If the runways are to be believed (and they usually are), a hair revolution is brewing. Backstage at the world’s best fashion shows, from New York to Paris, traditional uniformity in model grooming has been disappearing. In its place, individual looks and (shock, horror!) natural texture are being celebrated. Curly-locked models, who have typically had their strands hot-ironed into a perfectly coordinated, coiffed line, are now being booked on the merit of their waves alone. Sometimes they’re even doing their own hair.
Australian model Roberta Pecoraro (right) felt like she needed a change, so after a career spent straightening her own strands, this year she campaigned to her agency to wear her curls natural. They acquiesced, she cut a fringe, started letting it air-dry, then walked 13 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week…
