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Some good... While others call out the obvious: the cornrows.
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Kylie Jenner, back at it again with some controversial cornrows.
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And for some unknown reason, I decided to have cornrows.
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When he made fun of himself for getting vacation cornrows.
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Hunger Games actress and activist Amandla Stenberg criticized Jenner's cornrows.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Man buns, cornrows or bleached blond hair?
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Her cornrows and Chandler's disdain for them were one thing.
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Do you like her hair in cornrows are agree with Amandla?
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I had seen Gwen Stefani with cornrows and I was experimenting.
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You can also find a Ken with cornrows, freckles, and glasses.
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Of course, many Black men have been rocking cornrows for years.
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I'm the mother sporting shoulder-length cornrows, facedown in a book.
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Her natural styles have included, she said, Afros, cornrows and braids.
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The piece on the appropriation of cornrows was a popular read.
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When she and her sisters used to wear their hair in cornrows which they and other non-African Americans dubbed "boxer braids" instead of cornrows, they were publically criticised on social media and by other celebrities.
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Ms. Butler played with Mr. Gurley and plaited his cornrows, she said.
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Why, cornrows and a bikini that seamlessly blends into her skin, naturally.
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At Oscar de la Renta, a model walked with straight-back cornrows.
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We're treated to Afros, cornrows, twist-outs, freeform curls, and sleek buns.
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But feed-in cornrows are equally cute and require half the work.
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It's almost charming, like when Colin thought he could pull off cornrows.
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Today, she's rocking stunning waist-length cornrows in lieu of her curly 'fro.
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"Even cornrows and crazy colors couldn't upstage Camille!!!" she writes on one photo.
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And if you can avoid adding extensions to your cornrows, that's even better.
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On the surface, stitch braids look like traditional cornrows — the difference is subtle.
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And, good news, cornrows are still going strong for fall and winter, too.
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One girl would charge £2.50 and she would do your hair in cornrows.
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Historically, she is depicted as wearing her hair in braids but not cornrows.
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Justin Bieber knows he should not get cornrows, and yet, here we are.
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For Elsaesser, seeing Kale's choice to put white models in cornrows was disappointing.
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A black BP executive says she was fired for wearing cornrows to work.
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Cornrows are known to be a protective hairstyle for natural and textured hair.
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For the first time in my life I don't hate Kim's cornrows either.
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When she and her sisters used to wear their hair in cornrows which they and other non-African Americans dubbed "boxer braids" instead of cornrows or Fulani-style braids, they were publically criticized on social media and by other celebrities.
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Beth and Deja are closer, and the latter has a fresh set of cornrows.
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"They are called Fulani braids or some may even say cornrows," one user wrote.
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Along with her signature pixie cut, she's sported everything from cornrows to long curls.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Their beads fell from their Technicolor cornrows and littered the stadium floor.
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Nicci also thought about the longevity that tight-to-the-scalp braids, like cornrows, offer.
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To be able to get twists or cornrows or box braids — I love that versatility.
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Does the costume include race-related hair or accessories (dreads/locs, afros, cornrows, a headdress)?
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Not everyone can do cornrows or Senegalese twists so that they last and look good.
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Amos and Jones are close in age, have similar skin tones, facial hair, and cornrows.
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His tattoos and cornrows were ahead of the curve and alienated some old-school fans.
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Or, you could go with cornrows if you want to get creative with parts and designs.
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Every Sunday before school my mother would sit me down and braid my hair in cornrows.
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The great thing about cornrows is that — no matter how you style 'em — they're super practical.
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You can even get creative with braids and add cornrows or loose plaits to your look.
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Eventually things take a dark turn, with bloody knives and blond cornrows lurking around every corner.
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In February 2018, New York City outlawed discrimination against black hair, including cornrows and Bantu knots.
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For decades, natural hair, as well as hairstyles associated with "blackness" like cornrows, has been criticized.
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Feed-in braids, which are closer to the root than cornrows, also have a more natural finish.
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Amandla Stenberg's viral video called "Don't Cash Crop on My Cornrows" came out almost four years ago.
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She thinks she sees him turned into a walker, but it's actually a woman with similar cornrows.
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Cornrows no longer had to be in a straight line, but the styling needed to be uniform.
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Growing up, I'd always be pumped whenever my mom would let me get box braids or cornrows.
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Now, granted, we've seen Kim in cornrows before — or "boxer braids," as she likes to call them.
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This weekend alone we spotted technicolor tips, baby pink cornrows, an electric pixie, and so much more.
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If you want your next protective style to involve cornrows, there are many different designs to consider.
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"There are Black models who aren't booked because they have cornrows time and time again," she says.
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When I finish the question, she considers carefully before answering, plays with the ends of her cornrows.
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The TV reality star-mogul debuted several images on social media Monday sporting Bo Derek-like cornrows.
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"Black hairstyles are reinvented [as non-Black inventions], like two cornrows being called boxer braids," she says.
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The suspected shooter is described as a man with long cornrows and a goatee, according to police.
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"My mom used to give me cornrows, and I was always so inspired," the Nigerian-American stylist says.
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She says that her mom used to give her half-cornrows and French braids every week growing up.
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I was a little brown girl with cornrows, going to a school just like Garfield in our show.
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Black models of all shades, shapes, and sizes proudly wore curls, Afros, and, yes, cornrows on the runway.
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Dreadlocks, along with box braids and cornrows, have also dominated cultural appropriation conversations, particularly in the fashion world.
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It makes me cringe all over my body to think I had red cornrows all down my back.
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For example, until 2014, the U.S. military banned a number of common Black hairstyles, including cornrows and braids.
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"Untitled (How Does It Feel)" starts innocently, panning from the singer's neat cornrows to his gap-toothed smirk.
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They've shown many styles from cornrows to curly hair pieces — all while defeating bad guys alongside their dad.
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The "I'm Outta Love" singer sported tiny red reflector sunglasses, cornrows and fur at the BRITs in 2002.
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I've had weave — flashback to prom and my glorious high ponytail — bantu knots, faux locs, box braids, and cornrows.
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Still, we couldn't help but marvel at — and photograph — the colorful box braids, twists, and cornrows that we spotted.
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The rapper was spotted Christmas shopping in Beverly Hills Thursday ... while rocking an afro instead of his usual cornrows.
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In it, the 14-year-old appears in colorful cornrows that'd make Riff Raff jealous — and many more disappointed.
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Alyssa Milano was really excited to show off her new cornrows in a picture that she posted on Instagram.
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The conversation about whether or not white women wearing cornrows is cultural appropriation has been going on for years.
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Protective styles, like knotless braids and artsy cornrows, were front and center, while sleek bobs were also wildly popular.
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Comme des Garçons is facing backlash after sending models down the runway wearing wigs styled to look like cornrows.
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In 2015, some observers accused her of cultural appropriation for wearing her hair in cornrows, a historically black style.
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Despite this, during Coachella this weekend, I saw a whole bunch of people wearing dashikis, bindis, cornrows, and headdresses.
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But what if my child wants to walk around in a traditional Senegalese boubou, or braid his hair in cornrows?
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She's previously raised eyebrows after claiming she "started wigs" and refused to back down after drawing criticism for wearing cornrows.
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Refined Rows To achieve these intricate braids, ask your stylist for a full head of cornrows, explaining the braiding pattern.
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Braiding your hair down into comfortable cornrows is also something that she advises, even if you have a straighter texture.
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Since the age of 13, Jewel — 6 feet tall, square glasses, long cornrows — has been trying to shrink her body.
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His transformation from baggie Ts and cornrows to white suits and sunglasses has made him a very rich punch line.
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Short curls, long braids, natural 'fros, and tight cornrows — you'll see them all reflected in the list of Pinterest's MVPs.
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Take, for instance, the full-figured Black woman who wears cornrows and has been systematically punished for having those traits.
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That's because the image did not depict Cleopatra as a white woman but as a brown-skinned woman with cornrows.
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Underneath her masterful wigs, Cox says that she keeps her natural hair in cornrows for easy maintenance throughout the week.
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Watch, Emily (with cornrows and a "Boss" tee) is the one with child ... but she didn't hesitate to throw down.
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Mum did my hair in 20 or so cornrows with green wooden beads on each end to match my school uniform.
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That means turning to protective styles like box braids, cornrows, and wigs to keep hair safe and allow it to grow.
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Kim Kardashian West is facing backlash for posting several photos of herself in blonde cornrows — but she is not backing down.
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And when I got cornrows or braids for protective styling, my mother would allow me to get shoulder-length extensions, too.
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First, she was called out for cultural appropriation, referring to her new hair style has "Bo Derek braids" instead of cornrows.
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"Don't Cash Crop on My Cornrows," a video she made for history class on appropriating black culture, became a viral hit.
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Even, just to consider the child's hair and cornrows, and how often people try to police black hair and criminalize it.
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She complemented her cornrows with hoop earrings, minimal makeup (let's admire that contouring perfection for a minute), and brushed-up brows.
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We discarded the dirty pad for a dry sweeper pad and Braava jet's cleaning pattern automatically changed into straight, overlapping cornrows.
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Cornrows were even rebranded as "boxer braids" to give the Kardashians and Jenners credit for something that belongs to Black culture.
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A few months after sporting cornrows in Anguilla (which Bieber himself admitted was misguided), the pop star is at it again.
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The 1920s were all about the cornrows, and once the '80s rolled around, the hair shifted to straight and heightened styles.
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She met Kevin Federline, a backup dancer with cornrows and a "who gives a fuck?" vibe that Britney probably found refreshing.
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Getting Started: First, secure your natural hair in braids or cornrows — then grab a wig cap, lining it up along your hairline.
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Of course, the bandanas are similar to the one she wore in Homecoming to keep her long cornrows out of her face.
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And is she bending time to take her hair from flowy tresses or high pony, to cornrows, all within a few hours?
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Lohan commented "I am confused" on a photo of Kim's new cornrows that celebrity blogger Perez Hilton posted on his Instagram page.
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The pins also flatter a variety of textures and lengths, including Bebe Rexha's bob, Laverne Cox's long curls, and Megalyn Echikunwoke's cornrows.
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The reality star's blonde locks were braided back in cornrows against her head and each braid was finished off with white beads.
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But like cornrows, box braids, and other copy-and-pasted protective styles worn by Black women, there's a history behind the hair.
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Its advice includes always wearing a swim cap, going natural, using antichlorine shampoo and conditioner after every swim, and perhaps considering cornrows.
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Excerpted from White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue…And Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation by Lauren Michele Jackson (Beacon Press, 2019).
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Based on the only available image — someone in cornrows, face disguised by a big fur coat — I assumed drag queen prison drama.
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"We all wore different color cornrows, and we all had our own verses because we were inspired by Crime Mob," she said.
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He wore his hair in tight cornrows, sported a gold Cuban-link necklace and favored clothes with labels like Gucci and Prada.
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You have not fully lived on this earth until you have tried to wash Pink Bubblegum ice cream out of your cornrows.
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On one side, Kalima Spooner, a hairstylist with a shock of vivid red hair, was sewing a weave into a woman's cornrows.
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So, of course, the app tycoon surprised no one when she braided her lob into a series of cornrows pierced with metal hoops.
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Step 1: Make sure your hair is ultra moisturized, then braid it back into medium-sized cornrows that allow everything to lay flat.
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This summer, California became the first state to prohibit employers and public schools from banning braids, cornrows, dreadlocks, and other black natural hairstyles.
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The style, which featured cornrows, ribbons, and beads, doubled as a protective style and a way to pay homage to her multifaceted background.
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The actress had her hair styled in cornrows, while Wade looked dapper in a black short suit paired with sneakers and checkered socks.
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Naturally, that creates the space for every hairstyle imaginable, from Afro puffs, twists, and buzzcuts, to box braids, cornrows, and waist-length locs.
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"Khloé wanted to do something fun and different for Kylie's Kyshadow launch, and cornrows were the perfect look," says her hairstylist, Justine Marjan.
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Mike Marsland/Getty (4) Kim teased her big trip on Instagram, posing alongside her private jet in a white bodycon look and cornrows.
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In a picture posted to Instagram, the "What Do You Mean" singer points to his new cornrows while Baldwin poses next to him.
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This isn't the singer's first brush with cultural appropriation either — last year, Bieber rushed to Kylie Jenner's defense when she wore cornrows herself.
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Countless women are sporting blond cornrows, gray jumpsuits, and military-inspired leotards, all nods to B's various looks in the Lemonade visual album.
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I went to Aunty Ali's, a hair braiding shop located behind a local shopping mart, to get straight back cornrows in my hair.
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A couple of months ago, I took a picture of her straight-back cornrows to my salon as inspiration for my vacation style.
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On one job, a fellow grip asked if the new cornrows in her hair meant she had joined the Crips or the Bloods.
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It's in the cornrows that our ancestors wore to escape slavery, so that we can now wear them with pride on the red carpet.
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The actress had her hair styled in cornrows and Wade, 37, looked dapper in a black short suit paired with sneakers and checkered socks.
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Those same celebrity styles — like Beyoncé's signature side cornrows — are ones she crafts for the lawyers, doctors, and students that sit in her chair.
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Braids and cornrows have long been a hairstyle worn by black men and women and historically have been worn in African and Caribbean countries.
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" He continued, "We understood there was no need to differentiate between locks, cornrows or twists as long as they all met the same dimension.
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But she resurfaced today on the cover of Garage magazine, casually killing it in the hairstyle department yet again with a set of cornrows.
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When it was cold, plenty of celebrities opted for box braids, twists, and cornrows to avoid wet styling, especially because of the wind chill.
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When Allen Iverson was popularizing cornrows, baggy shorts and tattoos in the N.B.A., Tiger Woods was the respectable black athlete on the golf circuit.
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The feed-in technique is used for most braided protective styles, like box braids and Senegalese twists, but we're partial to feed-in cornrows.
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The bill specifically addresses "headwraps, braids, locs, and cornrows," styles generally worn by black students, as well as religious headwear such as hijabs and yarmulkes.
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It only takes one thoughtless post like Kim's for some fans to believe that the origin of cornrows truly began with an 80s rom-com.
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Now, insisting that a natural hair texture or style such as dreadlocks, cornrows, twists, or braids is not acceptable in the workplace will be prohibited.
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Though the hairstyle has been linked to the Kardashian-Jenner clan, and they have received quite a bit of blowback for cultural appropriation of cornrows.
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In a December 17 interview, taped pre-Hailey (and pre-cornrows), Bieber sat down with The Bert Show in the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas.
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For Valentino's show in Paris, Tracee Ellis Ross wore her hair in six tight cornrows, which spilled down her back courtesy of hairstylist Lacy Redway.
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It all started when 4-year-old August arrived at Lakeview Elementary in Sugar Land with her hair in cornrows, beads and a little bun.
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He stood in the locker room, his hair in neat cornrows, as reporters surrounded him, a bristling thorn bush of microphones and cameras and recorders.
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They chose cornrows, the traditional African-American hairstyle, which had been the subject of a recent Marie Claire article hailing Kendall Jenner as a pioneer.
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Ironically, legend has it that in South America, cornrows were used as intricate, hiding-in-plain-sight maps to guide escaping African slaves to freedom.
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About 40 minutes later, my hair was practically stick straight from mid-shaft to ends, though my roots still looked slightly crimped from sleeping in cornrows.
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You can wear your curls out, toss 'em into a bun, slick them back in cornrows, sew in a weave, or morph them into box braids.
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And for many Black women, the experience of getting your hair braided — whether in cornrows or for protective styles — begins in childhood and continues into adulthood.
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For the outing, Mitchell sported a black corset-like top paired with trousers while Babel, 39, sported a blue suit and styled his hair in cornrows.
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During the designer's Resort 2019 show on Sunday, top model Binx Walton walked the runway with an impressive set of cornrows done by braider Tasha Miles.
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The album artwork shows a weary K. Dot in cornrows and a white tee, and the tracklist teases features from Rihanna and — wait for it — U214.
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Kim's new blonde cornrows, which she called "Bo Derek braids," received heavy backlash on Instagram in January 2018, with many accusing the star of cultural appropriation.
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Find the sleek, half-up ponytail or Tracee Ellis Ross-approved cornrows that will have you taking to the next (hopefully open) bar with gusto, ahead.
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After chopping off his signature floppy look from childhood, he's sported everything from a nostalgia-inducing center part to cornrows to more recently some controversial dreadlocks.
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Kardashian West's new blonde cornrows, which she called "Bo Derek braids," have been receiving heavy backlash on Instagram, with many accusing the star of cultural appropriation.
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Cornrows are frequently misconstrued, misrepresented, and appropriated on runways, in magazines, and IRL, but when done right the style is both fashion-forward and culturally significant.
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" She went on to cite Kylie Jenner, a celeb who often wears cornrows, as an example of someone who's "praised for being avant-garde and trendsetting.
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Colin Kaepernick decided to put his 'fro on hold Monday night while the 49ers took on the Rams -- and broke out a brand new hairstyle ... cornrows!
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And while Kylie did not model that suit with a butt cheek-flashing Snapchat story, she still gave us something to talk about with those cornrows.
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White models wearing their hair in cornrows at Toronto Fashion Week is even more frustrating because we know the industry (Canada included) has a diversity problem.
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"The past and the present merge to meet us here," she says, as we see her rocking cornrows and a fur coat in a parking garage.
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Kendall Jenner is once again wearing her hair in cornrows, a move that has prompted many social media users to accuse the model of cultural appropriation.
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More and more, the people walking the catwalk are wearing their natural hair, meaning more twist-outs, cornrows, and glorious Afros at New York Fashion Week.
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All hairstyles are grouped together — longer hair, braids, and cornrows are towards the top, and you'll see variations of pixie cuts and shorter styles towards the bottom.
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However, he has been celebrating Valentine's Day weekend in Las Vegas – and appeared in his Snapchat and Instagram Stories wearing another hairstyle associated with Black culture: cornrows.
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According to these appearance rules (it should be noted that men have separate guidelines), women could only style their hair in bob cuts, groomed buns, and cornrows.
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The blogger posted a photo of Kardashian wearing what she calls "Bo Derek braids" (cornrows, actually) and asked his readers what they thought of the new look.
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The buzz was reignited following her September 2018 Vogue cover, where the singer confirmed that the cornrows she wore in the spread were, in fact, all hers.
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At each show, something was actually done to the hair, giving it a specific look, from cornrows and box braids to bedazzled mohawks and pastel-colored Afros.
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The image shows a blonde Kardashian West squatting and holding hands with Saint, who dons tiny cornrows for the outing — a change from his usually curly locks.
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I know when he stepped over Lue, he was really stepping over the NBA, a league that gave him shit for his tattoos, cornrows, baggy clothes, whatever.
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The policy – which outlawed cornrows, twists and dreadlocks, among other styles – was first revealed to parents and students on a pink handout at registration in late July.
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The most common look for women at this year's festival was some variation of low cut body suit or halter tank, unflattering high-waist shorts and cornrows.
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In Ms. Stenberg's finished project, a video titled "Don't Cash Crop My Cornrows," she contrasted the celebration of black cultural products with the denigration of black bodies.
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Mr. Gurley had spent the evening at his girlfriend's apartment on the seventh floor of 2724 Linden Boulevard with her family while she plaited cornrows in his hair.
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Ross first appeared on stage with her natural hair in cornrows before launching into her routine, during which dancers helped her transform — onstage — from one likeness to another.
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They had to have straight cornrows, or permed hair, or completely shaved hair, because apparently a big Afro or fun braids is considered "too much" for the runway.
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This past weekend, Kardashian West shared an underwear-clad mirror selfie video to social media where she showed off her hair braided back in cornrows against her head.
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Tokyo could have installed those cornrows into Kylie's head for some practical reason and was forced to sit idly by as his boss posted the picture to Instagram.
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It Takes Two For this minimal style, ask your stylist for undercut braids or say you would like a couple of cornrows on the side of the head.
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But, in one of the most intimate scenes between the pair, she braids Collin's hair as he sits between her legs, not into cornrows, but frizzy individual braids.
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After one of her students came to class in a topknot bun with cornrows, the young girl expressed that she wasn't all that happy about her new style.
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It was a weird sensation of someone wrapping parts of my hair; it was similar to the feeling of cornrows but didn't tug the root of my hair.
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Meanwhile, adorable Orlando (Shemar Moore), comes into Helen's life with sweeping cornrows, wearing a bandana in place of a crown, ready to be her knight in starched denim.
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Earlier this year she spoke to Elle about battling stereotypes of Blackness, and last fall she sat for an intimate photo shoot wearing cornrows for CR Fashion Book.
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Users on Twitter were quick to call her out, many pointing out how white women don't face the same level of discrimination black women face when wearing cornrows.
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"Someone just decided that if we have one or two models in cornrows then that counts as representation, but that shouldn't be considered the gold standard," Redway says.
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Such was the bond between my daughters and me; it was carved into intricate lines that framed their cornrows, intertwined in the twists that flew with the wind.
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In black hair culture, cornrows and synthetic braids are sometimes referred to as "protective styles," helpful in shielding natural hair from the elements and allowing it to grow.
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The services list includes traditionally black hairstyles — cornrows, twist-outs, Bantu knots, silk press — and addresses hair types like curly, kinky and transitioning from relaxed hair to natural.
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One publication wrote early on that McCray had cornrows when she has dreadlocks; later McCray made pointed comments on her Tumblr about the importance of diversity in the press.
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The KKW beauty mogul also slammed Lindsay Lohan earlier Monday for writing, "I am confused," on a photo celebrity blogger Perez Hilton posted of the reality star's new cornrows.
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But cornrows and feed-in braids were encouraged, specifically because they are relatively quick and can protect relaxed and natural black hair for eight or more weeks, said Mercier.
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This time, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality star, 37, shared a behind-the-scenes photo from a bikini shoot without her controversial cornrows or "Bo Derek braids".
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While my hair was still damp, I worked liberal amounts of Madame CJ Walker's Jamaican Black Castor Oil and Cantu's Coconut Curling Cream through sectioned-off pieces for cornrows.
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Let's not forget that after Derek and Hansel walked in Valentino's fall 2015 show in Paris, the design house had an African-inspired show featuring white women wearing cornrows.
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"Can't even be mad because of how ridiculously ugly this is," wrote Twitter user Tantine P. "Why the cornrows devouring they foreheads like that," asked Twitter user Johnny Boy.
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We went crazy over the wave of adorned box braids and cornrows that popped up on nearly every celebrity we love this summer (especially at festivals like AfroPunk and Coachella).
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It had also then issued a photo guidance of what kind of hairstyles were allowed for women with short and long hair, including bobs, pixie cuts, cornrows and multiple braids.
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Cindy paid for a stylist to tightly braid Kaden's dreads into cornrows so they would lay flat against his scalp, but said administrators still placed him on at-home suspension.
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Donte Taylor, the team supervisor, said that Elmore, a fit-looking young man with cornrows and a beard that slanted forward, was the N.Y.R.P.'s top tree-bag-removal person.
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Into the latter part of the twentieth century, they were used by men of the diaspora to create waves in their fades and to protect their cornrows while they slept.
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He was wearing a sheened black fur coat, had his hair in pristine cornrows, and wore a crop circle–shaped arrangement of thick, 14-karat gold Cuban links around his neck.
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Fashion FrizzIn a way, this style, along with the others, are a giant fuck you to the schoolyard bullies and snooty critics who considered cornrows "ghetto" and naps a no-no.
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For spring 2018, Valentino showed clothing inspired by "wild, tribal Africa," and then proceeded to have a cast of predominantly white models (8 out of 87 were Black women) wearing cornrows.
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When you call cornrows the new It hairstyle because young white women have started wearing it, you are ignoring how women of color's perceptions have been altered by that same hairstyle.
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Ahead, we rounded them up for you, so the next time you're planning elaborate cornrows for vacation or a brand-new protective style for 2019, consult this list of braiding pros.
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Related Video: Read These Stories Next: The Difference Between Cornrows, Dutch Braids, & More Unicorn Box Braids Are The Magic I Needed Today The Victoria's Secret Sexy List Is Missing Something Important
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And though he says that they'll be gone tomorrow, the Biebs seems to have always been a fan of cornrows, having backed his friend Kylie Jenner's attempt at them this summer.
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It all went down last January, when Lohan commented on a racy photo the Keeping Up with the Kardashians lead and KKW Beauty maven had posted of her new blonde cornrows.
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He has set aside the unfortunate fashion choices, like cornrows and hockey jerseys, of his recent tours; he also omitted the onstage rants that once punctuated the band's more indulgent shows.
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I'm from Canada but in America if your hair is unkept, in styles such as dreads, Afros, cornrows, black women lose jobs and opportunities, and they also get ridiculed like Zendaya.
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"Look at me: I'm half a century old now, embracing my silver hair and my wrinkles, and openly accepting a new stage of my life," she said, pointing to her cornrows.
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Gone, now, is the signature combination of bandana, baggy jeans, and cornrows that established his early image, but Sean Paul has the enduring appeal of a really, really, really nice drink.
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And if there's anything Kylie loves more than her extensive assortment of two-pieces, it's causing a minor scandal with her style choices, like debuting a head full of cornrows, for example.
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Star, who has had to apologize for racist remarks in the past, has not addressed the criticism – but he uploaded Instagram and Snapchat stories of himself wearing cornrows, another traditional Black style.
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Read these stories next:The Difference Between Cornrows, Dutch Braids, & More The Nail Art Trend That's Heating Up For Coachella 10 Floral Afros That Will Make You Want To Burn Your Flower Crown
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Walton's 'do, along with other standout looks of the night — like tousled, unstructured waves, bandana headbands, and cornrows with shapes — were a testament to the theme of the evening: Wang's American story.
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Just this year alone he's strayed from his signature side-swept look twice — first to try cornrows to match pal Hailey Baldwin, and now, his two-weeks-and-counting period with dreadlocks.
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Was that girl with the red, glittery cornrows really destined to play it safe on a primetime television show with no cursing, no stage dives, and — seemingly above all else — no controversy?
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She also spoke out about her supposed feud with Kim Kardashian West, which ignited online last January when Lohan appeared to criticize the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star's then blonde cornrows.
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Get the VICE App on iOS and Android It's 2016, and white celebrities like Kylie Jenner, Justin Bieber, and Vanessa Hudgens still think nothing of fashioning their hair into dreads and cornrows.
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In the next phase, "Anger," she armors up, acquiring a squad of other badass women, a plump fur coat, cornrows (a protective hairstyle), and at least a few pounds of gold jewelry.
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Jamal's recent affectations—a swaggy walk, a fresh (and anachronistic, as far as youth fashion goes) set of cornrows—are a distraction from his real destiny: learning to wear a tailored suit.
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But assembling and attaching the jewellery proved to be a bit more of a challenge so Abergel called a friend skilled in cornrows to braid a single plait along Theron&aposs part.
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The rollout for the album was a departure from the era when he emulated Jodeci, wore cornrows, and used choreography that allowed him to grace the same SuperBowl stage as Janet Jackson.
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Over the course of the day and evening Rozewicz documented for us, he got shots of Rihanna shopping for designer threads, snowboarder Shaun White with cornrows, and Meg Ryan leaving her hotel.
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And besides," I give her my best grin and run my hand along the side of my head, the clean-shaven spot where it backs up to my cornrows, "I need a haircut.
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Cornrows are a protective style that'll help your curls and kinks grow, and you've already got your hair sectioned off so that you can easily oil your scalp every few days. Win-win!
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The athlete, who's played with the Nets for over a year, explained that he's grown his hair out and worn it in envelope-pushing styles, including cornrows, as a way to express himself.
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From her throwback cornrows to the long, blown-out Beyoncé tresses that she tosses on stage, we rounded up just a few of the best, fiercest, most unapologetically beautiful hairstyles from Beyoncé's Lemonade.
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American Airlines, in which a New York district judge ruled that the airline did not discriminate against a black flight attendant when her supervisor said her braided cornrows violated the company's grooming policy.
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Many members of the famous family have been previously criticized on social media for rocking the hairstyle, which they and other non-African Americans dubbed "boxer braids" instead of cornrows, in the past.
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Kylie has been criticized for clothing and hairstyle choices — like wearing her hair braided into cornrows and marketing camouflage-patterned swimwear — without giving credit to black women who had earlier popularized similar styles.
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I couldn't tell you anything about Goulding's performance because it wasn't particularly memorable – apart from the fact she was wearing pale pink cornrows – but Haim's was electric especially for a then-unknown band.
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Let's be real, at this point Miguel could come out with a video that was just him in slow-motion washing the dishes or getting his cornrows done and people would lose their shit.
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Many have been fired from their jobs and told they look "unprofessional" for wearing dreadlocks, cornrows, or other natural styles — a form of discrimination that only became illegal in New York two months ago.
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The presence of cornrows in the right way at Fashion Week does not erase the fact that there's still so much work to be done in making the fashion world a more inclusive space.
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However, some women contribute to their hair loss by adopting tight hairstyles like a ponytail or cornrows that tug on the hair, practices that prompted the Columbia doctors to recommend letting your hair down.
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Between box braids, cornrows, twists, and beyond, the world of protective styles is truly limitless, and our Instagram feeds never fail to send us down a rabbit hole of style inspiration to choose from.
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Some models wore Michael Jackson–esque Victorian suiting complete with white gloves and vampiric makeup; others donned swishy tracksuits, cornrows, figaro chains, and clan-specific gear contrasting Chinese characters with slogans like l.e.s. n.y.c.
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Sporting cornrows, Beyonce and her backup dancers performed in a pool barely ankle deep before being joined by rapper Kendrick Lamar who spit his verses on the song before joining the singer in the water.
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It's about time the world is willing to accept every side of Black beauty — head wraps, silk bonnets, $1 shower caps, cornrows, Afro picks, perm rods, box braids, relaxers, wrapping foam, twist-outs, and all.
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Kardashian West, with her hair braided into cornrows, paired a glittering silver sequined skirt with a white a crop top, while the family matriarch, 62, opted for the white double-breasted blazer and black pants.
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Because she wouldn't show up to Kylie's birthday extravaganza with a hairstyle anywhere near ordinary, Khloé opted for a head full of cornrows, similar to Kylie's black-and-white Coachella 2015 braids, for the occasion.
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And while we're glad that Bieber is becoming somewhat self-aware enough to know that his cornrows are in poor taste, our question is: Why post a photo to your 52 million followers at all?
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On the cover, Queen Bey is surrounded in hues of blue as she looks over her shoulder, staring seductively into the lens, wearing her blonde locks in cornrows, and a fresh face, featuring minimal makeup.
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If Kale loved the look of cornrows so much that he thought it was the best hairstyle to pair with his designs, he could have hired Black models to rock the hair and the clothes.
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There hasn't been a such an ardent contingency of misguided fans since people tried to convince me that Iggy Azalea is an acceptable rapper, or that "boxer braids" aren't just cornrows with some Kardashian branding.
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Last week, the state Senate passed the Crown Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), which would prohibit employers and public schools from banning natural black hairstyles, including braids, cornrows, and dreadlocks.
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Ken, a former icon of bland, unrealistic masculinity for children everywhere, now comes in seven skin tones, three body types, eight hair colors, and nine hairstyles (including cornrows, fade, shaggy dog, quiff and buzz cut).
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Later, Katy Perry, who just recently finished an apology tour for her previous sins of cornrows and kimonos, "snatched" off her long blond wig — a bit that was torn apart for caricaturing African-American women.
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In 2014, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the military to review its policies about hairstyles popular with black women after complaints that new Army regulations banning large cornrows, twists and dreadlocks unfairly targeted black women.
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Our host for the evening—an enthusiastic Israeli VJ named Eden Harel, in cornrows and a cowboy hat—plays the role of the apostle, scurrying through the crowd and receiving joyful testimony from the faithful.
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The director and writer of Beach Bum, Harmony Korine, is the same mastermind behind 2012's Spring Breakers, which most notably featured James Franco as a white drug and arms dealer in cornrows and platinum grills.
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Last July, Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg called Jenner out on Instagram for wearing cornrows, but not speaking out for Black girls and women who are criticized for wearing a hairstyle that originates in our communities.
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When Kylie Jenner wore her hair in cornrows in 2015, it sparked a debate, but it also was the catalyst for a slew of tone-deaf pieces about the "new hair trend" the Kardashians had started.
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The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 37, famously styled her hair in Bo Derek-inspired braids and sported cornrows last month at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, which sparked some negative feedback from fans.
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Reactions by Stern — the 2005 player dress code he championed, for one — would be criticized as pandering overreaction to that same segment of society he had denounced for speaking in racial code or objecting to cornrows.
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When Derek wore beaded cornrows in her 1979 film 10, the media credited the actress for turning the traditional style into a "cross-cultural craze and beauty-salon bonanza nationwide," according to a People story from 1980.
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My story is similar to many young Black girls, but even though cornrows have been around for centuries — way before hair color fads and insane Instagram styles became a thing — the classic braided look continues to evolve.
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She offers the example of Hampton University getting flack in the past for banning male MBA students from wearing cornrows and dreadlocks, and the school's defense that the intention was to prepare them for the real world.
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On a packed Saturday night, the mix of hairstyles bobbing above the varied crowd told the story: precise cornrows, bleached pixies, towers of dreadlocks, sharp undercuts, voluminous Afros and thick-braided ponytails on both men and women.
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At Sunday's Emmy Awards, the Black-ish actress walked the red carpet in a silver dress from Chanel's spring 2017 couture collection, and she looked like every bit of Black girl magic in glitter, cornrows, and dangling earrings.
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Wakanda Bride "You would ask your stylist for half a head of cornrows, explaining that you would like the hair to be braided into a swirly pattern from the front to the middle of the head," advises Taiba.
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Then you see your Afros, 1940s-inspired coifs, dyn-o-mite Soul Train looks, cornrows with baby hair like you often saw in the 80s, "mixed girl curls," and then a very Afropunk-esque, orange-dipped fro-hawk.
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While I wasn't crazy about the curl pattern (or lack thereof) that the cornrows created days after I took them out, my hair was still soft and manageable enough for a new twist-out a few days later.
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For the most part, you don't get to see black child warriors with cornrows as these heroic, monumental figures, and Director X and I got to talking about monuments, and how in so many ways they're really propaganda.
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From K-pop artists sporting dreadlocks and cornrows in their music videos to some even performing with blackface, many K-pop and K-hip hop artists have been slammed for stealing from black culture or being downright racist.
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I thought I had seen it all before: a small ghost town with potholed dusty roads, skinny stray dogs, and kooky 80-year-old women with thick silver cornrows, shiny golden sandals, and no teeth, scavenging for food.
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Lauren Michele Jackson's White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue...and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation, a look at how black culture has been appropriated by everyone from the Kardashians to Christina Aguilera, is well worth a read.
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The model, reality star, and wife of Ice T caught a whole lot of flack after hitting Instagram in the wee hours of the morning to show off her feed-in cornrows... with a head scratch-worthy new name.
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At the University of Utah, a newsletter put out by the Student Affairs Diversity Council, tells students to avoid Halloween costumes if it is labeled "tribal" or "traditional," or if it includes dreads, locs, afros, cornrows or a headdress.
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How can we form any opinion about Kylie Jenner's cornrows, or acrylic nails, or plumped lips or questionable outfit choices without acknowledging that Black girls sporting those same cultural and fashion choices are rarely celebrated as beautiful or chic.
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We were this close to getting through the entire first month of 2018 without a single misstep — and then, well, this happened: Kim's most recent Snapchat video shows the star running her fingers through her new blonde, beaded cornrows.
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Now, these styles are showing up in high fashion arenas where cornrows were once considered taboo — a milestone in a world where many women still can't wear their twists, locs, or braids to work or school without being harassed.
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In a video posted to Youtube last year titled, "Don't Cash Crop On My Cornrows," she spoke about the problem with white people taking pieces of black culture without showing the same level of admiration for people of color.
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First are the flamboyant hairstyles he carries into fights, anything from frosted tips to cornrows, and in his bout against Lovemore N'dou in 2008, he became the only fighter I've ever seen to receive a haircut during a fight.
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Biebs has been known to experiment with a number of hairstyles — platinum blonde, controversial cornrows, even a '90s-esque bob of sorts — but this is a new one (although this Instagram post hints at his man-bun-wearing ways).
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From the front, hair was pulled back and high into a ponytail that looked down into a simple topknot, while the back side revealed twists of upside-down cornrows — unlike the makeup, a harder look to achieve at home.
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"We understood there was no need to differentiate between locks, cornrows or twists as long as they all met the same dimension," he said, according to The Northwest Guardian, a publication of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State.
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With bright red cornrows, a big smile and non-stop energy, she'd indeed made a name for herself over the weekend, seizing every opportunity to hit the stage and show off her dance moves and encyclopedic knowledge of rap lyrics.
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Too often, fashion designers draw inspiration from Black hairstyles but, instead of hiring models of color, or properly crediting the styles' history, they slap locs and cornrows on white models and dub them trendy (cue the cries of cultural appropriation).
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Between criticism over Kylie's cornrows, wigs, and even lips, and Kendall's entire Pepsi fiasco (which alluded to a Black Lives Matter protest), this situation seems like (yet another) not-thought-out decision — and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
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The first trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon debuted about a month ago, and its compelling combination of Elle Fanning, neon lights, blood, creepy voiceover, Los Angeles, blonde cornrows, and mountain lions sent the Twittersphere into a tizzy.
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Kim Kardashian West has been accused of cultural appropriation after crediting actress Bo Derek as the inspiration for her cornrows – which she even dubbed 'Bo Derek braids' – and now the woman she name-checked is coming to the reality star's defense.
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The latest bathing suit photo comes a day after Kardashian West said she gave 'zero f—s' in wake of her new cornrows causing a scandal on social media, in addition to more NSFW photos, including another nipple-revealing image.
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My coworkers and I would roll our eyes until they reached the back of our heads every time Kylie would post a selfie in fiery red cornrows, or wear a Yaki hair ponytail, as if it were something new and innovative.
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There was no contouring, or glittery French plait cornrows rebranded as "boxer braids" because a Kardashian Columbused them, or Instagram filters—just some cans in the park, bongs made from two-liter Coke bottles, and the regrettable prevalence of leggings.
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At his show the next night, headlining Manhattan's Santos Party Haus in a flannel shirt and with his hair redone in cornrows, Uzi truts and windmills around the stage dancing, punctuating lines with dabs, exaggerated winks, and other hammy facial expressions.
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To accessorize her blinged-out look, Beyoncé, 37, added a pair of matching strappy heels, Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, a diamond-encrusted clutch, and kept her hair in a sleek ponytail of cornrows braids with tiny curls slicked to the side of her head.
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Of course, any season is appropriate for braids, twists, and cornrows — but because it's too cold to air dry (or perhaps we just get too lazy for a twist-out, sue us), it makes perfect sense to dial your braider up now.
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In an effort to combat racist policies that prohibit Black people from wearing hairstyles like Afros, cornrows, and braids in schools, companies, and other institutions, city council members passed a bill to expand the definition of race used in their human rights legislation.
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The article also touches on what she's learned from her more questionable beauty transformations, many of which rang of cultural appropriation, including dressing up as a geisha for the 2013 AMAs and wearing cornrows in her "This Is How We Do," music video.
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In order to fit in, she would ask African-American girls in her school to braid her hair into cornrows, learned to style it with baby oil from her Latina friends and would often dress preppy to fit in with the Caucasian students.
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Of course, "to those who been knew," as author Lauren Michele Jackson perfectly styles it in her savvy, utterly fantastic debut, White Negroes: When Cornrows Were In Vogue … And Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation, this breed of culture-scavenging is nothing novel.
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Against the muted tones of their beige and mauve clothing, the various hues of their brown complexions, the complexity of their hairstyles (ranging from twists to cornrows to straightened hair) and their expert use of the African-American songbook stood out even more.
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Within a culture he knew could easily turn on young men of color for something as simple as the grooming choice of cornrows, this was a fine line Stern walked and the calculated game he played across three expansionist decades at the helm.
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The 33-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star shared her loved for her sister on Twitter, Monday night — hours after the Kim clapped back at online critics who slammed her for cultural appropriation after posting several photos of herself in blonde cornrows.
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But when the models landed on their platforms (the show started as traditional runway show but turned into more of a tableau style of performance art), popped their hips, and settled into their poses, I registered that every woman had their hair braided into cornrows.
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Even on a morning in August, when he was called to the set of his new TBS comedy, "The Last O.G.," two blocks from the trailer where he was being fitted in the fake cornrows of his character, Tray, he had to arrive with emphasis.
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The teen lampshaded in a huge, oversized black shirt from Kanye's friend Virgil Abloh's line Off White, no pants, a lace ribbon tied around her neck, Puma Fenty creepers likely per her contract, a white Birkin bag, and her hair braided back into those controversial cornrows.
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Getty (2) And last but certainly not least, January Jones stepped out of her beauty comfort zone (think: simple chignons and playful ponytails) for the Fox Television Critics Association All-Star party in Pasadena, California, with a hairstyle we never thought we'd see her sport: cornrows!
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In an interview about the commission with The New York Times, Ms. Leigh said she thought the figure, a black woman with cornrows and a dome-shaped torso, "would be a great opportunity to have something about black beauty right in the middle of that environment." thehighline.org.
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"I can tell you as sure as I am sitting here before you that if I was a black kid with cornrows instead of a white kid with glasses, my ass would've been in a squad car faster than you can say George W. Bush," Hayes told Huff Post.
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Indeed, even though Perry signal-boosted misogynoir, she in her music video for the 2014 single "This is How We Do" can be seen sporting cornrows, baby hairs laid, looking at the camera while deploying slang rooted in black culture like "I see you" with a pursed lip.
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Earlier this year, Beyoncé showed of her natural curls on the cover of Vogue; Tracee Ellis Ross is rocking flat twists and Afros on national TV in her leading role on Black-ish; and cornrows were widely worn by women of color on the Fashion Week runways this past season.
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Not unlike when when Ellis Ross channeled one of her mothers' iconic performance looks (you know, during her days as the queen of Berry Gordy Jr.'s record label Motown in the '60s) at the 2017 Emmys wearing Chanel, glitter, cornrows, and dangling earrings, she overtly embraced all things sequined.
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You already knew that every Kardashian and Jenner worth her wig closet was wearing cornrows in 2016, but, never content to rest on their tightly-braided laurels, Khloé Kardashian (along with fellow L.A. "It Girl" Sofia Richie) have given the cornrow look a bold upgrade by weaving in bright colors.
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In just the last year or so, we've watched as models walked the Givenchy fall '15 runway in a hairstyle described as "Chola Victorian;" as Dolce & Gabbana came under fire for selling the "slave sandal;" as Valentino showed an Africa-inspired collection for spring '16 that featured predominantly white models in cornrows.
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Which is a good thing, considering that's all anyone sitting in the audience behind her hat will be looking at for the rest of the show... Read these stories next:What Beyoncé's Natural Hair Really Looks LikeThe Difference Between Cornrows, Dutch Braids, & More8 Beauty Buys We Love That Give Directly To Planned Parenthood & More
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Fashion has stepped into the morass of cultural appropriation and its close twin, racism, numerous times in recent years, be it Valentino with its cornrows-in-white-models'-hair-to-celebrate-Africa (huh?) in 2015, Marc Jacobs and his runway dreadlocks in 2016 or Chanel and its luxury aboriginal boomerang in 2017.
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Despite backlash from some fans who accused Kardashian West of cultural appropriation by wearing her hair in cornrows, the KKW Beauty mogul posted a photo of herself laying in a sheer white swimsuit on the beach with the braids, and another shot of her sitting on a bed in skimpy underwear wearing her braids.
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Tracee Ellis Ross wore a glittering silver Chanel gown covered in sequins with voluminous bishop sleeves a wide silver belt at the high waist, and a drop waist white feathered skirt she paired with Irene Neuwirth jewels, white satin heels with a thick strap across her foot and her hair braided back in cornrows.
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More importantly, almost every single show featured a truly diverse cast — from new favorite Hiandra Martinez who rocked cornrows at a couple shows, to HoYeon Jung whose Kool Aid-red hair was a real throwback to our high school days, Milan has really embraced the race issues that until recently seemed like they were only a concern in America.
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I have written about cultural appropriation so often, for so long, that I think about my entire writing career as segmented by certain waves: There were the feathered headdresses at music festivals (2009), the "tribal" prints at Forever21 (2012), the Indian-raver bindis-and-naths on Instagram (2014), and the "Bo Derek" cornrows on various Kardashian/Jenners (2016).
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Her colleagues include Carrie Preston, the batshit red-headed lawyer from "The Good Wife," as a recovering grifter in an ankle bracelet and a prom dress; the great Judy Reyes (from "Scrubs" and "Jane the Virgin"), in butch-dyke splendor, with cornrows and baggy pants; and Karrueche Tran as Virginia, a sneaky little skank whom nobody trusts.
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There had been a few books about the power of black hair before mine, including the 1979 classic "Cornrows," by Camille Yarbrough, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Carole Byard, in which a sister and brother learn about the African diaspora and the strong spirit of the ancestors dwelling in them and their cornrowed braids.
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While Bieber may think it's harmless for him to wear cornrows, he should remember what Amandla Stenberg pointed out after the Jenner controversy: "When u appropriate black features and culture but fail to use ur position of power to help black Americans by directing attention towards ur wigs instead of police brutality or racism #whitegirlsdoitbetter," she responded in a comment.
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As Black women fight to end natural hair discrimination in schools and workplaces across the country, and celebs like Gabrielle Union report being told not to wear styles that are "too black" for television, Rihanna used her platform to show that braids and cornrows are glorious for every occasion — especially on the red carpet — and should be celebrated as such.
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While it may defy belief that such a clarification would be needed in such a progressive part of the world at the close of the second decade of the 21st century, examples of bias expressed through rules or policies against cornrows, Afros, Bantu knots and other means of wearing hair that do not conform to European standards, in fact, abound.
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There is an editioned wood sculpture of a child's toy car occupied by a large head with exaggerated African American features, and a white bronze of an African American head with long cornrows on a plain, block-like platform, alongsidee a vertical, four-sided support topped by an oversized light bulb, complete with screw-in fixture and switch (shades of Jasper Johns!).
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Take just a few recent examples: the brouhaha when she gave the Kardashians credit for inspiring her "boxer braid" hairstyle, which was really cornrows that black women have worn for centuries; the totally unnecessary comments comparing people missing her old black hair to Barack Obama leaving the White House; and, of course, the constant eye roll-y, back-and-forth shade about Taylor Swift.
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The queen of pop steals the show though, of course, doing her best Lil' Kim/Kim K impression in a Hood By Air fur slumped off her shoulders, a gray Yeezy sports bra and high-waisted legging set, and the waist-length cornrows she debuted in "Formation." via GIPHY Apathy via GIPHY "Sorry" provides us all with a whole new set of Bey-approved catchphrases to repeat ad nauseam for the next year, such as "boy, bye" and "middle fingers up, put them hands high," to say nothing of the dance that accompanies that lyric that should immediately replace the "Single Ladies" hand dance as the new go-to club move.
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