Hair accessories
for women are associated with some optional and enthralling elements and bando
is the very one hair accessory that is not a must and it is not something to be
popular in mass. Bando binds to dress up in the proper style. Nevertheless, bando
is getting trendier introduced as hair accessory made of tiny motley silk
stripes to real tiaras with precious pendants or velvet roses on the side.
Fashion designers launch more accessory lines presenting more bando models and
there comes the time when bando will be a must-have element of the elegant
style wear.
Some time back
Bando was
initially presented as the hair band incrusted with precious stones which
mainly covered the forehead. This hair accessory pushed forward to be trendy in
the second half of the 20thth-19th centuries were
made for several purposes since the precious band was able to part into several
jewels as earrings, brooches or as a necklace as the whole jewel. century when the court ladies refused to
wear uncomfortable and bulky tiaras and the jewelers suggested the lighter and
delicate jewel to replace. The bando looked then like a ribbon with the loose ends
to tie on the back head and embroidered with gems. Though, such an accessory
was not news for the world of jewelry. Such bando was introduced much earlier.
So, the bando samples for the 18
The period
of time when Coco Chanel reigned in the world of fashion and perfumery so
distinctive for elegance and refined glamour, bando could not be neglected at
all. The 20s and 30s were the times of great changes in fashion industry when
puffy evening dresses turned to come as close-fitted dresses with drapery of
lavish silk and elegant low-cat at the back. In the day-time women showed off
wearing female dandy suits by Chanel. Women, on the whole, are women to love
jewels and they will always get fascinated with the scatter of precious stones
on a tiny stuff on them. However, the women’s wear of the time required les
bulky accessories but a thread of pearl, tiny brooches and glamour bando were
perfectly the accessories to complement images created by Coco Chanel. The
diamond-studded hair bands accentuated so popular for the time bob style
haircut. The reputed fashion designer from France Paul Poiret offered a bando model
with the detachable pendant as a pearl or precious stone placed just in the
center of the forehead. Far less expensive band models were used for everyday wear
like lacy or tulle bando with the fastening clasp.
Celebrity
bando
The most
vivid bando that impressed millions of women throughout the world was the one
used by legendary Liza Minnelli in the «Cabaret» musical when she performed the
Money, money song so familiar by many of her admirers. A dress styled retro of
30s, a short haircut and a diamond band with the plume of the black feathers
attached to the forehead make the image of a glamorous singer perfectly performed
by Minnelli which still stirs the hearts of men of today and inspires modern
fashion horses and celebrities. So, a young American pop-country signer Taylor
Swift demonstrated her positive attitude to bando. She owns a wide collection
of gold and ordinary metal bands, parti-colored and single-color silky straps
to trim her blonde locks. Bando seems to touch fancy of most women today. So, in
April 2010 at the annual meeting of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation the reputed
American figure skater Johnny Weir appeared boasting with the metal hair band
as the weaved golden and silver threads as the jewel work by the Ban.do brand. The
actress Katrina Bowden admires this brand also and she shined with the golden
bando tiara at the Miami
birthday party. Maria
Menounos, the American model and TV host shoot mouths off wearing a
brilliant band strip of diamonds. Bando is mainly used by celebrities as the
jewelry hair accessory to fix above the forehead.
Accessorize
Company specializing in production of trendy stuff for women launches new lines
of accessories among which bando takes its reasonable place. So, the series Vintage
Boudoir offers a-la ballet dancer with the vivid color flower made from the
delicate lace or fosta nylon onto the thin elastic strip or a velvet ring with
the leopard print.
The bando models
presented by Jennifer Behr are the most graceful and affordable. The designer used
the satin rich in texture, shining silk and delicate natural skin for her
collections. The same as jewelers of previous centuries Jennifer employed
brilliant precious stones, gems, varicolored feathers and studs.
Today it is
no required to go shopping and look for such radiant masterpieces. They can be
made by hands in minutes. Just a little more patience, old stuff from drawers
and you can be sure to have the inclusive extraordinary jewelry.
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