I-D's Hair Week: 60's articles about Hair !

I-D present her Hair Week like “an exploration of how our hairstyles start conversations about identity, culture and the times we live in”. 

Yes! 

They do the job of this blog, speaking about gender, races, identity, culture through songs, films, music, video, art, hair stories… from around the world (mainly western)

You can consult all the articles here on their Website but here already a few links among the sixty articles

Willow Smith - "Whip My Hair

Art: Icelandic artist and Björk collaborator Shoplifter has a hair fetish

Movie: 10 iconic hair moments from movie history

Music: 5 empowering hair anthems for defying the haters

Gender: Rose Mcgowan on why going bald is the ultimate feminist battle cry

Science: What is Hair? 

Wig

Egyptian couple wearing formal wigs 

of the 4th and 5th dynasties 

(between -2670AC until -2300AC)

France, 18th century

Japanese wig (1931)

Historically, wigs have been widely used from antiquity until now, in all kinds of societies, to hide baldness, as a fashion accessory, for practical reasons (easier to maintain in certain conditions) or as a disguise/costume. They were made from animal hair or human hair (the most expensive), but also from plants or silk. From the 60’s onwards, wigs made out of synthetic fibers made their appearance, opening new design possibilities and making wigs cheaper.

Click on the link below for more information about wigs (history, current usage, manufacture…), not including the actual come back of wigs in Western fashion or their use from the 20s onwards in the African diaspora and (mostly urban part of) Africa. 

More about history, current usage, manufacture…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wig

Huffingtonpost “blog” - Black Hair

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/my-natural-hair-journey/

Articles about black hair, mostly natural hair (perception, tips, cultural appropriation, story,…) by black women mostly

#Culture #Politique #Genre 

#BlackHair

#Press #Web

#US #BlackComunity