Hair accessories have come a long way from the butterfly clips of your 90s childhood and this season, TONY&GUY’s International Artistic Director Cos Sakkas is showing us how to create a headband hairstyle in a few simple steps using the ever-popular Alice band. In case you were wondering, an Alice band is a horseshoe-shaped headband - a very common kind that you might have in various shapes and finishes. We saw a padded version of it most recently at Prada in 2018 and embellished iterations on their runway ever since! For a fun hairstyle that makes the most of your accessory, read on.
How to get the look
- Find the placement of the Alice band. It needs to sit diagonally back forward through the top of the head, then angle back behind the ears.
- Take a section that is about 1.5” and secure.
- Either side of the Alice band section take a half-mm section and create a scalp braid which will be the band’s outline.
- Inside the scalp braid flatten and spray the hair and fit it in place with heat and hairspray to give it solidity and shine.
- It’s important to leave a bit of scalp visible on the scalp braids so it looks like the Alice band is added rather than part of the hair.
- At the front, create a classic roll through the fringe and create a vertical roll through the back.
If you're still on the hunt for the perfect accessory, be sure to check out The Hottest Hair Accessories & Where To Get Them!
Credits:
Make-up: Lan Nguyen-Grealis
Styling: Veronica Greenhill
Photographs: Jack Eames
