Overview
- Echelon Noir staged the second annual Black Hair Reimagined at The Altman Building in New York ahead of the Met Gala, with support from Square and Dove.
- Cofounder Jawara Wauchope and stylist Jrod Lacks led a concept-driven showcase that treated hair as the main art form, with makeup and fashion used to tell each story.
- Six celebrity hairstylists — Vernon François, Malcolm Marquez, Fesa Nu, Issac Poleon, Joshua Meekins and Wauchope — presented titled collections such as The Fifth Silhouette and The Will to Change.
- Organizers tied the show to inclusion efforts through alignment with Dove’s Crown Coalition and L’Oréal’s Texture of Change, and they added sponsors including Amika, L’Oréal Professionnel, Eadem and Fara Homidi Beauty, with True Hair Company donating extensions.
- A-list attendees like Telfar Clemens, Raul Lopez, Paloma Elsesser and Tyrell Hampton, with models Fatou Jobe and Yasmin Warsame on the runway, reflected growing industry attention.