So yes... frantic dig through the mountains of silver and gray clothing in my house yielded quite an impressive tumbler of results. Vintage and au currant, both found in the closets of this very old house. With that solved, i duly noted my real problem was that the grey cast washes out quite easily. Solved with violet infused color shampoo.
I did a web search of models who were know for their grey tresses, and this, indeed, affirmed my thought that my agent is an absolute genius. here are some of the images of the models i have found in my search, among them: Carmen dell'Oreffice, Susan Hersh, Linda Fischer, Yasmina Rossi, Roxanne Gould, Ingmari Lamy, and the gorgeous Cindy Joseph.....