Natural Avant-Garde

For those who have watched project runway, avant-garde should be a word that is indelibly buried in your mind. Our natural is just as much a fashion statement as the clothes we wear, if not more. In Britain they have mastered what I’d like to call Natural Avant-Garde.  The featured stylists inspiration for these pictured natural styles seem to spring from straight textured hair. They do not put limits on the possibilities for styling naturals.

The picture on the left can be found in the August issue of Sophisticates BLACK HAIR magazine. The stylist is Kim Johnson of Hype Coiffure located in Battersea, London. Kim has done a beautiful job of elegantly piecing together two completly different hair textures.

The second picture is from Saundra Webb of Sandra Webb Hair and Beauty located in London. She too has skillfully blended two different hair textures to make Natural Avant-Garde.

What these two stylists have in common is that they were both finalist in 2008 British Hairdressing Afro Awards. They have both used big hair, different textures and unique parts to make natural hair an obvious fashion statement.

Visit www.hji.co.uk to see more Natural Avant-Garde.