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Street Style: Curly Girl Collective 'Curl Crush' Event

Celebrating kinks, coils and curls at NYC's Curly Girl Collective event.
Curl Crush
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By Nicole Marie Melton · Updated October 28, 2020
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New York City naturals flocked to Curly Girl Collective’s “Curl Crush” event for a fun night of meeting, greeting, and all things natural hair!

The Collective’s aim is to foster acceptance and celebration of curls, kinks and coils — and this night, they more than met their goal. 

“The energy in the room was simply golden!” said Gia Lowe, co-founder of Curly Girl Collective who partnered with NaturallyCurly.com and Shea Moisture to host the event. “The women here gained a sense of sisterhood, inspiration and empowerment which is so instrumental in the natural hair community,” continued Charisse Higgins, also one of the group’s founders.

From intricate afro upsweeps to super-short spirals, these street style mane moments rocked
!