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The beauty entrepreneur who made the Jheri curl a sensation
- exiguus 1y agoI have to admit, i googled what is inside the Kit. It brought up memories, how I assisted my grandmother doing her hair.
- mc32 1y agoAnd got Lionel Ritchie to sport it…
- cs702 1y agoThe Jheri curl is the inspiration for "Soul Glo" in the movie "Coming to America:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrasobHcKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGrasobHcKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961x0NmyHKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961x0NmyHKE According to https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/coming-to-america-oral-history-soul-glo-1136150/ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/com..., "Soul glo" is the more common term now: > “The term should be ‘Jheri curl,’” Coming to America scholar Questlove tells Rolling Stone. “But everyone says ‘Soul Glo.’”
- jajko 1y ago> Coming to America scholar Questlove That's one mighty education focus. I mean I know the guy from his bits and music in SNL and other shows, and I saw the movie couple of times. But never expected those words joined together in such meaning, here on HN.
- cs702 1y agoYeah, I cracked up when I read that, and couldn't resist posting it here.
- thebeardisred 1y agoAs soon as I read the title I could hear the "Soul Glo" song in my head and could see the scene with the back of the couch.
- yardie 1y agoIn the early 2000s when I was interning the office had black men of a certain age who still wore the jheri curl. Even though we made jheri curl jokes in middle/high school, after it had become unfashionable, you weren't going to make the same jokes in front of these guys. The typical profile at the time: late 30s/40s, veteran, logistics or CDL holder, motorcyclist (typically Harley or Goldwing), and devoutly religious. Sometimes people find the style, trend, or community they like and just go all in on it.
- jghn 1y ago> Sometimes people find the style, trend, or community they like and just go all in on it. People tend to imprint on the in style of their 20s & early 30s and anchor on it for the rest of their life. For example, it's why all of a sudden Gen X men seem to be wearing oddly fashionably cut jeans.
- mc32 1y agoDoes that mean in a few decades we'll see old men in tight "skinny" fitting jeans that we used to normally see worn by college girls --albeit girls would wear the ankle high versions with the slits. Pair that with dad bodies/pot bellies —Holy Moley! One exception to this is I don’t see older women wearing “backpack” purses.
- hollywood_court 1y ago> you weren't going to make the same jokes in front of these guys. Never fight a man with a perm.
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- RamblingCTO 1y ago1. he's a he 2. is this AI?
- mc32 1y agoAlso, the entrepreneurs were male and regarding salons, men, like Lionel Ritchie, Jamie Foxx, Michael Jackson, Neon Dion, Kenny G, and others wore it.. so it was also a big trend in men's hairstyles.
- sceadu 1y agoComment history says yes to your second point
- RamblingCTO 1y agolooks like it. I really don't get it. warming the account up for spam? or does some dweeb really think this is something beneficial for anyone?
- NoProfession 1y agoWhat really struck me is how the Jheri curl was so much more than just a hairstyle. It was about giving people a look they’d dreamed of and making it feel accessible. The way it spread through local salons and word of mouth says a lot too. It wasn’t some huge ad campaign pushing it, it was people telling each other, trying it out, showing up proud.
- fcpguru 1y ago"My API’s got body, bounce, and shine — thanks to jheri-curl -L"