History of Hair Bands

Hair bands were first seen early day Greeks who wore hair wreaths. Both the Greeks and Romans wore these pieces to very special occasions or an important event. As the hair bands began to become more popular other cultures such as the Etruscans and Romans started to decorate their wreaths with jewels made up of gold and silver. While wreaths are certainly a likely beginning of today's hair bands, some historians also believe that current day hair bands have slowly taken shape from scarves that were worn around the head or were modified from the band of hats that tied under the chin. Hair braces were very popular in previous times and continue to become more popular, having different trends and styles for the way a male or female can wear them.





Headband - Hair bands as a Fashion accessory

Over time wearing hair bands has changed from being worn to special occasions and important events to more of a fashionable accessory. There are many kinds of hair bands such as, leathered, plastic, fabric, toothed and novelty.

The leather hair bands are usually glued on to a harder plastic headband or they are hand stitched.
The plastic hair band which is the most common head bands can be wavy, straight, or angled.
Fabric headbands are the most comfortable because they do not dig into the head. They usually have an elastic band so that they hair band forms to the head.
The toothed hair bands have a comb like teeth that are connected to the top part of the headband. They teeth are used to keep the hair in place so it does not get in the face and stays in place.
Novelty headbands are usually used for holidays, many times they have decorations attached to them such as bunny ear, reindeer ears, Santa clause hats and others.
Headbands have become fashionable items that many celebrities such as, Paris Hilton, Brittany Snow, Eva Longoria and Jamie King wear.