A lovely large mural on a wall of a woman with blue skin in Melbourne, Victoria

A lovely large mural on a wall of a woman with blue skin in Melbourne, Victoria in December 2019

An Aboriginal girl at Galiwinku on Elcho Island, Australia

An Aboriginal girl at Galiwinku on Elcho Island, Australia

Braided mannequins outside a beauty shop in Phuket, Thailand

Braided mannequins outside a beauty shop in Phuket, Thailand in August 2017

A player with braids in his hair and on the ground during a junior AFL football match in Galiwinku on Elcho Island in the Northern Territory

A player with braids in his hair and on the ground during a junior AFL football match in Galiwinku on Elcho Island in the Northern Territory taken in June 2008

Stylish couple in Istanbul, Turkey. Love the braids

Stylish couple in Istanbul, Turkey in January 2014. Love the braids

Gaily dressed African women in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Gaily dressed African women in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa in February 2015

A mannequin with braids in Ao Nang, Krabi district, Thailand

A mannequin with braids in Ao Nang, Krabi district, Thailand in May 2016

Young girl with dreadlocks at Floriade, the Canberra Flower Festival. Look at the zip in her ear!

Young girl with dreadlocks at Floriade, the Canberra Flower Festival, in September 2010. Look at the zip in her ear!

Woman with braids in a supermarket in Osaka, Japan

Woman with braids in a supermarket in Osaka, Japan in March 2015

Woman walking on the Marine Parade in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Woman walking on the Marine Parade in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in February 2015

Chinese woman with braided hair in Sydney

Chinese woman with braided hair in Sydney in September 2013

Sexy tourist

Sexy tourist at SA Paper and umbrella handicraft centre outside Chiang Mai, Thailand in September 2012

African woman in Bangkok

African woman getting into a taxi while two African men look on appreciatively at Pratunam, Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011. is she wearing a thong?

Long braids

Man with braids at the Floriade Flower Show in Canberra in October 2011

Braided portrait

Woman with braids at the Floriade Flower festival in Canberra in October 2011

Braided woman

Woman with braids at the Floriade Flower festival in Canberra in October 2011

Braiding hair

A woman getting her hair braided on Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia in June 2011

Smiling couple

Pam and Robert in Canberra in January 2010

Smiling girl

Girl in Canberra in January 2010

Mannequin braids

Braids on a mannequin in Ao Nang, Thailand, in March 2010