3 Hair Accessories to Make You Smile

There’s classic with a twist—and then there’s classic with a legit sense of humor. Our favorite hair accessories right now are quirky, cheeky, and irreverent. And the only thing more unexpected than the pieces themselves? How they’re being worn. We rounded up three ways to try out these tongue-in-cheek hair baubles.

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At some point, the barrette got a reputation it couldn’t shake— for being either totally sweet or totally boring or totally both. But for Adam Selman’s spring show, jewelry designer Chris Habana transformed the misunderstood hair accessory. First, Habana blew them up in size. Next, he made them neon metallic—the hottest pinks and most Day-Glo oranges. And then hairstylist James Pecis stepped in. He twisted models’ hair into knots anchored at the hairline and attached the vivid hair accessories so close to the forehead, they almost looked wrong. And that’s exactly what made them look oh so right.

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Adam Selman x Chris Habana clips (chrishabanajewelry.com).

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PIN POINTS

Imagine the ’80s: Women are crimping their hair and jamming to Cyndi Lauper. Ashley Williams’s spring show brought us right back there. (Lauper actually provided inspiration for the show’s youthful, playful hair.) But instead of using crimping irons on the models, hairstylist Indira Schauwecker wove and flatironed hair around wire and adorned it with pins spelling out “girls”and “boys” in rhinestone letters. They’re a cheeky way to pull layers off the face or decorate the back of a topknot.

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Ashley Williams hairpins, $79 for a set of two (ashleywilliamslondon.com).

BELTWAY

A belt around your waist? Practical. A belt around your ponytail? Sexy and more than a little subversive. Swapping out the typical hair ribbon for a buckled strap makes an already sleek ponytail seem even more controlled (or perhaps we should say dominated?). Backstage at Tibi, hairstylist Frank Rizzieri dried and flatironed hair and secured it at the nape of the neck with two clear elastics. Then he wrapped it with one of the belts made specifically for the show. To play up the crispness of the look and get an obsessively neat finish, mist a toothbrush with hair spray to smooth down frizz.

Tibi Ready-to-Wear Spring/ Summer 2017

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Tibi belt hair ties, $65 each (tibi.com).

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