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Ditched the Dye During Covid? Maybe Stay Gray.
The New York Times
Lots of women had to confront their natural hair color when salons were closed or felt unsafe. Now many are sticking with it — and joyfully.
It wasn’t as if Liesl Tommy couldn’t get her colorist flown in. It was the Los Angeles premiere of “Respect,” the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, and Ms. Tommy, the film’s director, would be photographed every few steps.
When planning her red carpet looks, “my hair was certainly part of the conversation,” said Ms. Tommy, who declined to give her age. She wanted “to feel glamorous and comfortable and like myself.”
On the evening of the Aug. 8 premiere, her silver curls were up in a high ponytail held together by silver braids. For a Martha’s Vineyard screening, silver and white braids to her waist. In London, a gray cornrowed mohawk.