Pinterest’s Latest Inclusive Beauty Feature: Hair Pattern Searches
WWD | August 18, 2021 Pinterest revealed a new computer vision-enabled hair pattern search tool on Tuesday that was created with people of color in mind. The filter for beauty searches distinguishes and sorts results according to six different hair patterns: protective, coily, curly, wavy, straight and shaved/bald. Pinterest said it has detected hair patterns in more than 500 million images in its platform. The tool is a progression from Pinterest’s skin tone ranges, a beauty