People often ask
“how long have you been doing hair?”
I always respond, “all of my life.”
Jennifer Lord is a Hair Designer, author and founder of Natural Hollywood. Her self published, luxury coffee table book is a work of art celebrating the beauty of Natural Hair paired with fashion and beauty. More of her work is featured in ESSENCE, ALLURE, Bazaar, Nylon Magazine, ID Magazine, Hype Hair Magazine, and many more. She’s worked behind the curtain of some of the country’s most exclusive runway shows during New York Fashion Week and curated natural art exhibits and fashion shows here and abroad.
As a Hair Designer, Jennifer curates hair Art installations to push the narrative that all hair is beautiful. Her mission is to provide representation for all Afro hair types while fostering a community that provides integrity and excellence in textured hair designs and presentation.
Jennifer entered the film, television and theatre industry in 2019 for Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Hadestown. She is the Associate Hair Designer for Broadway’s “Paradise Square” and styled for HBO’s “West World”, Showtime’s “Three Women”, Netflix “Next In Fashion” as well as Apple TV’s Lady in the Lake” and “Severance”. She is a member of IATSE Local 798 Hair and Makeup Union She educates hair stylists and producers in this industry on the historical components of Natural Hair while advocating for other Natural Hair Stylists to have access to this industry: a true and tangible representation.
Her upcoming immersive hair art installation celebrates “What’s Next” for Natural Hollywood. This innovative, 3D, exhibit features intricate hair design, showcasing the artistry of styling and sculpturing that defines the brand. Jennifer invites all loyal supporters, Hair Designers, Stylists, Fashion Lovers and Art enthusiasts to converge and converse while gazing at the beauty of our tresses as this one of a kind, artsy event.
Natural Hollywood Magazine has produced several presentations, photo shoots and fashion shows at various venues, locally, nationally and internationally.
The success of “Adversity Quotient”, the highly acclaimed, sold-out gallery event in May 2011, lead her to produce “A Night of Grandeur”, a natural hair art exhibit appealing to artists, art lovers and all those who embrace or are intrigued by self-expression. As an expert, she has presented natural hair awareness at Morgan State University, University of Maryland, Towson University, Paul’s Place, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum and The Center for Law and Justice at Medgar Evars College in Brooklyn, NY. Natural Hollywood Magazine was featured on Nappturalite Radio, The Examiner and several blogs including Natural Selection and 4CHairChicks.
Her most recent features can be found in the ESSENCE Magazine October, 2016 issue for The Natural Aristocratic Tea and ESSENCE.com where her styles from the Paris, France showcased are highlighted. Jennifer’s next project, the “Natural Hollywood” coffee table book is set to be released late summer of 2017.Contrary to popular belief, Natural Hair allows the most versatility. Natural Hair is High Fashion and Fabulous.
Stay tuned for details of Jennifer's newest project, "Natural Hollywood Vol. 1", the coffee table book.
