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Alexandra Shipp.
Alexandra Shipp loves her natural hair.
At the premiere of her new film on Tuesday, August 13 The good halfThe 33-year-old actress wowed in a patterned dress and a chic hairstyle with hip-length braids.
“I always want to wear natural hair because that’s me,” Shipp told PEOPLE on the red carpet. “Don’t get me wrong, we love blow-drying the hair, but braids and twists hold, and I can wear them as long as I sleep with a scarf or a bonnet on, you know what I mean, girl? It’s low maintenance and also fabulous. So that was kind of my inspiration for it.”
For her ensemble, Shipp chose a halter neck dress by Bode with a red and brown zigzag pattern, off-the-shoulder sleeves and ruffle details.
“I love the idea of giving it structure because I think my character in this film brings a different structure than the rest of the cast and the story,” the actress explained. “And that’s why I wanted to do it, and I wanted to have a punk moment.”
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