Going grey is something most women try to avoid. Yet, for these women letting their grey take hold was a moment of liberation and a bold expression – and they’ve never looked better.
Read more about these women and their decision to go grey in the November issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.
Briony Fitzgerald, 53. “I started going grey when I was about 35 and to start with I would have blonde streaks put in,” she says. I haven’t had it touched since I was 40.” Words by Juliet Rieden. Photography by Andrew Cowan. Styling by Judith Cook. Hair by Kathy Gilbert and Mark Jones, Crown Hair.
Eleni Nakopoulos, 61. “I admire women who grow old gracefully,” she says. “We’re all going to go grey, so it’s just a matter of when.”
Kerrie Cox, 57. “I had more compliments on my hair as a grey-haired woman that I’d had at any other stage of my life.”
Leanne Cowie, 51. “I’ve found it a really liberating process,” Leanne says about going grey. “I wanted to show that I’ve actually lived a life”.
Sheridan Davey, 55, with her galah, Graham, 14. “I must have gone grey when I was 45. My hair was really dark brown and I did colour it for a while, but then I thought, “I can’t do this anymore”.
Millie Katter, 55. “I started having grey hairs when I was 28, but only a few and I didn’t colour my hair until I was about 35. I am a real health freak and I didn’t want to put chemicals in my hair any more.”
Anne Moore, 59. “I started to go grey significantly in my early 40s. I made the decision that when it went grey I would go with it rather than work against it.”
Wendy Parker, 64. “I was having to dye it [my hair] once a month,” she says. “It was toxic.”
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