On what standard is West’s hair groundbreaking as a toddler? Because of who her parents are? West’s hair doesn’t look or is styled any less different from other Black, Latina and biracial girls in America. Gosh, the piece quickly and weirdly translated as a one-woman fan club for a celebrity child. Chilli of TLC Givenchy Fall 2015Īnd then the kicker from that same bit: “these baby hairs… rivaled by another famous set of curls…the…artfully sculpted tendrils of mini It girl North…” blah blah blah. Madonna and baby Lourdes in the ’90sīut don’t you love how Carlos acts as if it was the second coming of Jesus watching those Givenchy models rock baby hairs? I just imagine bugged-out eyeballs, a knee slap reaction and commentary like: “Did you see those baby hairs!” Um, did you also see them in 1990? Or better yet, any video from the Radio and Salt with a Deadly Pepa days of LL Cool J and Salt-N-Pepa? Even Chilli from TLC and her baby hairs are legendary in R&B circles! (Honestly, baby hairs never went out of style for women of color).
When Madonna gave birth to Lourdes in 1996, her first-born was totally “It”, but I’ll like to believe that journalism back then would not have actually said that). I didn’t even know you could be an It girl at two years of age. When Riccardo Tisci sent models with intricately gelled coils on their hairlines down his fall 2015 Givenchy runway, the awe these baby hairs inspired in the fashion world was rivaled by another very famous set of curls: the scraped-back and artfully sculpted tendrils of mini It girl North West, who turns two today.
So for their June 15 piece, aka how not to report about cultural trends, was written by Marjon Carlos and the first paragraph is enough to make you say “Get a grip.” Didn’t we just go through this like three weeks ago? This is about how ONCE AGAIN a White-led, renowned and long-standing media publication has ignored the contributions or attributes of black people, people of color and African-Americans and willingly credit an influential style or tip to someone either not Black or “less comfortably so” in their eyes. Matter of fact, I find North West to be quite precious. I’m not about to attack the utter adorable-ness that is Kimye’s baby girl. I wanted to hop on the MTA to Lower Manhattan and rush to the outside of Conde Nast’s offices and scream “Stop It.” And don’t worry.
I almost couldn’t get through ’s latest offense of “How North West’s Curly Styles Are Inspiring a Generation of Natural Hair Girls” without getting fidgety in my seat and hyper in emotions.
Black baby girl hair tv#
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian with her rapper husband Kanye West and young daughter walk close to the Geghard Monastery in Armenia on April 9, 2015.
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