Now, see how your favorite celebs and peers are personalizing this look on Instagram. Tired of topknots and ponytails? Waist-length box braids are an elegant and versatile style with a culture-filled history. Modern iterations decorated with beads, metallic thread, or colorful highlights will turn heads, and plain chunky braids still provide low-maintenance glamour. In 2020, box braids are the perfect solution to rocking a protective style while adding plenty of length - you know, just to have a little something to throw over your shoulder.Ī simple search of “box braids” on YouTube will flood your screen with 603,00 videos of DIY tutorials and frizz-fighting maintenance, while whole Instagram accounts are dedicated to showcasing infinite variations of braids. Think Jada Pinkett (pre-Smith), Poetic Justice-era Janet Jackson, and Brandy as Moesha Mitchell. The traditional African braids rose in popularity stateside nearly three decades ago, defining an era of iconic black television, movies, and music. Celebrities and real girls alike are obsessed with an iconic ‘90s style: box braids. So yeah, braided hair for males, and bug antenna for human Sims (it can be a hair, an accessory, a hat, anything really, if it exists).
