Could 5, 2025
‘Black Hair Reimagined’ continues the legacy of Black hair exhibits
With the enduring Bronner Bros. Hair Present on pause, Echelon Noir Productions has crammed the void.
On Could 2, elites within the Black magnificence and vogue area assembled in New York Metropolis’s Monetary District for the debut of “Black Hair Reimagined: The New Period of Magnificence,” a groundbreaking hair present based by magnificence specialists and longtime associates, hairstylist Jawara Wauchope and inventive director Jarrod Lacks.
Hosted by actress and vogue icon Tracee Ellis Ross, the occasion drew main star energy—together with Solange Knowles, who was there to cheer on her son Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr. as he hit the runway alongside prime fashions like Anok Yai.
“I’m excited to be right here as a result of these are all my folks,” Ellis Ross informed Vogue. “Even the stylists they’re working with are folks that I do know and adore. To kick off this weekend and all of the work they’re going to be doing, it is a second for his or her work to shine as an expression of them, not a collaboration of all the opposite items.”
The present spotlighted 5 visionary hair artists and their stylist collaborators, with assist from pioneering Black creatives—together with make-up powerhouses Sir John and Sheika Daley, nail design director Daybreak Sterling, and motion director Stephen Galloway.
“Hair will at all times imply the identical factor for me—it’s a type of self-acceptance and a really intimate relationship that I really feel honored to have the ability to have,” Ellis Ross mentioned. “I really like that my hair can do something, if I deal with it proper, hydrate it, and adore it. I really like that in 2025, we’re at a spot, the place whether or not it’s the Crown Act or simply what we get to see on the pages of magazines and on display—all of it appears like freedom and liberation.”
Legendary stylists, together with Yusef Williams, Vernon François, Cyndia Harvey, and Malcolm Marquez, helped Wauchope design 25 gorgeous, hair-centered seems to be that celebrated Black creativity, heritage, and delight. The sculptural, dreamlike kinds have been powered by Redken, Kérastase, and True + Pure Texture merchandise.
Greater than only a showcase, the occasion was a name to motion—produced in partnership with THE TEXTURE OF CHANGE, a motion championing fairness and training round textured hair within the magnificence trade.
“That is us: that is our type of celebration,” Carol’s Daughter founder and hair care pioneer Lisa Value mentioned.
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