FAIRLAWN, Ohio—Karg Corp. has unveiled a horizontal braiding machine it said will allow for faster hose production. Karg introduced the machine during the Hose Manufacturers Conference, held Aug.

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The aches persisted in Mariam’s* hands—the instruments she used to work. She tried to ignore them. After all, she had no choice. “I felt the pain when I braided, but I had to continue,” she tells me.

A few weeks ago, Randy Espinal, a financial services worker from Central Islip, decided to make a major hair change at K&D African Hair Braiding in Bay Shore. Sporting a conventional haircut he says, ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — When we go to the salon to get our hair done, many of us look forward to getting our hair washed. But according to Michigan law, natural hair culturists who do braiding and locing are ...

Hair braiding is one of the oldest and most expressive art forms: a tradition that's both cultural and creative. The post How ...

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As of July, braiding hair without a cosmetology license is no longer a crime in the state of Iowa. Two black women, Aicheria Bell and Achan Agit, filed a civil lawsuit against the state’s cosmetology ...

A maypole braider, aka a circular braider, is a type of horn gear braider that makes braided tubes, like one of those woven finger traps or that lovely bit of gutted paracord that’s jazzing up your ...