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THE ROOTS OF MODERN HAIR ACCESSORIES Where Your Favorite Hair Adornments Came From
Chances are you’ve either reached for an elastic hair tie recently or have noticed someone else do so to pull their hair back and combat the summer heat. But you’ve probably never wondered about the history behind this small hair tool. Nearly every popular hair accessory today has a long, rich background that transcends continents, nations, and cultures. Here are the roots of four ways humans have kept their hair at bay for millennia. ELASTIC BANDS While elastic rubber hasn’t been around for long in the world of hair care, plenty of ancient precursors served the same purpose as modern-day hair ties and scrunchies. Bronze Age Europeans made hair rings out of precious
origins date back much further than that. Both men and women in ancient Mesopotamia, China, and Mexico wore headbands. The bands were initially made of metal like ancient hair ties, but eventually, people everywhere adopted cloth as it became available. HAIR BEADS Adorning hair with beads has been a cultural practice in West Africa for hundreds of years before it made its way all over the world. Typically, women — and sometimes men — use beads to accentuate their twists, braids, and cornrows, and placement of the accessories can take hours to get right. Beads may not keep hair secure in the same way as ties or bands, but their wide use is steeped in rich cultural significance that can’t be ignored. HAIR STICKS Native American tribes and East Asian cultures originated the use of hair forks and sticks long before the accessories entered mainstream culture. Native American hair sticks are made of many materials and often elaborately decorated. Well into the 20th century, Japanese women wore highly stylized kogai , part of a sword mounting, to symbolize their social status.
metals, and ancient Egyptians made them from other materials like alabaster and jasper. If you think these hair rings sound a little clunky, you’re right, but they did the trick thousands of years before the advent of rubber bands.
HEADBANDS You might guess that today’s headbands take some inspiration from the flapper girls of the 1920s, and while that might be true, their
Who knew keeping your hair out of your face had such a rich, global legacy?
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