![]() Love the show? Get in touch in IG & on Acast. In the last five years, Lyn Slater, known for her blog Accidental Icon, has made a name for herself as one of fashions finest-dressed people. Like many women, Lyn Slater was not thrilled when she started experiencing the physical signs of age. Head over to to read yours and #bethechangeĭon't forget to subscribe! And if you listen in Apple Podcasts, please consider rating & reviewing. Thank you for listening to Wardrobe Crisis. Lyn Slater attends the Self-Portrait front row during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Spring Studios on Februin New York City. Sixty-three year old Lyn Slater is a Clinical Associate Professor of Social Services at the Fordham University and apart from being a professor, she is also a fashion icon, or rather, ‘Accidental Icon’. I don’t feel as if I’m trying to play the old card. Are we on the brink of a new-old revolution? It's time to have a conversation about how to be old! Sarah-Jane Adams, 63, who turned to Instagram to show off the jewelry she sells, makes no references in her posts to her gray hair. In a recent post on her blog, Accidental Icon, she wrote: “I’m going to keep saying I’m old over and over until it drains all the pejorative connotations from the word and the exuberant proclamations like, ‘60 is the new 40’ which still seems to imply younger is better.”ĭoes old still have a stigma? How does it relate to slow, slowing down, slow fashion, appreciating things that have been around a bit. The social worker and professor who became a fashion blogger and influencer at age 61 recently made another big change in her life. Lyn Slater: 'I get many DMs from 13-to-14-year-olds who want to do what Im doing. But now, she’s examining further what it means to be old, and what we think about that word, from old people to old houses to old things. The 65-year-old fashion blogger, who keeps proving age ain't nothin' but a number, has quickly gained a cult. ![]() Since then she’s been written about a thousand times as a sort poster woman for growing older stylishly. Pin Tweet Photo: iconaccidental/Instagram Lyn Slater is here for the slay. This week’s guest fashion influencer Lyn Slater has no such worries - she reinvented her career in her 60s, going from college professor to Instagram star and being described as “one of fashion's finest-dressed people”. ![]() How do you feel about getting older? Maybe you’re so young it feels a world away? Or maybe you’re feeling it, and wondering where the time went? ![]()
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