Over the years Vogue has been known to have some pretty questionable, racially biased and down right crazy articles. On the other hand they are not reprimanded everyday so they also have some great articles as well.
As we navigate this world of opinion sometimes you have to think about what you put your energy into. By energy I mean negative energy or a negative perspective.
Vogue posted an article yesterday titled “How North West’s Curly Styles Are Inspiring a Generation of Natural Hair Girls”
The story basically gave a rendition of how little North has inspired the curls of little girls around the world who look like her.
I’ve been charmed by the sleek styles that Kim and Kanye’s offspring has sported as she sits front row at Fashion Week on her mother’s lap, arriving to ballet class in custom Balmain blazers, or globetrotting to far-flung locales on family trips.
Whether a top bun or a comb-over, North’s pint-sized hair styles complement her fashion-forward play clothes, while remaining refreshingly easy and age-appropriate.
They’ve established little Nori as a kind of hair icon for a nascent and diverse generation of tots rocking their natural curls with unprecedented flair –among them, my two-year-old niece, Isabel.
The responses to this article have been pretty predictable “what about Blue?”, “How is North inspiring a generation of natural hair girls with all the work we have put in?” , “Rolling my eyes at this!” Don’t believe me check it out:
Here are 3 simple reasons you should not be mad at this article
1. To deny that North West is not influential to a huge market of individuals is ridiculous! Did she start the natural hair movement, of course not and the article in no way alluded to that.
2. We do not need to compare North to Blue in terms of the amount of articles praising both girls for their hair influence. For one Blue has had so much negativity about her hair from our own platforms that some of us should not even dare make the comparison.
Why wait for Vogue to do what we should always be doing? – Don’t cry Blue this and Blue that now, when some of us signed a petition against Blue’s hair just a year ago.
3. There is a segment of bi-racial children that can learn from the styles that North sports. We get emails daily from moms with biracial children needing help with their hair. Curly hair ranges from 3A to 4c there is room for all curly girls to be great, regardless of who the named influencer is for that day.
At this point in our natural hair movement we are able to create articles, books, influential pieces, and art about the celebration of natural hair as part of our lives that is no longer ‘unacceptable’.
If you look at the Vogue article as merely a piece of that journey it can shift your energy from less negative to more positive one. Not everything is a battle!
This is such bull s**t. Black women was going natural WAYYYY before this little biracial girl appeared on this earth.
That’s bulls**t! My kid is older and her hair has never been processed. And neither has mine. So no she’s not inspiring any natural hair. Maybe she should live in NYC and see what natural hair really is.
No I’m not mad. That b**ch thinks that because her kid is half black all of a sudden natural hair is in..
They mad because my hair is wavy. If i was living on the west coast everyday my hair would be amazing. Humidity be hating on my hair lol
She’s also the reason the color white was invented….#Smh
Praise her hair but mock Blue Ivy’s. Meanwhile, I couldn’t give 2 shits about what vogue… of all publications has to say about anything natural, especially brown girls’ hair.
Thank You, Blue Ivy needed bows, rubber bands & ponytails….NEXT
Thank you. And has any one else’s notice most of these “beautiful natural girls” whose pics are shared all over social media, hair is rarely very kinky.
THANK YOU
I couldn’t have worded this any better. I totally agree. I’m sick of Vogue and their “new trends” FOH.
Exactly!
Preach
No sorry
Smh still telling us to hate our hair
Wait what?!
F**k Vogue! What’s next for them, she’s inspiring little girls to smile too? She barely is seen smiling.
I was totally about to say this.
Im pretty sure theres not a single woman on earth who’s “inspired” to suddenly love their natural hair because of this two year old. There’s black & mixed raced women all over the world who have similar hair, do they think our lives stood still until north was born? Lol #rage
Your pretty sure?Im positive.North is just another direction.
OK smh I’m so over the bulls**t!!
Right! And as far as babies… ummm… don’t all brown babies rock natural hair? Why did vogue think we needed their input.
Exactly
I’ve only evey seen that little girls hair in a bun. How is that fashion forward? Lol
Exactly. We do not know this kid on a personal level.
That’s exactly why I do not buy certain magazines and listen to certain media outlets they are one directional , bias and ignorant .
You really can’t get mad it’s comical however , at the same time you want to vomit. SMDH
Right! This sounds like some mess Kanye wrote
They may as well written inspired by Rachel Dolezal…FOOLISH!!!
That’s sad,
#rage is right!
Furthermore, weren’t they complaining about blue Ivy’s natural hair not to long ago. Smh . Let’s give credit to a two-year-old for something we’ve been doing for maybe 1000 years now
That it was too natural whatever that means
Girl they are always taking our swag and culture
Wrong texture for their pleasure I guess
Is there any credit they won’t take? Shameless.
Ohhhhhh so that’s where my mom, grandmother, and great great greats got it from. Thanks vogue for the clarification.
Vogue are primarily focused on super skiny white girls, I wouldn’t listen to them when it comes to afro hair.
Is this another Kardashian joke?
That’s fine they can take all they want but give credit where it’s due. Our ancestors not some 2 year old that will never be considered or treated black. No matter how many black men her mom has been with
At the age of 2, i hope their not thinking to put a perm in it so what else would it be considered? Smh, this just says to me, they think us brown people are that big of a follower or simply that damn stupid! Wow
No she isn’t, curly hair has been in existence a lot longer than er…….two years.
FOH! They put sleek and natural hair in the same sentence?! North has white people hair, what the f**k is so inspiring about that?
I doubt North is the inspiration for girls being natural…what about blu ivy? Oh, i forgot, her hair is too “ugly” and “nappy” to be inspirational. My bad, what was I thinking??? Smh…
Her hair isn’t natural…she is mixed…that is the ONLY reason her hair is like that…say that about BLUE and her natural hair!!! Blue was here before NORTH…why isnt her hair inspiring!?!?!
Her hair is still in its natural state regardless of her mixed races. Because blue was born first means nothing. Vogue only wrote this article because of kanye’s connections. Clearly vogue is completely out of touch on certain matters anyway but to say north’s hair isn’t natural is a straight up lie. Natural doesn’t have to equate to thick type 4 hair. Natural means no chemicals so north is definitely natural.
Preach!!!
Why isn’t her hair natural? Is natural a texture nowadays?
Her hair is natural, it’s just not kinky.
So because i’m mixed i dont have natural hair ?? I have 3c type hair but there are a lot of women with my type of hair who dont have natural hair .
Enjoli… Not true… Natural is also used for mix children who often get their hair permed just like black little girls actually. Many mixed girls have issues with their hair just like those of us who are not mixed. Taren Guy is a perfect example….
It is natural…it is unaltered. Just a different texture.
My point is of course she is “natural”…I wouldn’t expect anything different from a little basically white girl!! What other state is her hair supposed to be in?!?!
AGAIN Chanette Staton GREAT POINT! Blue’s hair clearly wasn’t inspiring for anyone as she ran around in her “natural” state. These ladies know exactly what you meant. Now they wanna pick apart your statement.
Thank you Juliet!!!!
Chanette , i get your point now . I’m from Holland and i’m surprised that magazines like Vogue in the US write about a little kids hair . And all the comments about the hair of Blue . Here nobody will say anything about it . Even when its a child of a celebrity .
Not true..i loved blues hair like it was, but ive been wearing my hair natural since before these two tykes were swimming around in their fathers testicles so obviously they are not inspiring me. But i get where op is coming from
Why is blue even being compared? North isn’t a white girl… She’s black and Armenian. Armenian ppl are not Caucasian. But besides all that, who cares what Vogue says?? Blue AND North are BOTH natural and north does have curly hair. Google it. Vogue is way off but they always are when they try to write things like this. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ its not that deep. Kanye and Kim probably paid them to write this article anyway.
Exactly, blue is to “black” looking. Plus this is more of the media pushing the whole “mixed movement” down our throats.
I’m 10 years we all gonna look Puerto Rican smh
Ummm her hair is natural
Exactly, can’t stand the media
Why would you say her hair is not natural? You should’ve thought more before you wrote that.
Her hair is still natural and so is Blues
Tiffany Nicole they are being compared because ppl made fun of blu and called bey a bad mom for not combing blu hair. There have been times I have seen north with unfixed hair but nobody says a thing. Now all of the sudden she is inspiration for other girls wearing natural hair???
Smh
Her hair is natural. Lol.
Her hair is natural because they’re no chemicals in it lol. Guess u didn’t know what natural meant. I don’t see curly styles on north. The pics I’ve seen she always has a pony. These people will use anything to get u to read their articles
Blu kind of looked unkept. There’s a difference between a twist out or a fro and just waking up with your hair on top of your head and walking out the door. And that’s how it looked. My Lil girl is natural and I always make sure her hair looks presentable weather she’s wearing it out or not
Maybe she should have said “virgin” hair…IDK? white women can have processed hair too when they get dye or chemical straighteners…but my daughter is half hispanic and I would still say her hair is natural or virgin hair…doesnt matter her ethnicity…
Brittany Richardson exactly. Also, do we ever get in an uproar when you see hair like North’s look a bit “messy”? Not at all. With Blue it was because hair wasn’t done in the traditional way some of us typically style our girl’s hair, that child got clowned about it. Interesting as to why Blue couldnt be inspiring a trend of allowing a new baby/lil girl’s hair to just “breathe” and not be pulled, yanked, rubberband, beads and barretted to death! For all any of us know, she was probably captured in pictures after a day of play or being in a relaxing environment. Kim and Kanye are such media whores that they probably did pay and prepare their kid for every shot taken, article written and I’ll always see them quietly competing with the Carter’s anyway. #insecure #dysfunctional
You can also inspire negatively and positively. Also, when we speak of the term “natural” on these threads, ladies please stop looking for a reason to announce your child’s convenient mix of hair. Everyone knows what that term means in connection with our hair. Just Stop It!
Because a lot of black people be talking about “Blu never have her hair comb” ” Blu need a hair dresser” , I swear blacks are the worst critics
North has Natural hair just like Blue, only Blues hair is more kinky, maybe cause more Black blood mixed in both family than by North’s Family..
Kids shouldn’t be compared please!
her hair is natural… she does not have chemicals. I believe all 2 year olds should be natural even tho its sad that some aren’t
So because she’s mixed her hair isn’t natural? Everyone’s natural hair varies. Yes people do tall bad about Blue’s hair but it’s nothing new. People have always discriminated against more coarse natural hair.
We really are Tiffany Nicole Roberts and it’s hilarious when someone on the outside says something less offensive and we go ham on them.
Right!!!! ^^^^
It’s kinda sad how we’re all reacting to this stuff written by a main stream white magazine. We should just brush that off as inconsequential and move on. We know who we are and don’t need inspiration or guidance from a magazine that doesn’t care about us. As a race we know that child is gonna be tagged black simply because of the one drop philosophy we’re all different shades each as beautiful as the other don’t let no one pull us apart and force us to bring each other down
Seriously? Her hair isnt combed? When was blu’s hair on top of her hair?? Do you know what matted even means??? Smh. Thats her hair texture!! Sorry that you are too ignorant to know about 4c hair…
Oh gosh…I really had decided to STOP responding on this very long drawn out post about a day AGO but you sound STUPID AS HELL Brittany Richardson…
….like you personally touched blues hair to know that it was matted…GTFOH…guess your the spokesperson for her hair..huh!!! You obviously don’t understand that just because a person doesnt have hair that is in a ponytail, certainly doesn’t mean a comb wasn’t used….your ignorant and don’t know as much about hair as you may think you do!! I’m done with this conversation and will unfollow this comment…any further notifications will go unnoticed! !!
Naturally curly hair girls have been enspiring each other LONG before this little girl was born. I know Kanye would like to take credit for the movement, but please have a seat, somewhere.
Right… As I said to another commenter Vogue only wrote this because Kanye is affiliated with them.
Right . . what did natural girls do before this little girl was born?
When did Kanye say he wanted credit? Smh
Yes. Yes I do! I know Kanye, he does that. Everything is about him. Do you think his daughter would be in vogue, and he doesn’t have input?
First they laugh, then they copy and paste.
Don’t believe me,
Marc Jacobs and “Mini Buns” (Bantu knots)
“Urban Tie Caps” (Du Rags)
I can go on.
#NotHereForIt
I can’t even at “mini buns”. If you’re going to try to claim that bantu knots were invented by somebody else than at least use the original name! Some girl @ youtube comments said that bantu knots (which she called “mini buns”) have been worn by europeans for many years. LOL. So sad it’s funny.
But north west hair straight so which curly girl is she influencing and who taking style cues from a baby
Its not straight its got a loose curl pattern which is why they always slick it into a ponytail.
It’s wavey, snd not long enough to do anything else with.
Ain’t nobody thinking of this child but her mama and her mama’s followers
Vogue is full of crap
But Blue’s hair was…smh. The media, I tell ya! Both beautiful, but clearly we see what’s happening here, right? Keep the babies out it.
I know we were wearing our curly hair before this child came along 2 years ago come on ppl!
More bullsh*t.. Next
No, She didn’t.
We’ve been inspired for a long while now..:)
Blue n North not the Clothes right off the racks with Their Beauty! ! Seriously. .
Again no smile, what’s up
Vogue yall can go sit yall rachel confused behinds down somewhere #yallaretired #kanyepaidthem2saythat #justlikehepaidthemtohavekimonthecover
Vogue please have several seats
Stop
Man bye…her doesn’t have anything to do with people going natural….
Since when is vogue the spokesperson for natural hair…just like Bo Derek made cornrows popular. Give me a break.
Glad someone remembers that . What a joke.
Uuuuuh people had natural hair way before this lil girl….. They need to stop. #teamtoomuch
Lol
Wow. I had no idea my natural hair journey was inspired by a little girl. I thought it was inspired by all the beautiful black hair around me. My bad Vogue, my bad.
Correct me if I’m wrong north hair has not once been shown embracing her curls.every picture I’ve seen she has her hair slicked down straight or in a tight little bun so please enlighten me on how this mixed baby is inspiring African American natural hair
They didn’t say African American or Black hair…..
White folks have curly hair too…. lol
Exactly… her hair is always in “straight hair” styles
she wears her hair in the same two styles every time we see her though
Whet?
Funny how folks damn near revolted telling Bey to combs Blue’s hair, but with North….?? OK.
I hope people feel stupid for mocking Blue Ivy’s hair, because this ignorance is the result.
Exactly! !
Beautiful child but she isn’t inspiring natural beauties
She is just part of the inspiration that already exist with Natural Sisters whether its twist outs, puffs, or FROs, type 3c4c whatever type hair.
LOVE IT
Now Kash you KNOW you didn’t know what to do with all that beautiful hair until this girl was born!!!!
Lies!!!!!!!!!
Who buys into the dreams and lies that Vogue tells on the regular… I see right through them
Girl, I’ve been natural for 8 years! Just didn’t know what to do with my hair til this girl was born!
Spare me
Girl B-Y-E
Yeah, not so much.
Oh Please!!!!! She is mixed!! That makes a big difference!!!
She isn’t inspiring anything… natural haired little girls have been around for decades… blue ivy is older then her. Stop giving Kim and kanye so much relevance.
She’s two. …how long has Africa been in existence? ?? Kanye West himself should of told them better. #stopitIsay
They never came to the defense of blue ivy so wth??
Or salonge let me stop ranting
Wow…if any celebrity child’s hair is inspiring, I would pick Blue Ivy.
This little baby girl is adorable
Uuuuuh, what kind of style are curly headed litttle girls suppose to have…pump the breaks
Bahahahahahahaha
Whatever!!!!!!!!!!!
Um I was not born with a mixed person’s natural hair, and usually children her age are natural duh. I am not mad, but I am sorry to tell yall that yellow or mixed is NOT now or ever will be the new BLACK. Black is black and no other color can imitate it, o they can be mixed with it, but NEVER be it.
This little girl is not providing inspiration for anything. She is another mixed child whose parents have to be inspired to do her hair and not be afraid of it. Get real.
She’s a beautiful baby and yes she is natural.But she has no thought about tomorrow let along inspiring a generation of natural hairstyles. Vogue stop putting pressure on this beautiful child and let her be a child. Leave the media to her parents and any one else who wants to be in the LYE LIGHT!!
Beautiful
A lot of black ppl made fun of Blue Ivys hair. Asked why she didn’t comb it or do anything to it. Beyoncé and Jay are doing what most black celebs were not and are not.
Right !! Smh blacks don’t know how to give each other credit when it’s due !!
Nobody’s mad… But why can’t they ever give us sisters credit where it’s due
She’s a child. What is she gonna do wear weave? perm her hair? wear a wig ? Like Stop. People have been wearing their natural hair for some time now. She’s two…. please Stop.
North is a cutie, but she is not the reason why I decided four years ago to cut the perm out of my hair and wear it natural. Sorry Vogue.
Beyoncé daughter is very inspiring also for natural hair young girls, especially if they aren’t mixed and still rocking their natural hair.
Who does Vogue think they’re fooling?
I am beginning to think that vogue has some issues with color. If you want to talk about natural hair check out Beyoncé and Jayz’ girl. North West is not a ‘natural’
People hated blu’s hair but this girls hair is an inspiration? I’m sorry but nothing that that family does influences my lifestyle. Women have been wearing their natural hair for years.
And with this BS I’m out !!!!
Uh no
Vogue don’t know inspiration then
Vogue go some where with that nonsense.
and blue ivy’s hair wasn’t smh!
All this BS if that Kid has 10 inches of hair she has plenty smh!
One question. Really???
She’s a baby their hair is always naturally beautiful until they start f**king with it as a teenager
She’s so cute
Aren’t little girls natural until someone decide to process their hair. How do you inspire what is naturally growing from your head.
Not be mad. This little heffa ain’t inspired s**t for me
I’m sorry but I have to completely disagree with your 1st reason why. I don’t think there are any black women or black children that even notice that little girls hair. She may have been adorned in some cute outfits, but I don’t believe anybody was checking out her hair. Also, most if not all 2 and 3 year old black children are rocking their natural curls. So please, North West is a cute little girl, but she did not start no movement. Two and 3 year old black girls have been rocking their curly hair for years.
Vogue has no clue about about natural hair sisters
Wtf they know
It’s a looooooooooot of babies with curly hair out here.. Smh is someone gonna claim North is not who she claims to b next????? Lol
Nonsense
lmao…OK sure
My daughters older than her and natural! Where do u ppl get this crap
I guess it’s all about texture cause Beyonce’s baby wasn’t get this kind of love! ! Personally I think both their type of curls are cute 🙂
Lmfao wtf we’ve seen norths fro like ONE TIME! Her mom keep I think slicked down or n a bun wtf is vogue on?
But y’all dragged little Blue Ivy through the dirt but Nori is uplifted. I’m confused! Smh
What grown woman is inspired by a two year old? Regardless of who her parents are? As the mother of a curly hair daughter I can honestly say she, like many others has always embraced her natural hair and did not need Miss K’s daughter to help her do so.
Did Vogue stretch before making this reach?
No it’s Not!!!!!!!!
Sorry but the statement is B.S.
Absolute crap she’s mixed. She’s cute though lol
STFU….Please and Thank You!!!
Gtfoh
What about blue ivy
She’s a baby and not trend setting. SMH
why would you be perpetuating this nonsense?? #unfollow
Kmt.
Pretty
Lies…
No one cares. Hell, most people can’t stand her parents, who shall not be named.
I mean really. We are giving too much credit to these people. If you want curves, you want a Kim kartrashian body. You want big lips, you want kartrashian lips. Now if you want natural hair, you want kartrashian hair. Good day Felicia!
They’re not going to give our hair their seal of approval they’re not going to give our beauty their accolades; sure they’re going to borrow our attributes to make themselves more attractive but no to give us our due, our credit for them to say our hair our self confidence our self love is the reason more people are embracing themselves and being themselves and wearing their natural hair, no they’re not going to do that. Is it wrong yes, should we be angry, yes. But we can also stop giving our money our time and our energy to an industry that is not designed or inclined to treat us like the beautiful people we are.
She’s cute but the answer is ehhh no. How do they give credit to a movement so big as natural curls when I became natural before her parents even met. Lol
Blue hair looks curlier than Norths. Norths hair is straight
F**k Vogue!
BLUE!!!!!!
Seriously vogue? A two year old inspiring a natural hair look? Who/ what inspired the rest of us before? What an asinine statement.
Who cares what vogue thinks
When I was a baby I had little soft curls on my head that my parents put in a little north like bun. Lol oh Vouge, just got to be careful with how say things, but they are a high fashion mag, what do you expect? Lol North is so cute btw
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Cute baby. But seriously I highly doubt any one is going to their hairstylist and saying make me look like baby Nori. Lets be a little more realistic
Stop it , like she is the first baby with naturally curly hair! Really?
This child was born what 2 years ago. And many little girls have been rocking their curls way before this child was a twinkle in KimYe’s eye.
So although I agree she’s a beautiful child. Spare Me the condescending rhetoric that’s she’s doing anything to inspire curly hair.
I mean really.
Bulls**t
Nonsense! Why can’t they just leave these kids to just be kids. They are not trend setters or fashionistas. They are children! Urgh
WHAT would have sent the best message…. is NO REPLYS!
Can these tabloids at least wait until she’s speaking b4 they do things like this? From the little I’ve seen, she doesn’t even like cameras/media. She seems annoyed by them and I don’t blame her. She can already sense how annoying and inaccurate they can be. Lol
Leave the adorable baby alone vogue
Wait, how can she even inspire a generation? And which generation is that? The infant generation? Lmfao, I swear the media is made up of a bunch of idiots lol wow….
No it’s not. …this started before she was born. Really people and i guess Catlyn Jenner inspired athletes to become teansgender.
Lies
It might have been better if Vogue had said Blue Ivy’s hair was an inspiration. But, maybe Blue Ivy’s hair is ‘TOO” natural for their readers. . . . North West is an adorable little girl, but calling her hair an inspiration..?? Naw!
Stop playing
Not at all inspired…stop the f&$king madness
Ya’ll have got to be kidding me.
A 3-year old’s hairstyle is supposed to be natural…
What??? I dont think vogue should say anything but natural hair
A beautiful child.
Lies. That is all.
Natural hair excited before she was even a thought
Ok we were natural b 4 north whatever was ever thunk about it
Is this supposed to be serious? I’m pretty sure that little girls will more like wish they had hair like North rather than be inspired, which is what I’m guessing is their goal. Her hair is already accepted by people, so just because it’s curly means she’s suddenly an inspiration?? FYI most white women have “curly hair”. Are you kidding me?? Stop acting like you support KINKY and TIGHT CURLY (not the “curly” that’s already accepted) hair!
She is too too cute!
But Blue Ivy got so much flack about her hair – and she’s a baby.
Vogue can go to hell!
Why didn’t they say that about Beyonce’s daughter? Her hair is too black? But yea what Rikki Jaye said
Shut the f**k up. Nobody cares what that baby wears…
Are you SERIOUS?……… NOT BLU IVY…….. IVY NOT MIXED WITH ANYTHING…… BUT THIS!? SMH
We are loving ourselves The next generation will be so beautiful Curls are cool
F**k vogue
North is such a beautiful girl just hope that she accomplish her dreams
Huh?!? Natural styles have always been around since before this child was born…c’mon people.
I agree with number 3, but I do think it’s harmful to our black women with kinky hair. Like this mixed girl hair is natural hair because its cute and curly and not kinky