September 5, 2017

Skin Deep: How Arielle Noa Charnas Preps for the Front Row, and Around the Clock

Skin Deep By BEE SHAPIRO With a style that appears effortless, Arielle Noa Charnas, 30, of the blog and Instagram account Something Navy, has been hailed […]
July 19, 2017

At Curlfest, a Celebration of Natural Hair and Black Beauty

As I stood before a slightly foggy bathroom mirror a few weeks ago, my fingers gingerly grasped a few strands of freshly washed hair. Extending my […]
July 13, 2017

Meechy Monroe, a YouTube Star for Her Natural Hair Lessons, Dies at 32

Meechy Monroe, who achieved YouTube fame with hairstyle tutorials that empowered black women to embrace the so-called natural hair movement and forgo harsh chemicals, died June […]
April 17, 2017

Me Time: This ‘Witch’ Casts Spells With Scissors and Sage

Me Time By MARISA MELTZER The cliché goes, when you’re frustrated, you chop off your hair. I had the frustrated part down: Winter is cold and […]
April 7, 2017

Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers

Nicholas Piazza keeps 600 pounds of hair in his Staten Island garage. He stores it in plastic bins and cardboard boxes, opposite the fishing supplies. “Got […]
March 9, 2017

Rituals: Watch Rick Owens Dye His Hair

The fashion designer Rick Owens cuts a striking figure. He’s always dressed in his own clothes — which at times have included floor-sweeping coats and boots […]
December 13, 2016

Interpreting Kanye West’s Blond ’Do

Kanye West, the rapper, fashion designer, showman and epic Twitter ranter, has maintained a low profile since canceling his “Saint Pablo” tour and being hospitalized in […]
November 15, 2016

On Beauty: A Radical Feminist Hair Salon With Serious Cool-Girl Cred

On Beauty By KAT HERRIMAN Johanna Fateman is most famous as a musician — she was the founder, with Kathleen Hanna, of the germinal feminist dance-punk […]
September 13, 2016

Backstage Beauty Report: Rodarte Brings Back Youthful, D.I.Y. Headbands and Barettes

Backstage Beauty Report By KARI MOLVAR The Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy often spin a dreamy, youthful quality into their ethereal collections. At today’s spring/summer […]
August 17, 2016

Fighting Frizz? Then You Should’ve Put a Shower Cap on It.

Aly Walansky doesn’t care how ridiculous she may look. When she is running errands or heading to meetings and it begins to rain, she will reach […]