I’ve been wearing my coily, afro-textured hair in protective styles for as long as I can remember. On special occasions, she’d let me wear braided extensions (which can take up to 12 hours to install), and thus my obsession with having long hair that swayed as I walked was born. With my signature long, French curl knotless braids… Courtesy of Ranyechi Udemezue … and my new bob. Courtesy of Ranyechi UdemezueThough I suspect I’ll never abandon my signature knotless braids entirely, I had been itching to try something new this summer. The retro-tinged, feathered, slightly ’70s-inspired bob worn by singer-songwriter Momo Boyd, with its shades of Olivia Newton-John and Dorothy Dandridge.