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Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory

No longer the stuff of early'90s Hilary Clinton and Alice in Wonderland, headbands are suddenly, wildly chic. The versatile hair accessory was all over the Spring runways, and sassing up the ensembles of some of the coolest celebs in Hollywood. The best part? The new headbands come in a zillion different styles. From oversized Victorian bows to skinny, embellished numbers, check out our favorite headband looks.
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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White Out

No longer the stuff of early’90s Hilary Clinton and Alice in Wonderland, headbands are suddenly, wildly chic. The versatile hair accessory was all over the Spring runways, and sassing up the ensembles of some of the coolest celebs in Hollywood. The best part? The new headbands come in a zillion different styles. From over-sized Victorian bows to skinny, embellished numbers, check out our favorite headband looks. Here, supermodel Selita Ebanks punctuates her half-up, half-down curls with a dainty white headband.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Bow Wow Wow

At the Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2010 show, the designer sent models down the runway in exaggerated, brightly-hued bow headbands that matched the girly frocks.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Band Aid

At the MTV Movie Awards, Alicia Keys tamed her wild curls with a skinny headband across her forehead. So gypsy-chic!

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Flower Power

Zoe Kravitz showed up to the Erin Featherston show looking every inch the child of neo-hippies! It’s kind of kooky, but we’re loving her flower-strewn headband.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Double Trouble

Janet Jackson adds some oomph to her Bardot bouffant with a chic, double-strand headband.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Girly Glam

Leona Lewis completes her uber-girly, Barbie-chic ensemble with a chiffon bow-embellished headband. On anyone else it would be cutesy overload, but she makes it work!

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Haute Hippie

Socialite Genevieve Jones nails the hippie chick look with long, straight hair and an embellished floral headband.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Tougher Than Leather

“Vampire Diaries” star Katerina Graham adds a wide leather headband to her playful updo.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Family Jewels

Rihanna amps up the glitz by adding a delicate, jewel-encrusted headband to her cool-girl crop.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory
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Twisted Sister

At Charlotte Ronson’s Spring 2010 show, the designer wrapped twisted fabric headbands around the models’ heads, a’la Latoya Jackson circa 1984.

Hot Headbands: Spring's Must-Have Hair Accessory