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The Brown Beauties Who Slayed the 2017 London Fashion Awards 

By Siraad Dirshe · Updated October 24, 2020

Every year the fashion community gathers in London to acknowledge the indusry’s leading businesses and most creative talent. This year the who’s who of fashion gathered at London’s Royal Albert Hall, and there were no shortage of Black woman who slayed the red carpet.

From Zendaya to Erykah Badu, who stole the show in jaw dropping hairstyles, we just can’t get enough of these ladies. Keep scrolling to see how our favorite ladies slayed. 

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Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu, aka Mother Earth, is known for her statement looks. For this year’s awards she did so with her hair.
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Erykah Badu

The songstress and DJ opted for gravity defying briads that made quite the statement on the red carpet. 

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Zendaya

Known as the hair chameleon, Zendaya is constantly switcing it up her ‘do. 

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Zendaya
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Naomi Campbell

When it comes to slaying a red carpet, no one does it quite like her.

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Naomi Campbell

For this year’s awards, Ms. Campbell opted for her signature sleek and straight look. 

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Winnie Harlow

Winnie Harlow always surprises with her beauty looks, and this time around it was no different. 

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Winnie Harlow

The model’s sleek high ponytail was packed with extra volume, and has us wanted to try it stat. 

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FKA Twigs

FKA Twigs isn’t afraid to take risks when it comes to fashion or beauty. 

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FKA Twigs

For this year’s Fashion Awards FKA Twigs went with a demure up do that included her signature baby hair. 

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Jourdan Dunn

Bigger is better when it comes to Jourdan Dunn’s hair. 

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Jourdan Dunn

We love her hair’s redish orange hue! 

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Adwoa Aboah
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Adwoa Aboah

Super fresh and colorful makeup is the perfect complement to her pewter head wrap. 

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Halima Aden

The teenage model absolutely glowed on the red carpet. 

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Halima Aden

You can never go wrong with bold brows and a nude lip as Halima shows. 

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Leomie Anderson

Leomie Anderson looks like a real life Barbie doll on the red carpet, in the best possible way. 

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Leomie Anderson

A half-up, half-down look can sometimes be tricky to pull off, but Leomie does it with ease. 

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