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[[File:shaunmicallefffff 9401.jpg|frame|[[Shaun Micallef|"Silver fox? Is that good?"]] ]]
{{quote|''"I'm pregnant, McGee. Twins. Haven't told the father yet. It's Gibbs. I know it's wrong, but something about his silver hair gets me all tingly inside."''
|'''Abby Sciuto''', ''[[NCIS]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"I'm pregnant, McGee. Twins. Haven't told the father yet. It's Gibbs. I know it's wrong, but something about his silver hair gets me all tingly inside."''|'''Abby Sciuto''', ''[[NCIS]]''}}
Age is all in the mind.
Well, for some people, anyway. Most of us will likely get [[Grumpy Old Man|grumpy]], [[Dirty Old Man|perverted]], or [[White Dwarf Starlet|past our prime]] and will end up [[Elderly Blue
But then, there are those who get ''better'' as they age; the ones who still qualify for the 'desirable' tag, even when they're grandparents. These men and women have maintained their dashing good looks, class, and sex appeal despite - or ''because of'' - their greying hair.
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Not to be confused with the [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] trope, which generally refers to younger men with white hair. Can be related to [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]].
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== Anime
* Ishida Ryuuken from ''[[Bleach]]'' is probably about 40 and his hair has gone completely white, but he's as strikingly pretty as (and almost as slender as) his teenage son [[Bishonen|Uryuu]]. Although given [[Meaningful Name|his name]] and his stern personality, he's really more of a Silver ''Dragon''.
* [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Joseph Joestar]] during the "Stardust Crusaders" arc. This is set a few years after fathering [[Heroic Bastard|Josuke]], making his son younger than his grandson, Jotaro.
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* Depending on the art style, Commissioner Gordon from ''[[Batman]]'' can be quite the Silver Fox.
* [[Magneto]]. He was a child during World War II, part of his history that has still not been [[Ret Conned]], and still has his looks.
== Literature ==
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* Sun Jian, starting from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' 6 on.
** It helps that, historically, he only lived to be 36.
* Ezio in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He's 53 and still running around preforming rooftop acrobatics and charming his new love interest, who's almost 20 years younger than he is.
* Sonya Blade, in ''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]''. She looks great for a woman old enough to have a 20-something daughter. Johnny Cage too, to a lesser extent.
** Possibly a case of [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]; Kano was also one of the original Kombatants, and while still a decent fighter, [[Evil Makes You Ugly|he has not aged nearly as well.]]
== Web Comics ==
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* Dora of [[Questionable Content]] squees upon meeting Marten's father with his full head of grey hair, saying that Marten will look so hot when he gets old.
== Western Animation ==
* Macbeth from ''[[Gargoyles]]'', despite being immortal, is physically an old man, yet still maintains his good looks from his youth.
* Eda from ''[[The Owl House]]'' is a woman of [[Vague Age]] but clearly old, but far from your typical old hag. Luz even says she's “surprisingly foxy for her age”.
== Real Life ==
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* ''[[Shaun Micallef]]'' is well-known for being a silver fox, much to the TV host's bemusement.
{{quote|'''Micallef:''' "Silver fox? Is that good?"}}
* Tony Jones from ABC1's [[Q & A|Q and A]] and Lateline is actually called the "Silver Fox" on many a Monday night by the Twittersphere. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161024230536/http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/img/headshots/tony-jones.jpg
* Surely, ''[[Hugh Laurie]]'' counts as one.
* David Byrne of the [[Talking Heads]].
* [[Steve Martin]], anyone?
* John Slattery, [http://www.societyofjohns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/John-Slattery-as-Roger-Sterling.jpg so]{{Dead link}} [http://img.poptower.com/pic-32268/john-slattery.jpg?d=1024 much]{{Dead link}}. It helps that he's prematurely gray, making him substantially [[Younger Than They Look|Younger Than He Looks]]. (He was born in 1962.)
* [http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lot97zzDtm1qbhi1ko1_400.jpg Janove Ottesen], charismatic frontman of [[Kaizers Orchestra]], seems to be heading this way. Not even 40 yet, but he's already proudly rocking the grey-haired look.
* The late [[Alan Rickman]], definitely, towards the end of his life.
* Richard Gere.
* Robert Wagner
* Tim Gunn. Named one of ''People Magazine''{{"}}s "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2006.
* Jamie Lee Curtis; especially notable is that she's become quite a vocal opponent of Photoshopping and other forms of photo retouching, and manages to look damn good with only a pixie cut and a little bit of makeup.
* [[Food Network|Geoffrey Zakarian]].
* Some men's hair dyes are designed to cover up some, but not all, of their gray hairs, so as to give them a dignified salt-and-pepper look while still remaining somewhat youthful.
* [[w:Ming-Na Wen|Ming-Na Wen]], the actress who played [[Anime Chinese Girl|Chun-Li]] in ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'' and [[Dark Action Girl| Fennec Shand]] in ''[[The Mandelorian]]'', and voiced [[Mulan]] in the 1998 Disney film, turned 60 in 2023.
* Cassandra Peterson, best known for her role as [[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]], was born in 1951, and [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ1OTUwODYyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTY4Nzg5ODE@._V1_UY1200_CR134,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg still a looker even without the makeup.]
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[[Category:Hair Colors]]
[[Category:Personal Appearance Tropes]]
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