Dear Bantu, welcome to the renaissance of fashion-In Africa, a marriage of the prefect blend...
“Spongy”, “woolly", "kinky", "nappy", or
"spiralled" all very fascinating adjectives used to describe the hair
type peculiar with mostly Africans-
natural afro-textured hair. It is no distant knowledge that some African perm
their hair to make it more tameable or in lack of a better word, bearable. The
natural hair trend has rocked the hair scene for a while now with more than one
trend emerging for the clan from twists to the fro (a reinvention of the 90’s and
total timeless) to crochets, simple corn rows and to the most tribal,
Bantu Knots. (Can I just say that Bantu Knots remind me of cinnamon rose? How I
would love to chew on that now…lol). Easy and flexible to wear, Bantu
knots can be worn by anyone but of course have an African origin and according
to Amanda Moore-Karim on her piece of the hair style wore by models in
Valentino's pre-fall 16 look book affirms that "bantu knots, a hairstyle
that can be traced back to West Africa, carry substantial meaning in black
culture and are representative of black pride”
Rose Palhares an Angolan designer incorporates
the easy hair do in her Spring/Summer 2016 look-book titled “New African Aesthetic.” The collection features pieces made
with a beautiful mix of African fabrics. While the collection plays around colour
palettes varying from blue, green and pink tones, along with others to crown edgy
and modern silhouette, Bantu knots gives the collection a vibe of African-ness in the age of fashion
evolution in the continent-THE NEW AFRICAN AESTHETIC. “The Fashion Princess”
as she is so called in her home country, has bagged multiple awards including
“Fashion Designer Of The Year 2013”,as well as chosen to represent Angolan culture
at Milan’s Expo 2015.Her Spring/Summer 2016 collection New African Aesthetic was a prefect protection of the evolutionary usage
of the African fabric. The African print has taken a front roll in the fashion
industry as designers both local and international (Stella Jean) craft out new
ways to express it beauty, vibrancy and diversity.
Indeed there is something very tribal, elegant, fearless, intrepid,daring, unflinching and deliberate about this hair trend.
Tried it? Dare to trend (or join the revolution)
“I love my hair because it’s a reflection of my soul. It’s dense, it’s kinky, it’s soft, it’s textured, it’s difficult, it’s easy and it’s fun. That’s why I love my hair.”
-Tracee Ellis Ross
“Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
"People act like Black girls are born with a little tube of relaxer & a note that says, ‘My bad.’- God.” -Jermaine B
"I have a dream that beautiful black women and pretty black girls would stop messing with lyes and embrace their curls."-Unknown
“The beauty of a girl can’t be mimicked, fabricated, or created by human means. It only occurs naturally.” -Unknown
"Is it my smile that annoys you? My confidence? Or the fact that I rock my own hair better than you’re rocking someone else’s?"-Unknown
Bantu, taking Africa to hall of fame....
SOURCES:http://sweetnoisenaija.com/
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