*Image via Lauren Napier’s Instagram account, though I’m not sure of original source. I profiled Lauren as a woman of substance a few months back!
I’ll admit that when I first bought the pearl-studded Lele Sadoughi knot headband that took the street style world by storm about two years ago, I was both thrilled with the style and skeptical that it would last long in my weekly wardrobe. At my daughter’s first back-to-school night (over a year before COVID hit, i.e., in a different lifetime, when we could still set foot in the school building), one of the parents nudged his wife and said: “Look, she’s wearing one of those headbands you’ve been talking about.” I had the thought, then, that I should probably get as much wear as possible as soon as possible because you know a trend is peaking when husbands are aware of it.
But I have been proven wrong: season after season, I find myself accessorizing with headbands, and, earlier this year, Amanda Gorman made them even cooler while wearing one, crown-like, as she delivered her inaugural poem. Headbands are definitely here to stay awhile.
A few of my top picks here, plus more in the text below!
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Currently at the top of my lust list: Hill House’s lightly-padded Alice style (01.) in either the moire pink or blue botanical (look for less with this $14 Buru find), although her more exaggerated big sister, The Halo, is winning, too, for a more dramatic occasion. I wore this similarly-dimensioned Lele Sadoughi in corduroy (05.) all winter long and it always felt like the perfect embellishment to my look. (P.S. — I personally love the way HH’s founder, Nell Diamond, goes tone-on-tone, matching headband to nap dress in either the same print or a coordinated color! Tres chic!)
I am also drooling over this raffia-and-pearl find (02. — !!!!), this wrapped grosgrain style (06. — love the color; look for less with this), and these fun, inexpensive woven ones (04).
Most of my knotted/statement collection is by headband queen Lele Sadoughi — the materials, construction, style, etc. are all top-notch, and I find them fairly comfortable to wear. My go-to last summer was this denim style, and I wore this velvet bow confection straight through the holidays this year. However, there are countless similar knotted styles for less, including:
THIS $10 EYELET, WHICH WOULD GO WITH EVERYTHING IN YOUR SPRING WARDROBE
LIBERTY FLORAL (07.)
EYELET AND FLORAL TOGETHER FOR $20
If you’re not sure about the padded or knotted styles, a few more understated styles I love:
TORTOISE IS TIMELESS. (08.)
RAFFIA (03.)
Finally, major splurge moment: Gucci Gucci Gucci.
P.S. My other favorite hair accessory du jour, and nearly all my favorite hair tools and products are in this section of my shop.
P.P.S. It may surprise you to learn that shampoo/conditioner is usually one of my “save” (versus) splurge areas. Pantene Pro-V is just so good!
P.P.P.S. Benches and ottomans.