Editing Lauryn Hill (section)

=== Fashion and endorsements ===
Well known for styling her hair in [[dreadlocks|locs]], [[braid]]s, [[bantu knot]]s and [[afro]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Crystal G. |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Lauryn Hill's Natural Hair Evolution |url=https://www.essence.com/hair/lauryn-hills-natural-hair-evolution/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811213248/https://www.essence.com/hair/lauryn-hills-natural-hair-evolution/ |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=Essence}}</ref> Hill is often associated with the revival of the [[natural hair movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2018 |title=Female Rappers Have Been Influencing Fashion for Decades {{!}} Fashionista |url=https://fashionista.com/.amp/2017/08/female-rappers-fashion-beauty-influencers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135600/https://fashionista.com/.amp/2017/08/female-rappers-fashion-beauty-influencers |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=fashionista.com}} * {{Cite web |title=Black Music Month: A Look Back At Some Of The Most Iconic Hairstyles! |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/ypz7mw/black-music-month-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-most-iconic-hairstyles/yvi2xr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709235549/https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/ypz7mw/black-music-month-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-most-iconic-hairstyles/yvi2xr |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |publisher=BET}}</ref> She has been credited as one of the people who have helped normalize locs, and introduced them to pop culture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bryant |first=Taylor |date=March 2017 |title=Exploring The Twisted Politics Of Dreadlocks |url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/dreadlocks-history-appropriation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204045701/https://www.nylon.com/articles/dreadlocks-history-appropriation |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Nylon}} * {{Cite web |date=June 18, 2019 |title=Rhythm Wigs Provides Options for Women with Locs {{!}} Rhythm Wigs |url=https://rhythmwigs.com/rhythm-wigs-provides-options-for-women-with-locs/,%20https://rhythmwigs.com/rhythm-wigs-provides-options-for-women-with-locs/ |access-date=July 13, 2022}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} * {{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shammara |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Best Locs Moments Throughout History |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007063717/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Teen Vogue}} * {{Cite web |title=A Look At The History Of Locs |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/04/86174/history-of-dreadlocks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713125948/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/04/86174/history-of-dreadlocks |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Refinery29}} * {{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shammara |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Best Locs Moments Throughout History |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007063717/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Teen Vogue}}</ref> Author [[Joan Morgan (American author)|Joan Morgan]] noted that "for a young person who was growing up in the '90s and liked that natural look but didn't want to identify as [[Rastafari|Rasta]], there was really no example until Lauryn Hill."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morgan |first=Joan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTpwEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22dreadlocks%22&pg=PA41 |title=She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |date=June 14, 2022 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-9526-6 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135603/https://books.google.com/books?id=qTpwEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22dreadlocks%22&pg=PA41 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Hill is also frequently listed among the people who have defined modern bantu knots<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2015 |title=These Are Bantu Knots, Not 'Mini Buns.' There's A Difference. |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bantu-knots-mini-buns-difference_n_7452532 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701173014/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bantu-knots-mini-buns-difference_n_7452532 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=HuffPost}} * {{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=August 31, 2020 |title=Are Adele's Bantu knots cultural appropriation or appreciation? |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/50295/1/adele-bantu-knots-cultural-appropriation-appreciation-notting-hill-carnival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141101/https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/50295/1/adele-bantu-knots-cultural-appropriation-appreciation-notting-hill-carnival |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Dazed}} * {{Cite web |date=August 31, 2020 |title=What are Bantu knots and why is Adele being criticised? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/adele-bantu-knots-history-black-african-hairstyles-cultural-appropriation-a9697046.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710163341/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/adele-bantu-knots-history-black-african-hairstyles-cultural-appropriation-a9697046.html |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=The Independent}}</ref> and afros.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 15, 2021 |title=World Afro Day: 9 of the most iconic Afros |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/angela-davis-afro-viola-davis-tracee-ellis-ross-erykah-badu-b1920374.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008083426/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/angela-davis-afro-viola-davis-tracee-ellis-ross-erykah-badu-b1920374.html |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=The Independent}} * {{Cite web |title=Black Is Beautiful: A Celebration of Afros |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/tvgghj/black-is-beautiful-a-celebration-of-afros/y6dyq2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141104/https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/tvgghj/black-is-beautiful-a-celebration-of-afros/y6dyq2 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=BET}} * {{Cite web |last=Lifton |first=Jacinta HowardJacinta HowardContributing Authors: Dave |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Music's Greatest Afros |url=https://theboombox.com/music-afros/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713173833/https://theboombox.com/music-afros/ |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=The Boombox}} * {{Cite web |last=Jessica Andrews |date=July 9, 2015 |title=Not a Trend: Regarding the Afro as Art |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a29255/regarding-the-afro-as-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628205548/http://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a29255/regarding-the-afro-as-art/ |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=ELLE}}</ref> [[Ebony (magazine)|''Ebony'']] noted that she "helped to usher in a new standard of beauty for Black women -one grounded in the richness and authenticity of their African heritage."<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2019 |title=25 Black Music Style Icons [PHOTOS] • EBONY |url=https://www.ebony.com/style/fashion/25-black-music-style-icons-photos-403/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204101256/https://www.ebony.com/style/fashion/25-black-music-style-icons-photos-403/ |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=EBONY}}</ref>

[[PopSugar]] placed her on their list of the "18 Moments in Hair History That Changed the World", and wrote, "When searching for the originator in the recent natural hair revival, you must look to Lauryn Hill. She emerged as the feminine lead in The Fugees and broke Grammy records as a soloist, all while popularizing dreadlocks in the mainstream."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruel |first=Jessica |date=April 30, 2013 |title=18 Moments in Hair History That Changed the World |url=http://www.bellasugar.com/History-Hairstyles-Hairstylists-24477183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017060634/http://www.bellasugar.com/History-Hairstyles-Hairstylists-24477183 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=POPSUGAR Beauty}}</ref> [[Stylist (magazine)|''Stylist'']] mentioned Hill gracing the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' in locs, and being named one of [[People (magazine)|''People'']]'s [[50 Most Beautiful People]] in 1999, as one of the most definitive moments in the history of black hair.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Sagal |date=September 15, 2021 |title=The history of Black hair |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/hair/black-hair-history-definitive-historic-moments/437183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123131335/https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/hair/black-hair-history-definitive-historic-moments/437183 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Stylist}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', R&B singer [[SZA]], stated "The only girl that I could look to for natural hair inspiration growing up was Lauryn Hill."<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2014 |title=Why SZA's Huge Natural Hair is Our New Obsession |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/why-sza-huge-natural-hair-is-our-new-obsession |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709220024/https://www.vogue.com/article/why-sza-huge-natural-hair-is-our-new-obsession |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Vogue}}</ref> According to celebrity hairstylist Yusef Williams, who styled [[Rihanna]]'s hair on the set of ''[[Ocean's 8]]'', the singer "channeled her inner Lauryn Hill" while wearing locs for her role in the movie.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Underwood |first=Khalea |date=October 3, 2016 |title=The Deeper Meaning Behind Rihanna's Locs In Ocean's 8 |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/06/200723/rihanna-oceans-8-locs-hairstyle-meaning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709020520/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/06/200723/rihanna-oceans-8-locs-hairstyle-meaning |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Refinery29.com}}</ref> [[Halle Bailey]] named Hill as one of her beauty icons, while mentioning "I love Lauryn Hill's hair".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 29, 2016 |title=Beyonce Proteges Chloe x Halle on What to Wear to the White House, Natural Beauty and Being in 'Lemonade' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-proteges-chloe-x-halle-on-what-to-wear-to-the-white-house-natural-7350151/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215020019/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-proteges-chloe-x-halle-on-what-to-wear-to-the-white-house-natural-7350151/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

In 1999, Hill partnered with [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] to create custom outfits for her ''Miseducation Tour''. Journalist Thembisa Mshaka of ''[[Okayplayer]]'' wrote: "when Levi Strauss put its name next to Lauryn Hill, a new course was charted. The Fortune 500 brand partnerships with black musicians that are ubiquitous today were seeded by the success of Lauryn's solo debut".<ref>{{cite web |date=September 12, 2018 |title=The Selling of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/music/the-making-of-lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509220049/https://www.okayplayer.com/music/the-making-of-lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill.html |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=Okayplayer}}</ref> A custom ensemble made for Hill by Levi's was put on display during the ''Levi Strauss: A History of American Style'' exhibit at the [[Contemporary Jewish Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2020 |title=Levi's Exhibit Debuts at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco |url=https://www.sunset.com/lifestyle/levis-exhibit-debuts-at-the-contemporary-jewish-museum-san-francisco |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412024925/https://www.sunset.com/lifestyle/levis-exhibit-debuts-at-the-contemporary-jewish-museum-san-francisco |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=Sunset Magazine}}</ref> Hill also partnered with [[Armani]] during the late 1990s; the brand designed multiple custom looks for Hill and helped sponsored her ''Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' tour.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farley |first=Christopher John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwlBoSSahkYC&dq=lauryn+hill+armani&pg=PA89 |title=Aaliyah: More Than a Woman |date=January 26, 2002 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7434-5566-4 |language=en |access-date=May 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526043028/https://books.google.com/books?id=rwlBoSSahkYC&pg=PA89&dq=lauryn+hill+armani&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ov2=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfzL63kJL_AhVFFFkFHYhqD8oQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> A design created by Armani for the tour was on put display for the 1999 "Rock Style" themed [[Met Gala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROCK STYLE IS THEME FOR METROPOLITAN MUSEUM'S DECEMBER COSTUME INSTITUTE EXHIBITION – The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/1999/birock-styleib-is-theme-for-metropolitan-museums-december-costume-institute-exhibition |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526043029/https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/1999/birock-styleib-is-theme-for-metropolitan-museums-december-costume-institute-exhibition |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Metmuseum.org|date=2 December 1999 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Menkes |first1=Suzy |last2=Tribune |first2=International Herald |date=December 7, 1999 |title=The Met Celebrates Rock-Star Fashion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/07/style/IHT-the-met-celebrates-rockstar-fashion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526043028/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/07/style/IHT-the-met-celebrates-rockstar-fashion.html |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>