It’s also great because you don’t have to go to the salon for your hair to be done every two weeks. Janet Jackson Box braids are also low maintenance and can be styled in a matter of minutes which is ideal for women with hectic schedules. They protect natural hair and are often worn to give hair that has been subjected to over processing time to repair itself. The reason why box aids are the go-to style for a lot of black women is that they are a protective style. Janet Jackson and Brandy have continued to wear box braids off and on again and so do a lot celebrities.
They have been worn by the latest fashion and style icons like Regina King, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Joy Bryant, Yara Shahidi, Tia Mowry, Jhene Aiko, Kendall Jenner, Eva Marcille, Zoe Kravitz, Beyoncé and her sister Solange. Box Braids have endured and continue to be worn as a statement transcending the fashion and pop cultural evolution.
When Janet Jackson made her film debut with Tupac Shakur in the movie “Poetic Justice” every young black girl wanted hair just like Janet’s, big chunky and long. Grammy awards winning artists like Brandy made this style popular, hip hop artist like Da Brat made them “street”. We saw them on red carpets, in movies and TV shows, on the covers of style magazines and on runways. This is because a lot of the 80s and 90’s (besides Ms Jackson) celebrities and style icons wore box braids. Janet Jackson Box braids are sometimes regarded as an 80’s throw back style. What we can talk about is how this hair style has endured over the years and why it has withstood the fickle nature of fashion and transcended cultures remaining relevant to this day We could go on and recount the origins of the style and trace it back to African origins like how African women wore their hair, how they braided it and how they adorned those braids with beads and shells to indicate their social status, religion and seven marital status but that as a whole different story.
There are different braiding styles to suit different tastes but the most enduring style of all is the box braid. Braids have always been popular in black culture not only because they are fashionable but because they also have some cultural significance.
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