{"id":47737,"date":"2015-07-14T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T08:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.theblondesalad.com\/?p=47737"},"modified":"2015-07-14T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T08:15:04","slug":"its-a-cornrows-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/hair-nails\/its-a-cornrows-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Cornrows Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cornrows<\/a>Kylie<\/strong> is surely the Jenner<\/strong>-Kardashian sister that has rocked the most daring hairstyles: she changes color every week and and she launched her own line of wigs. That’s why when last Sunday she posted her umpteenth selfie showing off her abs and cornrows<\/strong>, she almost went unnoticed. Not to Amandla Stenberg<\/strong>\u00a0(remember little Rue from Hunger Game<\/em>s’ Disctrict 11 ?), who publicly criticized Jenner accusing her of the appropriation of a symbolic hairstyle of black culture stripping it of its symbolic value, reducing it to just a fashion trend. Kylie’s answer dismissed the subject with a personal comment (Amandla is very close to Kyle’s ex boyfriend Jaden Smith), but the internet caught fire, even because the matter is complex. If, one hand we are talking about a world in which certain black aesthetic features are exalted but\u00a0racial discrimination still exist, on the other it is also true that cornrows are certainly not a new thing for fashionistas. Just think of Bo Derek who in 1980 became famous for wearing them in the cult movie 10<\/em> and the runways where they cyclically make their return; from Alexander McQueen’s shows \u00a0to Kenzo’s 2015 Resort. What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\t\t