While there were plenty of braids on the recent London Fashion Week catwalk, let’s face it: ain’t none of us really got time for that. Especially if you’d rather hit snooze eight times than spend 20 minutes doing your hair.
The ponytail has been our go-to upstyle ever since we were able to wrap a school colour endorsed hairband way back in primary school, but who doesn’t need a few new – and quick – ways to style our hair? If like me (and the rest of The Glow team), you’ve lopped your hair into a short bob, this is especially true. Because there is no way you can get your hair into a topknot anymore without it looking something like this:
Bad, huh? But don’t resign yourself to a terrible '90s half-up half-down hairstyle (unless that’s the look you’re going for), there are plenty of hair accessories you can use to up your hair game in 2015.
1. Leather
The hair accoutrements over at New York Fashion Week were all about leather. Influential designers like Proenza Schouler, Derek Lam and Carolina Herrera all sent models down the runway with leather hair accessories - from ponytail holders to headbands and wraps.
The eagle-eye trend spotters over at Lady Jayne must have seen this one coming. They’ve just released their Minimalist Leather collection, which includes textured black ponytail holders (love these), leather bobby slides, and headbands.