by
Elle D.
The art from Solange’s latest album, A Seat at the Table, has had a huge cultural impact. The exotic looks, that pay homage to the African American aesthetic, have been channeled by celebrities including Tracee Ellis Ross and Uzo Aduba, everyday black women and even babies! In interviews Solange’s stylist Shiona Turini revealed that the intent was to show the regalness of black culture and the black aesthetic.
“It was really important for her that the visuals made black women and men look regal and majestic. She wanted the women, especially, to show sisterhood…”
While women of all races have paid homage to ASAAT’s incredible aesthetic, a British mag is getting a collective side eye for using the art to shill… hair clips. The images features a model with the recreated style using stylized ‘day of the week’ hair clips that can be purchased for 8 pounds.
Um, naw…
Ladies, what are your thoughts?
11 Responses
That hairstyle is ugly; anything that celebrities do, people want to copy.
Solange does not look good in that style; she looks better with the afro look.
This is so interesting but I don’t think they meant to copy her. And honestly, Solange looks way better!
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Solange was the inspo, but the hair clip things wasn’t started by her or black people
I don’t think this was intentional, it just so happen to look similar to Solange’s hairstyle….No need to think so deep into something that not so important and could potentially not be what it seems
They’re just doing what they do. Copying everybody else because they hate themselves. Don’t care.
I don’t think this is cultural appropriation. I don’t even think it okay to think that this brit mag “stole”from Solange. Honestly, she borrowed this idea from other people who’ve done it in the past. There’s a similar picture of a noire actress like this. These pictures areally from the past five years. Just because Solange is black and the model is white doesn’t mean there’s some racial conspiracy going on it could just be that they were inspored in the same way? Or maybe be she’s paying homage ?
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I do believe that Solange was the inspiration for the white models style but when I first saw Solange in that get up it reminded by of John Galliano’s hairstyle circa 1990 where he adorned his hair with lots of clips.
Everybody’s got to make a living…
SO WHAT?
I am not surprised that someone used this concept for their own gain. It was a darn good concept. But I am not upset by this. Imitation is the best form of flattery and that it what happens with good art.