btw, for a style icon you could do a lot worse than Norwegian writer Hanne Ørstavik:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanne_%C3%98rstavik

I'm not sure how the first letter of her last name turns out, it's an O with a slash through it. But google her name for more photos if you can. She has been grey since her early twenties and looks absolutely smoking fantastic.

It helps having a great haircut and being thin and waiflike, of course ;-)