Whether you call them hair sticks, chop sticks, hair picks - whatever you choose, once you start to pull your hair up and back securely with a bit of wood, bone, plastic or metal - you won't look back! Hair...
The Art Craft of Hawaiian Flower Hair Picks Aloha to all you Hawaiians and Islanders at Heart! Are you looking to give your look an island flair? Love the fresh flowers of Hawaii, but can't grow them...
In this, the second of my guides to the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period, I examine some of the more exotic influences which contributed to the development of the style. In particular the...
The Designer's Point of View.Hair accessories function according to a set of basic principles relative to their design. They all depend on the accumulation of hair strands bound together, which in turn creates...
This fourth in my series of guides on the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period looks in greater detail at some of the definitive design motifs and decorative effects found. It does not aspire to...
The Science of Sizing.One of the most difficult aspects in choosing accessories is sizing. Most of us know that one size rarely fits all, and that different lengths are often necessary to achieve different...
This discussion looks at combs and hair accessories during the decade 1950 - 1960. Two important stylistic influences, the neo-Baroque and the Modernist are examined in detail. The artifacts of this period is...
In the first of my guides on Spanish Mantilla Combs, I traced their development to the end of the 19th century. This discussion traces the popularity of the mantilla type comb in the early 20th century and...
The third of my guides to the combs and hair accessories of the Art Deco period discusses in detail the work of Auguste Bonaz, the master comb maker of the Art Deco period. Indeed, no discussion of Art Deco...
This guide traces the development of the late Art Deco style into the 1930s and 1940s, and gives an account of how these changing fashions affected the styles of hair combs worn during the period. We also look...