All About HAIR
The Versatile Yara:
A Wig Design That Brings Mother
and Daughter Together
By: Young Writer,
Courtney Diggs
W
ig designers of today not only incor-
porate current trends into their wig de-
signs, but also trends of the past. One
legendary hairstylist in specific, whose
expertise has been used when constructing wigs, is
Vidal Sassoon. Sassoon experimented with hair cuttery
for years and soon came to create his own landmark
in the hair industry: angled cutting. Sassoon went be-
yond the traditional way of doing hair during his time
and created a trend that is still prevalently seen in hair
today.
A line of wigs named “Yara” recently hit shelves
in stores and the beauty of the hair was stunning. The
synthetic is straight as a pin needle with the length of
a long bob. It it cut precisely at a declining
angle on both sides of the wig, creating
a high-low effect on the hair. This
type of haircut perfectly displays
the work of Vidal Sassoon with his
geometric cuts. This characteris-
tic, though, is not the only one
that shines through in the Yara
wig line.
Millennials have created the
trend of looking as naturally
fake as possible. The hypocrit-
ical trend sounds impossible to
create, but the Yara line defied
the odds. The realistic touch
and feel of real hair create a
natural illusion to the fact that
the hair is made of synthetic
fibers. Though the cut of the
hair is completely un-natural,
it is offsetted by the natural
movement of the hair. All of
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