13 inspiring influencers over 60 you should be following
- Living your best life and inspiring others on social media doesn't stop after you reach a certain age.
- Insider made a list of the most inspiring influencers over 60 years old you need to follow on Instagram.
- These influencers are proving that age is just a number when it comes to incredible style, fitness goals, and more.
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When it comes to living your best life, age really is just a number.
From online celebrities like Baddie Winkle and Iris Apfel to lesser-known influencers, these older online personalities are inspiring their followers with their incredible style, fitness gains, and more.
Here are 13 inspiring influencers over 60 years old to follow.
Lance Walsh is a fruit seller in London turned 'hypebeast' street-style icon
Instagram: @dinneranddance
Followers: 55.2k
Lance Walsh was a fruit seller in London prior to being discovered by an Instagram user, who spotted him wearing a Supreme shirt, snapped a picture of him, and turned him into a street-style sensation.
"My kids showed me like 'Dad look at that!' And I was a bit like 'Oh.' I don't mind having a photo here, 'cause I'm here at the stall anyway. But I don't like it if I'm in the pub or something. It gets too much," Walsh told Dazed in 2017.
Walsh still continues to share his inspiring, "hypebeast" streetwear style on his Instagram page.
Moon Lin may be 91 years old, but that doesn't stop her from wearing the latest trends
Instagram: @moonlin0106
Followers: 107k
Moon Lin is a 91-year-old influencer from Taiwan who's taking the internet by storm with her incredible streetwear-inspired style. Lin loves accessorizing her looks with hats, fun sunglasses, and is known to rock a monochromatic look every now and again.
Iris Apfel is a 98-year-old businesswoman, fashion icon, and interior designer who's gained an impressive social media following
Instagram: @iris.apfel
Followers: 1.4 million
Apfel uses her social media profile to share her eclectic outfits, as well as the art and outfit recreations she's been sent by her many fans.
Not only has Apfel's colorful life been chronicled in her documentary, "Iris," but she has also had a Barbie doll modeled after her. Apfel has also been able to travel the world and attend numerous major fashion shows as a verified fashion icon.
"I never think about my age. Maybe that's the ticket. I never think about it — it's a passing thought. It's just a number ... I've found that work is very healthy for me. I love what I do and I put my heart and soul into it," she wrote in her book, "Accidental Icon."
Helen Ruth Elam, more popularly known as Baddie Winkle, is known for her colorful style and personality
Instagram: @baddiewinkle
Followers: 3.8 million
Baddie Winkle shot to fame in 2014 after she posted her first Instagram photo wearing a tie-dyed Grateful Dead T-shirt, denim cutoffs, and socks with neon pink marijuana leaves printed onto them.
Elam became synonymous with her colorful, teen-inspired fashion sense and carefree personality. The 91-year-old influencer has since walked the carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards, appeared on numerous talk shows, and boasts millions of followers.
"I think dressing more fun has made me feel better. You know, I'm 90. I'm old. I know that in my head, but I don't know how I'm supposed to feel at 90. And I really don't know how I'm supposed to act any different than someone 30. I'm just me every day. I don't know any other way to be," Elam told Man Repeller.
Joan MacDonald is a 73-year-old fitness influencer who shares her workout and wellness tips with her growing community
Instagram: @trainwithjoan
Followers: 743k
At age 70, Joan MacDonald had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux, and weighed 200 pounds. Now, at age 73 and 60 pounds lighter, McDonald is inspiring other seniors and women of all ages to take control of their health through fitness and healthy living.
"I have had many women of all ages reach out on all social media platforms sharing their stories. Younger women in tears because they don't know where to start and feel overwhelmed with life. Older women reaching out and saying that I have inspired them to take action with their health," she told Insider. "If I can do it, they can do it."
Linda Malys Yore was 65 when she started travel blogging
Instagram: @lindaontherunofficial
Followers: 63.1k
Linda Malys Yore runs the travel blog Linda On The Run and is one of few travel bloggers who belong to the retired age group. Malys Yore told Insider that, in 2019 alone, she went to 10 countries across three cruises. She recommends traveling light and inexpensively.
"Representing a brand that I want to focus on for my followers is an extreme responsibility that I take very seriously," she said. "I don't think that people understand all that goes into being a successful influencer."
Malys Yore now encourages other older people to travel as much as they can and see the world before it's too late.
"I'm trying to teach people the things that my dad taught me: Life is short, and you gotta seize the moment," she told Insider. "Don't wait until you retire. Don't wait for a better day."
Park Makrye is a popular South Korean YouTuber
Instagram: @korea_grandma
Followers: 419k
Park Makrye is a Korean YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers and is known for her cooking and travel videos. She is in her 70s and known online as the "Korean grandma." When she's not making food at her restaurant in South Korea, she's making videos for her channel.
"We used to think, 'Since I'm over 70, my life is over,'" she said in an interview with the Associated Press. "But as I started doing this, I realized life starts at 71 years old."
Arlinda McIntosh shares snaps of her clothing line on her page
Instagram: @funkingafter50
Followers: 8.8k
Arlinda McIntosh runs both her personal account, @funkingafter50, and her business account for her brand, SofistafunkTheSkirtCo. After taking a leap of faith to start her clothing line of minimum- and zero-waste skirts, McIntosh began using social media to her advantage to share her brand's mission and products. The company's Instagram page now has almost 20,000 followers.
"In this world, every model is tall and thin and often blonde, and you don't see older people modeling clothing," McIntosh, then aged 61, told Money. "But we buy [clothing]."
Jenny Kee's colorful fashion sense is inspiring
Instagram: @jennykeeoz
Followers: 41.2k
Jenny Kee is a 73-year-old Australian fashion designer who's acquired quite a following on social media. Not only does Kee share exquisite photos of her colorful designs, but she frequently documents her travels and things she spots in nature as well.
At 66 years old, Lyn Slater is a notable fashion icon and influencer
Instagram: @iconaccidental
Followers: 729k
Lyn Slater, or known online by the moniker Accidental Icon, is one of the most famous older influencers in the fashion world. A frequent attendee at New York Fashion Week and a professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service as of 2017, Slater is known for her daring yet classic style and is known to rock everything from a leather bustier dress to a Rolling Stones T-shirt on her Instagram page.
"Based on my experience and literally thousands of comments and e-mails, I have been able to influence culture. I've been able to begin to change people's perceptions about what it might mean to be older, what it might mean to be a woman," Slater told Refinery29. "I am very much, and always have been, an anti-authority, social-category-buster."
Patti Gibbons runs the fashion blog Not Dead Yet Style
Instagram: @notdeadyetstyle
Followers: 17.6k
Patti Gibbons of Not Dead Yet Style loves to share her stylish, fun, and colorful outfits on her Instagram page — and her almost 20,000 followers seem to enjoy them as well. According to Gibbons' "About Me" page on her blog, when she's not creating content for her blog or Instagram, she's relaxing by the beach or playing with her rescue cats.
"Though pressured by society to recede gracefully, I prefer to burst out with a love of fashion and style," she wrote.
Debbie Corley started her first company at 60 years old
Instagram: @embracingturning60
Followers: 1.6k
Debbie Corley runs the Instagram page, @embracingturning60, and blog by the same name. On the page, Corley shares her incredible style, fitness tips, favorite makeup products, and more. Corley is also the founder of Tulifts, a patent-pending bra insert "to help women feel supported and comfortable while working out," which she founded at age 60.
Dana Wall documents her love for Italy through her travel blog
Instagram: @theinspiredtourist
Followers: 1.2k
Dana Wall, who celebrated her 60th birthday last November, runs the travel blog The Inspired Tourist, which is largely inspired by Wall's trips to Italy.
Wall offers guided tours and retreats in Italy or France, but her blog is also an excellent resource for anyone experiencing a little wanderlust.
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