Alongside political fashion statements, many guests sent messages through their hairstyles
The art of black hair was on display in eclectic glory at The Met Gala, from the hair sculpture of Naomi Osaka, waves of Lupita Nyong’o, the halo of cornrows of Olympian Allyson Felix to the braided durag of Amandla Stenberg, says Dr Joseph L Underwood, co-author of Textures: The History and Art of Black hair. Playing to the event’s theme of America, the vernacular of black hair was brought to haute couture
“I think that the Met Gala can make space for celebrities to support and celebrate black designers, black stylists and black glam teams in a way that hasn’t been done in the past,” says the stylist Naeemah LaFond, who did the hair for Gossip Girl’s Whitney Peak. “Fashion has often ‘borrowed’ from the black experience in both design and in the beauty aesthetic of black women.”
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