Is silver becoming the new sexy for women?

‘Silver’ is sexy now that prominent women like Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Tracey are eschewing hair dye and embracing the natural look, but I’m still too vain to join them, says Annmarie O’Connor

In a society that lionises youth, grey hair is ballsy. It says: ‘I am prepared to define beauty on my own terms’

I WAS 16 when I found my first grey hair. Upon plucking it, I was unreliably informed that four more would grow in its place. By 19, I had euthanised a new crop of achromatic sprigs with Miss Clairol. As an agent of doom, she was helpful, until my 30s, when it got out of control. What had started as sporadic maintenance became a bi-monthly habit. Now, in my 40s, I have taken my colour down a few shades to disguise my grey hairs’ persistence, but the war continues. Go grey gracefully? Not a chance.