“It’s a hairdresser’s fashion week,” said Dwight Eubanks, who had just stepped off the stage from judging the Champion of Weaves competition at the Bronner Bros. International Beauty Show in Atlanta. Mr. Eubanks is a Bronner Bros. devotee and has been coming to the event since he was 16. “The future is looking really good, the students are really excited about the craftsmanship.”

Mr. Eubanks and 30,000 other attendees came together over a three-day stretch this month to what is now the largest multicultural beauty trade show in the world. They are part of a community that has formed around this event, which offers hairstylists, makeup artists and attendees the space to create and showcase the styles that reflect a celebration of the versatility of black hair. On view at a recent show this month were playful weaves and extensions in vivid hues, natural cuts, dreadlocks and braids that were structures as much as styles.

“We don’t have a show on this level where we, as stylists, are able to get educated like this,” said Anya Parker, who has been attending the show for 10 years from Memphis. “I will probably come here until I’m dead and gone .”