For this portrait series, we asked each subject about the beautiful, complicated relationships they have with their natural hair textures.
, who styled models' hair for this shoot. "I wanted to enhance it and let them be free in their element." Even as mainstream society grapples with accepting black hair, we wanted to show our subjects embracing theirs without shame — no matter what they chose to do with it.
Asos blazer, model's own top and skirt, Kenneth Jay Lane earrings, House of Lavande necklace on top, Stylist's own necklace on bottom When you say that it is 'just hair,' you're ignoring the history and the struggle of what that black woman had to go through. It's especially an especially painful history to think about when you consider the beautiful, important role hair plays in black culture. Hair holds an extremely important significance. It's ritualistic. It connects us to our old traditions and also helps us reinvent them. "I love when you're hanging out with your friends and they are doing your hair. That's just such an intimate thing that black women have with each other... It's something that gets passed down.
Growing up in Nigeria, Aighewi was blissfully unaware of some of the attitudes the West has against black hair. "I've always known my hair was different, but I didn't think it was a negative thing. It was just my hair," she says. "I learned that it was negative when I came to America and people told me that my hair was nappy. It was actually black girls that were telling me my hair was nappy.
Aighewi also mentions that in some African cultures, people can be dismissive about the struggles African-Americans and other black people face around the world when they are living in majority-white countries, many of which colonized or enslaved African-descended people. This is simply a misunderstanding of what life is like for many black people in the West.
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