How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

 
　　當Lyn Slater在61歲時設立了她的時尚部落格「Accidental Icon」，她發現追隨者們湧入她的帳號，不僅僅是為了她的時尚風格。Lyn大方展示自己的白髮、皺紋，以及接受自我樣貌的態度，呈現了令人嚮往的熟齡偶像樣貌──打破框架、拒絕隱藏自己或被忽視，並用實際行動展現在人生的任何階段，女性都有機會發揮其價值，並勇敢冒險。
 
　　本書訴說了Lyn從六十歲邁入七十歲這十年間的故事，呈現充滿希望、積極面向未來、不斷演進的過程。這部回憶錄試圖告訴讀者，即便你無法控制所有事情的發展，但你能夠掌握看待自己年齡的方式，以及在面對身心的改變時，選擇用有創意的方法回應。
 
　　在這部回憶錄中，Lyn親自示範了就算要面對不尋常的挑戰，老化就像任何人生新階段的展開一樣，有可能成為你人生中最棒、最充滿活力的階段。(文/博客來編譯)

One of Elle’s Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2024

A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as ＂Accidental Icon,＂brings her characteristic style, optimism, forward-thinking, and rules-are-meant-to-be-broken attitude to the question of how to live boldly at any age.

When Lyn Slater started her fashion blog, Accidental Icon, at age sixty-one, she discovered that followers were flocking to her account for more than just her A-list style. As Lyn flaunted gray hair, wrinkles, and a megadose of self-acceptance, they found in her an alternative model of older life: someone who defied the stereotypes, refused to become invisible, and showed that all women have the opportunity to be relevant and take major risks at any stage of their life. Youth is not the only time we can be experimental.

How to Be Old tells the ten-year story of Lyn’s sixties, the sometimes-glamorous, sometimes-turbulent decade of Accidental Icon. This memoir is about the hopeful and future-oriented process of reinvention. It shows readers that while you can’t control everything, what you can control is the way you think about your age and the creative ways you respond to the changes in your mind and body as they happen. Rather than trying to meet standards of youth and beauty as a measure of successful aging, Lyn promotes a more inclusive and empowering standard to judge our older selves by.

In this paradigm-shifting memoir, Lyn exemplifies that even with its unique challenges, being old is just like any new beginning in your life and can be the best and most invigorating of all of life’s phases, full of rebellion and reinvention, connection and creativity.

Lyn Slater is a cultural influencer, model, writer, content creator, and former professor. She started Accidental Icon in September of 2014 and has since garnered a loyal fan base of almost a million followers across platforms.