Andre Walker Hair Typing System

The Andre Walker Hair Typing System, also known as The Hair Chart, is a classification system for hair types created in the 1990s by Oprah Winfrey's stylist Andre Walker.[1][2][3] It was originally created to market Walker's line of hair care products but has since been widely adopted as a hair type classification system.[4][5][6] Walker's system includes images of each hair type to aid classification.[7][8][9][10] The system has been criticized for an apparent hierarchy which values Caucasian hair over other hair types. In 2018 the system was the subject of episodes of the podcasts 99% Invisible and The Stoop.[2][11]

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  3. ^ "Q&A with Andre Walker". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ^ "The Controversial History of the Hair Typing System". Byrdie. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  5. ^ "Towards Creation of a Curl Pattern Recognition System". Int'l Conf. IP, Comp. Vision, and Pattern Recognition. IPCV'18.
  6. ^ "Why Following Bloggers Who Share Your Hair Texture Is Actually Helpful". Essence. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  7. ^ Mamona, Sheilla (2023-03-11). "There are 12 hair types, so which one is yours?". Glamour UK. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  8. ^ Hurly, Adam (2016-04-05). "The Best Products for Curly Hair of Every Type and Texture". GQ. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
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  10. ^ Gaines, Michelle; Page, Imani; Miller, Nolan; Greenvall, Benjamin; Medina, Josh; Irschick, Duncan; Southard, Adeline; Ribbe, Alexander; Grason, Gregory (2023-04-10), Reimagining Hair Science: A New Approach to Classify Curly Hair Phenotypes via New Quantitative Geometrical & Structural Mechanical Parameters, doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-35bt7-v2, retrieved 2024-11-01
  11. ^ "Episode 13: Are you a 4C?". The Stoop. Retrieved 2018-04-25.