Already I could envisage opportunities to use all sorts of different laces and braids, detailed examples of hand stitching, with some other antique dresses we'd picked up from a local supplier.

CNN: New fashions inspired by New Delhi

Thando, a movie-star beautiful 19-year-old in a short skirt and long braids, winced at the idea that Americans would eat nondairy ice cream.

FORBES: The Education Of Oprah Winfrey: How She Saved Her South African School

Whenever a celebrity dons a feather and long braids for a photo shoot, or a fashion brand releases a gaudy collection of "totem pole print" tracksuits, bloggers like Metcalfe and Keene are slammed with questions about why they're offensive.

CNN: SHARE THIS

Through trial and error she found that she could achieve the hairstyle by sewing the braids and bits together, using a needle.

WSJ: On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head

Sophie's name, the sound of it in Raisele's mouth, her name said by someone who had seen her, seen her laughing and chasing the chickens, seen her in her flannel nightgown and thick socks, braids one up, one down, seen her running in the yard, ducking Lev Pin-sky's dry red paw.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Away'

But the most striking bits of the book are about the eels' determination to get to their destination, weaving braids of living bodies to climb waterfalls and walls, and even crossing land where necessary.

ECONOMIST: Slithery creatures, strangely determined

For a great many poor people in America, particularly poor black men, prison is a destination that braids through an ordinary life, much as high school and college do for rich white ones.

NEWYORKER: The Caging of America

My own hair is straightened and has been for more years than I can remember, but when I wore my hair in braids, I would consistently encounter people asking a million questions about my hair.

FORBES: Is Your 'Natural' Hairstyle Preventing You from Getting a Job?