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It takes a willingness to understand and honor the hairstyle’s origins and what that plaiting symbolizes to accept that not everybody should flaunt it.

A tad dramatic perhaps but to be fair, Woodburn's plaited, platinum bun was iconic.

It takes a willingness to understand and honor the hairstyle's origins and what that plaiting symbolizes to accept that not everybody should flaunt it.

The young millennial rocked different hairstyles and loved switching it up: a curly Afro one week, two-strand twists the next, micro plaited braids and a range of cornrow designs.

"My mam plaits it in two plaits so it goes directly between my spine... She has always plaited my hair since so it's kind of a tradition now."