Perfect Touch
Object
Poster
Production date
2013
Object number
2013.256
Physical Description
A poster of African men's hairstyles, from hair dresser in Ridley Market.
Material
Paper
Dimension
Height: 75cm
Width: 50cm
Width: 50cm
Exhibition Label
Hair Style Posters and Hair Salon, c.2012
These hairstyle posters are from hairdressers in Ridley Road, Dalston but printed in Accra, Ghana, to illustrate the newest and most fashionable hairstyles worn there. They were probably cheaper to have printed in Ghana and brought back than designed and printed in the UK.
Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s
14 September 2021 to 14 February 2022
These hairstyle posters are from hairdressers in Ridley Road, Dalston but printed in Accra, Ghana, to illustrate the newest and most fashionable hairstyles worn there. They were probably cheaper to have printed in Ghana and brought back than designed and printed in the UK.
Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s
14 September 2021 to 14 February 2022
On display?
No
Inscription
Perfect Touch
