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In this digital era, many social media stars could be greater fashion influencers than some celebrities and bloggers. There is basically no limit to become a social media influencer, we should not let age, body or trend frame us. The following Insta Icons are definitely worth following. Unlike those Instagram famous rich millennials with perfect life or supermodels with perfect bodies, these Instagram grannies are truly inspiring and empowering. ---THIS IS FOR CMNS353.---
Lyn Slater (@iconaccidental) — a 65-year-old former Fordham Professor and social worker in New York, with 492.5k followers on Instagram. Her Instagram account is named "Accidental Icon," as inspired by the incident of some photographers mistaking her as a celebrity outside of the Lincoln Centre. “I want people to know that you do not have to accept the box that society puts you in,” she believes in being creative about it, so as to reinvent oneself the way individual wants to be. She shows her ordinary self in the fashion world. Be like Lyn, be authentic, be who you are.
Baddie Winkle (@baddiewinkle), the 90-year-old Tennessee granny with 3.3 millions followers on Instagram. She used to be a normal great-grandmother, she has taken care a farm on her own by 16 years, now she has been featured with 2 cosmetic brands, and she's been to VMAs and MTV. She transformed from your normal great-grandmother to Instagram rebel baddie as her great-granddaughter took a picture of her cute outfit for the gram 4 years ago, then this picture went viral. Your granny might not know what Instagram is, but this cool one takes selfies for her Insta-model career. The positive spirit and her outrageous fashion ideas are what makes her the pioneer for the younger generations on Instagram.
Unlike the others, Ernestine 'Erin' Stollberg does not have her own Instagram account, but she is the 95-year-old Austrian model featured on @park_wien for a fancy designer boutique in Vienna — Park. Stollberg has the chameleonic skill in front of the camera as she used to be in a dance troupe in the 1930s, her pictures posted in Park's Instagram could easily go over thousands likes. At the age of 95, she is still modelling and chasing the fashion dream. Her fashion/passion speaks for herself. #RESPECT
Nickelson Wooster (@nickwooster) is a 58-year-old former retailer who has worked with famous high-end chain stores like Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, as well as brands like Thom Browne, Calvin Klein, and Polo Ralph Lauren on the street styling aspect. This hot grandpa has 748k followers, he is known for being a flawless street styler. With the stylish and creative but still classy fashion style and his passion for street styling, he does deserve the Insta fame.