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Hair:soon the return of the big pliers?

Fashion is recycled, it is well known, and certain articles and accessories that marked our youth can reappear in our adult life, giving rise to an irrepressible nostalgia. The trend of bringing the 1990s up to date is the perfect example:after the Slinky, the composite sandal created by Steve Madden and particularly adored by the Spice Girls, it was the turn of tight crop-tops, overalls and “mom” jeans spotted in the Friends series to receive renewed interest. And the last accessory straight from a bygone era but which is once again causing a sensation is hair:it is indeed the hair clip. We are not talking to you about the discreet barrettes and pins that are used to maintain the rebellious locks, but rather about the large clip which has the function of raising the entire hair. Do you also see yourself doing the maneuver? We tighten her hair at the nape of the neck, then we wrap it on itself before raising it along the skull and fixing it with said pliers. All that remains is to pull out two small locks on either side of the face (à la Alizée in her Me, Lolita years ) and that's it… No, regarding this last point, we're joking. This is to be banned permanently!

A reinvented object deemed "cheesy"

The hair accessory that represents an alternative to the elastic and the scrunchie – moreover, it too recently signed its big comeback – was seen at the Alexander Wang fashion show which presented its fall-winter 2018/2019 collection. The designer still added a refined touch to the object:he covered it with chrome silver and affixed the logo of his fashion house. Yeah, well, ours in transparent plastic (colored and glittery, for the lucky ones) wasn't so bad either, after all... different than we wear to them. It's been the trend for a while now:what was long considered "uncool" or even old-fashioned can be reinvented “, explained Guido Palau, the artistic director of the Redkin cosmetics brand, to the site Harper’s Bazaar . So, do you see re-adopting the accessory that was all the rage 20 years ago?