In the new edition of Honey magazine Solange dishes about her controversial decision to go au naturale and chop of her hair as well as the negative response she received from the public. It wasn't until she went on Oprah and explained her decision that people decided to praise her for her decision. Honestly I didn't know how to take the new look when she first did it but I've always admired Solange for her bold fashion statements and for even having the courage to be herself without worrying about what people thought of her. And naturally as time progressed I started to like her new do more and more. Not too many people can pull off a look like this and I'm not surprised that Solange did it considering her history of open-mindedness to try new things.
Solange on her hair:
"The first picture of me when I cut it off — I had no idea that there was any photography going on. I was looking like someone taking their kid to school at 7 o’clock in the morning in jeans and a top and no makeup on, no earrings, no nothing. That reaction was very harsh, very negative. I think it was the initial thought of change in someone that freaked everyone out. As a society we equate beauty with the images that have been placed in front of us since we were little kids. Every Disney movie, every fairy tale, every pop star typically has a certain aesthetic and look.
I think that anytime we see something different, it freaks us out. The more people warmed up to it, and they saw more images of me with it and dressed up with my earrings and a little something, something on my face, I think then people were more willing to conform and accept it. Now, it’s interesting how the first day I had it, I had nothing but negative, evil, cruel things in my inbox and then yesterday [after Oprah aired] I had 300,000 people saying ‘Oh my God, you looked amazing, so beautiful, and you made us proud.’ People were able to hear my reasoning, which is good and bad because we should be able to just express ourselves".
I can dig it.
