DISTRICT CHRONICLES: DC Residents how off their locks in style
EXCERPT:Jan Ransom/Howard University News Service
Hair styles are a form of expression, an additive to a fly outfit or a signature of one's individuality and residents in the District have made their mark with colorful hairdos, locks and a "nappy boy image," that hardly goes unnoticed.
Alecia Maddox, 22 of Southeast exited the Anacostia Metro station sporting lavender and black yarn twists that matched her lavender pants and black sneakers. She said it took her two to three days to complete her hairstyle.
Nicknamed "Apple," Maddox said she was expressing her inner-self, her "alter-ego," formally known as "Red Bones," whom she described as funny, unique and passionate.
"Hair is a form of expression. You wanna be different," said Hairstylist Roberta Morton, 29, of Temple Hills, MD. Morton works at PJ's Cut & Style Salon, a hair salon located at 2410 Martin Luther King Ave., in S.E. She rocked a head-full of Nubian copper-colored twists that she did herself."Instead of the solid color, I wanted to get something bright," Morton said. Morton isn't the only one who wanted to experiment with color.
Jayson Diggs, 34 of Southeast showed off his Mohawk which was black at the base and blonde at the top. Like many in the District, Diggs had locks but as a child he had always wanted a Mohawk. Now that his mother no longer has a say about his hair he decided to let his best friend create the hairstyle of his dreams.
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