Here's the story of a man named Willie (Nelson) and he sings country music while he's stoned. But he grew up to be a cowboy with a hairstyle that's become to be all his own.
Willie's braids are his signature. And it inspires me. If my hair wasn't so curly, I'd consider doing the center part and twisting my hair into Pippi Longstocking braids. There's something rebellious about it. The same way that the mohawk in the early 80's and men with long hair in the mid-sixties represented a time in counter culture when men were saying F-U to the mainstream, men wearing braids could be a big statement about men and sexuality.
Women have long challenged the accepted concepts of femininity. They've made trousers their own and they've shed the need for long hair and made short hair their own.
What is it about men and their hair? It's either they're losing it or they're busy slicking it back the same way women flat iron theirs to flat pancake perfection.
I say let's take a step to challenge preconceptions about what it takes to look like a man. Granted, you won't be able to get away with this look in most businesses if you want to get a promotion. But if you're an entrepreneur, country music superstar or rapper, take a chance to be a modern day pioneer of the Braidy Bunch.
YES
If you've got it flaunt it. Part, twist and clip.
NO
A bald man with a wig made of braids isn't what I'm saying
MAYBE
You're Snoop Dogg and you've been rocking the braid because you are also a stoner and one badass motha....trucker. West coast baby!
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