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Straight hair has become the uniform of 21st century beauty. Jennifer Aniston made her name with it. Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be seen in public without it. Julia Roberts hasn’t made a movie with waves for years and now it seems that every woman of every race is busy erasing, relaxing, blow drying and processing her kink.

But it’s not for everyone. On very young girls it looks conformist and conservative. On women over 30 with long chins or angular features it looks aging. And on African American and Latin women it evokes an era when cookie-cutter hairdos and wigs ala The Supremes were the norm. Curly hair and wavy locks have been relegated to special occasions. But why not wear them everyday?

Straight hair has become the uniform of 21st century beauty. Jennifer Aniston made her name with it. Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be seen in public without it. Julia Roberts hasn’t made a movie with waves for years and now it seems that every woman of every race is busy erasing, relaxing, blow drying and processing her kink.

But it’s not for everyone. On very young girls it looks conformist and conservative. On women over 30 with long chins or angular features it looks aging. And on African American and Latin women it evokes an era when cookie-cutter hairdos and wigs ala The Supremes were the norm. Curly hair and wavy locks have been relegated to special occasions. But why not wear them everyday?