Hair bows are this season’s must-have accent

Undeniably, relating to equipment, we have entered the period of hair bows. You may’t have missed them. We have seen them everywhere in the pink carpet, throughout social and everywhere in the hair of our fave celebs and influencers. For occasion season – and heading into 2024 – if you wish to level-up an outfit with some additional fashion kudos, a hair bow is the whole lot.

Questioning why they’re again on the map? Unsurprisingly, TikTok has just a little one thing to do with it. The “preppy” and “costly hair” actions have collided with the growth of hair bows. The Gossip Woman revival is coming at us from one route, bringing again fashion inspo from the likes of Blair Waldorf. Individually, the coquette and balletcore aesthetics proceed to recruit new followers, together with Hailey Bieber. Not your vibe? Goth-girls are leaning into the Victoriana vibe with black velvet bows or silky black ribbons. No matter your temper, we’re right here for velvet, silk and organza hair bows added to ponytails and updos.

After all, the hair bow obsession has been constructing for some time. Celebrities like Ariana Grande have been using the bow pattern significantly laborious for the previous few years. And the runways predicted an uplift again in February of this yr when the accent was worn beneath fashions’ eyes (yep, actually) at Simone Rocha throughout London Vogue Week’s AW23 present. And it was adopted up at Balmain in Paris the place lead hair stylist, Sam McKnight, created “vertibows” or vertical bows out of the fashions’ hair. Likewise, the SS24 runways signify they’re right here to remain, with corset bow hair seen at Christian Siriano.

And this years Met Gala gave us numerous hair bow seems to be (extra on that beneath), because it honoured former Chanel inventive director, Karl Lagerfeld, who not solely featured bow particulars closely in his collections, campaigns and runways, he was identified to put on them spherical his neck and in his hair himself.

Superstar hairstylist Gregory Russell—the person behind Anya Taylor-Pleasure’s hair—says he loves bows as a simple strategy to costume up hair and add a ’60s really feel. He loves a bow paired with a half-updo, a ponytail, or a low messy fashion to distinction the bow.

“In the event you’re fearful about wanting too styled, I’d make certain there’s a messy, easy texture to your fashion to steadiness the femme feeling of a bow,” Gregory says. Attempt Moroccanoil’s Dry Texture Spray so as to add physique and shine with out crunch and Ouai’s Matte Pomade for a medium maintain that provides texture and depth to the look. So far as bows go, Russell recommends manufacturers like Lelet and Jennifer Behr, since they’re straightforward to make use of.

This is a few of our favorite methods to put on the hair bow pattern…

Bow and brooch braids

Polished blow-dry + bow

Crimson velvet bow

Sparkly bow

Facet-parted sparkly bow

Supersized however sheer

Velvet bow

Silky ponytail bow

Broad bow

Bob + bow

Braid + bow

Preppy bow ponytail

Bow bun

Silky pink bow

Black organza bow

Balletcore bow

Marie Antoinette-style bows

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Bow bubble braid

Half up half down bow

Previous Hollywood bow

Rainbow

Cutesy bow

Pigtail bow

Tonal

Dinky child braid bow

Facet-parted

Multi-bow

Trendy ballerina bun

Pink claw clip bow

Half-up and retro

Tinkerbell topknot

Outsized bow

Camila Cabello

The Daisy Jones & The Six star’s smooth waves, half-up half-down hair and velvet bow is traditional.