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A black hair documentary, a hair artist and more in this City Press hair special

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Laetitia Ky's Hair-raising style

Hair artist and fashion designer Laetitia Ky has been trending worldwide thanks to her unique, whimsical and ­empowering hair sculptures on Instagram. They’re even ­doing the rounds as memes. She spoke to Charl Blignaut from Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Read more here

Good black hair

Fashion fundi, blogger-turned-arts editor and now film maker Milisuthando Bongela has slowly been developing a ­documentary on black hair and her journey to self love. Now the project, which is about to go into production, has taken a turn, she tells Charl Blignaut. Read more here

Would you swap your barber?

How’d you feel about stepping out of your hair comfort zone? We had Julian Seeber, who cuts his hair at a Sandton salon, swap barbers with Phumlani S Langa, who gets his trimmed at a garage-turned-barbershop in Kensington. This is how it went. Read more here


A crown for a queen

Nontobeko Sibisi, the cultural reporter at the centre of the ­eNCA doek scandal, celebrates three womxn on Instagram who are using their hair as a powerful expression of self. Read more here

Ngemvelo made me a natural hair believer

Known sceptic S’Thembile Cele found a salon that made her a natural hair believer. Read more here

Hair fashion: Our fave runway manes

Runway looks are not just about the gorgeous garments that designers place on the model, it’s about the all-encompassing look that’s also strongly influenced by hair. Rhodé Marshall looks at the hot runway manes to copy. Read more here

By numbers: How big is the hair industry?

 Hair care is big business. We look at the success of the industry. Read more here

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