“Hate it”- Olympian Chloe Kim wants a new name for ‘sl*t strands’

“Hate it”- Olympian Chloe Kim wants a new name for ‘sl*t strands’

Chloe Kim

Chloe Kim, the two-time gold medalist has reckoned that the “sl*t strands” moniker that has been associated with the popular hairstyle for female snowboarders, needs to be changed. Notably, this hairstyle features two pieces of hair sticking out from underneath their helmet with the goal is to show that it is a woman hitting the slopes under all that gear.

The 21-year-old recently spoke to InStyle this week wishing that there was a different term for the hairdo.

“We need to change the name to beauty strands,” she told InStyle.

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“I hate the term. Beauty strands make me feel beautiful, and it’s such a cute thing.”

“The feminine urge to pull hair strands out of your helmet every day so people know you are a girl,” the youngster had earlier posted to TikTok in November.

“Sl*t strands 4 life.”

Elsa Watkins founded the Sl*t Strand Society

FYI, Snowboarder Elsa Watkins founded the Sl*t Strand Society, an apparel company based in Denver. In one of her old media interactions, she had said that she “didn’t necessarily like” the term growing up but later embraced it and took ownership of the nickname.

“When we started calling them sl*t strands in like sixth grade, it kind of just stuck with us. Now it’s turned into a giant global community of ladies and strands,” she explained.

“I just grew up always knowing that that’s what we called them. I didn’t necessarily like it, per se, but I was like, OK, if this is what we’re gonna call it, we might as well embrace it and make lemons out of lemonade, because obviously the name is not gonna change.

“You will hardly see anyone in the Olympics right now without their strands out.

“It’s a super simple way to make people in the space feel celebrated and included and worthy,” Watkins added.

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