16 May 2011

No headbands in College, okay?

I love Gossip Girl, I really do. The impossible lives, the amazing wardrobes and Blair's headbands. Or hairbands, I am never quite sure. My grandma referred to them as Alice Bands. Dan Humphrey does take it upon himself to tell Blair "No more headbands in College" as shown in this gif.

I am 22 and still wear hair accessories pretty much every day. Be it a bow pinned to the side of a messy up bun or a hairband to cover up two days of unwashed hair. They are fun to wear for work where my hair needs to be tied up. I do not have Blair Waldorf's budget however, I occasionally find my self looking at £400 headbands and then realising that is rent for a month. A girl can dream! I love flowers in my hair for summer and black lace numbers in winter, mostly bought from Primark, Asda and Matalan. My budget does not stretch to even Topshop, maybe a Topshop sale. 




The first River Island hairband looks ridiculous on the model, but looks would be fun to wear. Of course the Valentino one is never going to be mine but I love simple classic hairbands, makes the days when my hair is full of dry shampoo and sambuca a bit more manageable when shoved in a messy bun. I love the wire hairbands that are all over the highstreet currently, my favourite is actually a big 'black silk'one from Sainsbury's. However in most that I have bought the stitching has come loose and the wire has started to poke out from the end. Not a good look. 

Floral one from Matalan and the lace one from Asda. It was inevitable the wire would come out in the lace hairband as there are holes in it. The Matalan one is just badly made, oh disposable fashion.


Zoey xox


7 comments:

  1. Im loving a good head band atm to cover up my lovely roots ! xx

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  2. I have a huge collection of hairbands but never wear them anymore ): Blair Waldorf is an inspiration to us all hahaha! Just came across your blog and it's lovely! xx

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  3. I love that lace headband :) & I'm a huge Gossip Girl fan too, Jenny's style was so inspiring when she was at high school last season, I don't think she's in it anymore though.

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  4. I love hairbands, I have such a huge collection of them! They definitely come in useful as a distraction from unwashed hair at festivals! I love the ones you've picked out, the bird hair comb is so cute too. x

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  5. i love the leopard print turban! =)

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  6. I really envy people that can wear headscarves (like the last two pictured and in your photo's) I just look like an old washer woman rather than a cute pin-up, I don't know why it just doesn't work for me. I really love the look though! xxx

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  7. heyyy, I just thought I'd comment and say I'm from Lancaster too! Small world! x

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