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This Black Woman Just Made The Best #MeToo Statement With Her Hair
Her hairstyles do all the talking.
Laetitia Ky is a 21-year-old art graduate and aspiring fashion designer from Côte d’Ivoire, who also happens to be a magician when it comes to hairstyling.
Ky currently works in marketing, but about a year ago, she began posting on Instagram her real passion: hair art.
“About a year ago, I transitioned to my natural hair, and at the same time I started becoming interested in African art,” Ky told BuzzFeed News in a phone interview from Abidjan.
One day, Ky was browsing Instagram accounts for inspiration and came across photos of traditional hairstyles among various African ethnicities. They inspired her to start trying out her own creations. “They were just natural hairstyles, just beautiful braids. They weren’t sculptures as such, but they were truly gorgeous.”
The results? Black hair magic.
Ky says ideas usually come to her in a flash, although she’ll spend a while mulling about how to express them. Each ‘do takes between 25 minutes to 2 hours to finish, and she uses various materials like wool, wire, and clips to get the final look.
Ky has been following the #MeToo movement’s resurgenceas more women come forward to talk about their harassment and abuse, and recently decided to…
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