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Afro Chic Inspirations

These are some photos that inspired the women at Afro Chic. So beautiful, strong, and magnificent.

Afro Chic

About two years ago I found this website and fell in love. It was a fashion house somewhere in Africa. They used traditional prints and patterns to inspire their look. Now I can't find it again but I had some pics from it that I saved. I thought the photography was beautiful and the patterns were fabulous.

* I found the link it's Freetown: Afro Chic (2/2007)

SubCulture

Noel Waggener is a talented graphic designer who does excellent screenprints featuring different African Americans. I love his stuff, check it out.

Mini Prints

I did these based off of a personal project on our relationship with hair.

Lauryn Hill

I've had this magazine cover since 2001. Not only because it's a good design issue but mainly because of Lauryn Hill. I saw this when I was contemplating on going natural. This powerful image of her inspired me to go for it.

It's a shame she totally removed herself from the public eye for so long (except briefly to promote her last album and until recently with her band-mates, Wyclef and Pras) because she represented so many young women who look like her; brown skin, full lips, natural hair. Faces, images, you don't typically see when beauty is concerned. Instead it's the Beyonces' and Christina Milians' honey glow look (sorry Bey, I still love ya) representing Black beauty. Lauryn was someone we could look to as another reference of beauty, and this photo says it all.