A beacon of style, soul, and resilience, TinaTurner was a force—and she had a powerful signature hairstyle to match.
of powerful music and the sort of presence that legends are made of—factors evidenced by her award-winning music, ever-evolving fashion, and that symbolic, iconic hair.
“Tina Turner’s hair is so iconic that it’s entirely and instantly identifiable, even out of context,” says Rachael Gibson, also known as. “You see that shaggy, supersized, spiky-but-soft shape, and it couldn’t be anyone else.” That hair, though—particularly the aforementioned style that represented her personal and professional renaissance—was all down to wigs, a tool on which the ‘Queen of Rock’ n Roll’ relied on for versatility, though the original choice was born of necessity.
“I’m not surprised when people think my wig is my own hair because I’ve always considered it an extension of myself. In a way, it is my hair,” shared Turner in her memoir,. The performer constructed and styled many of her own wigs, the natural-looking results contributing significantly to her image—and her confidence.
Though the final decades of her life saw a quieting of her more exuberant hair looks, Turner will forever remain something of a phoenix, a woman who rose from the turmoil with the kind of fire born of faith and offered embodiment through beauty. “If you are unhappy with anything—your mother, your father, your husband, your wife, your job, your boss, your car—whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it,” wrote Turner.
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