula Deen takes those Chicken Littles who are running around screaming about the dangers of cholesterol, flours then, deep fries them and serves them with cream gravy! This self-made writer, restaurateur, chef, and television star embraces everything that the rest of the world seems to be against: fattening food, southern living, and gray hair. And she does it with a big ol’ smile. Her recipes are notoriously rich in the tradition of southern cooking, and people from all over the world have re-discovered the joys of heavy cream thank to her. The restaurant she opened in 1991 called The Lady and Sons is located in downtown Savannah, Georgia and often has a line of loyal fans stretching around the block waiting for their chance to eat good old fashioned home cookin’. In 1999, The Lady and Sons was named International Meal of the Year by USA Today. Paula can be seen regularly on the Food Network on her show Paula’s Party. She has endeared herself to millions of viewers who love her as much for her fantastic recipes as they do for her effervescent personality and charming southern accent.

Seriously, the first thing you notice about this picture is not that she’s got gray hair.  The first thing you notice is that Jamie Lee Curtis is smokin’ hot, and naked in a swimming pool.  But after a minute, you realize—“Hey!  Jamie’s hair is gray!…and HEY!  She’s on the cover of AARP Magazine?!”

It’s true, and it’s also a perfect representation of the modern middle-aged woman.  This ain’t your grandma’s gray hair, ladies.  Boomers and premature gray ladies embrace a two-fold philosophy:  1. Natural beauty is real beauty, and 2. Sexy is as sexy does.  This philosophy transfers across age boundaries, cultures and personal style.

Looking better than most women half her age, Jamie Lee Curtis looks more like she’s ready to spend her retirement globe-trotting and attending fashion shows than raking her yard or baking cookies.  And really, doesn’t that sound like a lot more fun, anyway?

Let this be a lesson to all these bubble gummy young women with fake hair (and fake everything else)!  Substance makes style…not the other way around!

Link to article:
http://blogs.hairboutique.com/index.php/2008/03/01/deborah-harry-makes-news-for-gray-hair/

According to a recent article in Time magazine, not a single female U.S. Senator who range in the ages of 46-74 has a single gray hair.  Of the 70 female members of the House, only seven have gray hair. 

So there was the beautiful Kathleen Sebelius, the governor of Kansas, boldly representing her gorgeous gray hair as she eloquently delivered the Democratic response to the State of the Union address Monday night.  Polished, poised and powerful, Governor Sebelius made a gray haired woman proud.   Governor Sebelius  is also featured in the February 2008 issue of Vogue magazine.