The bezel is an accessory that a few years ago came back into fashion, and tightly settled in the wardrobe of modern fashionistas. It serves as a stylish addition to the hairstyle, allows you to quickly fix the hair in any situation and is suitable for any modern bow.
It is only important to choose a suitable accessory that will become a real decoration of your image.
A bit of history
The hoop or headband has a long history. One of the first mentions of this accessory is found in ancient Greece and ancient Rome.
The metal band called fille was worn by both women and men. He was needed to maintain the hairstyle on the crown. This accessory can be found on many antique images. They made such rims of copper, gold and even tortoiseshells.
In the Renaissance, they did not lose their relevance, they began to decorate with ribbons and precious stones, but now it was an element of exclusively women's wardrobe.
Do not forget that the hoop or wreath in her hair is an integral part of the girlish images of the Slavic peoples. Metal headbands were worn by unmarried women, various decorations were attached to them. Every nation had their own.
The element of decor could be freshwater pearls, beads, embroidery. If fresh flowers were attached to the rim, they called it a wreath and put it on loose hair or braided it in braids.
Kinds
For women
Women's hoops are diverse, we select several of the most popular types:
- Narrow. Most often they are made of metal and plastic and decorated with various decorative elements. Popular hoops with horns, bow, butterflies.
- Wide. Serve to support hair and look best on long hair. Sometimes they are replaced with a soft bandage or a scarf tied around the head.
- Voluminous. Can even hold curvaceous curls and securely fix them. Suitable owners of any thickness of hair.
- In retro style. Metal or plastic headbands with unusual elements of decor. For example, a hoop with a veil or a small hat adorning a hairstyle will look stylish. They are suitable for evening or carnival images.
- Comb - hoop with teeth, it is also called the scallop. Due to the presence of teeth, securely fastened in the hair.
For girls
Children's headbands will be useful for young fashionable women in any situation, because with their help you can make both everyday hairstyles and hairstyles for a special occasion.
For a newborn girl, you can buy a headband, decorated with a fun decor. For babies, manufacturers constantly invent unusual rims decorated with bows, funny insects or animals that will make your baby even nicer.
In school or kindergarten you can wear a hoop decorated with laconic leaves, flowers or a bow. Some schools have a dress code, so some girls need to choose school hoops in a minimalist style that will not be bright and screaming.
A stylish hoop for children decorated with kanzashi flowers will be suitable for a matinee. If the daughter still goes to kindergarten, her holiday image can be supplemented with a rim with Mickey Mouse ears or his girlfriend Minnie Mouse.
Of course, before buying a hoop for little girls, be sure to check it for the absence of chipping and burrs, which can injure the delicate skin of a child.
For the bride
This bezel bears a decorative function, and can be both an independent accessory and an addition to the veil.
A tiara will suit a chic wedding dress, and a laconic tiara will appeal to fans of a delicate romantic style.
A double or triple headband with lace or sparkles will decorate the high hairstyle.
For the bridesmaids fit beautiful headbands, studded with rhinestones, pebbles or pearls. It is interesting to look at models decorated with elements that are made in soutache technique or shibori technique.
To create such accessories use a special soutache tape, ribbons, pieces of fabric from which to make flowers, leaves, bows. Additionally, they are embroidered with beads and covered with sequins, so they look very impressive.
Most often for wedding bows choose a pale pink, mint, lavender or cappuccino hue. You can pick up the hoop under the dress or take the accessory in a contrasting color.
For mom and daughter
Headbands in the family look style differ only in size. Stylish identical accessories will help you with your daughter to emphasize the hair and decorate your image.
Most often, for mothers and babies, designers create hoops or wreaths with flowers that are suitable for beautiful ladies of any age. They will look great in everyday and festive bow.
Material
A traditional plastic wrap is considered traditional. It is additionally decorated with various decorative elements made of beads, beads, polymer clay, etc.
Also, there are metal rims that are stronger and more reliable, but they can cause discomfort in the sock - for some girls the metal presses in the temples or forehead. It is also decorated with any decor - pebbles, rhinestones, organza flowers and other things.
Gold or silver hoop is expensive, so it is rarely used in everyday wear. Typically, an accessory made of precious metals is chosen for a wedding or special occasion, complementing their evening dress.
Wire headbands are a popular accessory in ethnic style. Flowers are fastened on a wire from different materials. Popular models with roses, poppies, cornflowers, daisies, lilies, orchids, peonies and even tulips.
Also, fans of ethno will like the bezel made of wood or of birch bark, which will be a spectacular and unusual addition to the image.
The headband is one of the fashionable decisions of the current season, it can serve as an excellent alternative to the bezel. They are knitted, fur, from fabric, leather. The advantage of the bandages is that they are soft and do not crush the head, but at the same time, they allow to remove excess hair from the face.
Decor
Headbands with bright stones and with rhinestones that shimmer in the sun look gorgeous. Unfortunately, they are relevant only in special cases, for everyday wear it is better to pick up something less flashy.
Hoops with flowers do not go out of fashion. This may be a concise accessory, decorated with just one blooming color, and maybe a wreath, filled with buds around the perimeter. Additionally, they are decorated with peas, leaves and berries, placing them in between the flowers.
If you want something bold and spectacular, choose spikes hoops. Brave brutality will look good in a rocker bow.
Lovers of romantic accessories, on the contrary, will like delicate and feminine headbands with feathers, lace and pearls.
Very impressive look hoops with coins, made in the style of D & G. They are suitable for everyday wear and for publication.
For the Christmas party, pick up the bezel that adorns the element of the New Year's theme - Santa's hat, deer antlers or a holly twig.
Popular colors
The most popular, without a doubt, always remain rims of neutral colors - black, brown, white, beige. They are universal and will be an excellent complement to the image for all occasions. They will suit both the business image of a young woman and the school image of a girl.
Color hoops are usually selected, starting from the color of their outfit. It looks good red, blue, green - bright colors are suitable for girls in almost any type of appearance, look good on both light and dark hair.
For summer, you can pick up bright neon rims that will look especially good with tan.
Fashion trends, new items and unusual ideas.
This season bohemian aesthetics are popular, many designers have relied on Hollywood chic. It can be metal bezels, concise and stylish. It is desirable that they be massive, but only if such accessories suit you - it is important to create a harmonious image.
Evening and wedding fashion appeals to the vintage style, many designer headbands are made in the style of the 30s and 60s of the last century. For example, this is manifested by the fact that in the 30s everything was bright and brilliant, so hoops decorated with large stones that will complement the graduation look.
As for the headbands in the style of the 60s, these are wide models made of plastic, which can be supplemented with loose hair or a high hair Babette. Exclusive rims can be additionally enamelled, which makes them even more attractive.
Designer hoops this year literally amaze with their diversity. Fashion House Chanel offers to decorate the hair with a wide black ribbon-bandage, while securing the hair on the back of the head with a stylish hairpin.
Lanvin, Marc Jacobs and Rodarte suggest focusing their attention on rims decorated with stones, flowers and coins. Various designers can find wedding and casual models that fit the image of absolutely any style.
As always, the most shocking hoops are presented by Dolce & Gabbana. For example, this summer they offer fashionable women to decorate their hair with a yellow-green hoop, on which small leaves and yellow-green lemons are applied.
Unusual headbands can be found in the collections of Gucci - this fashion house has presented fabric headbands with unusual prints - images of flowers, snakes and, traditionally, bees.
It is worth noting that if you do not have the opportunity to buy an expensive accessory, it is easy to repeat it yourself by buying a small piece of printed silk at the store or tied a folded silk scarf around your head.
Styles
Baroque
Hoops in the style of Italian Baroque came into vogue back in 2014, thanks to two amazing designers. Of course, we are talking about the above-mentioned Dolce & Gabbana.
Such headbands are more reminiscent of luxurious tiaras than everyday hair accessories. But their advantage is that they can be an addition to both evening and business image.
They are medium-width hoops to which premium-class stones and beads, crystal, glass, pearl beads, metal spikes and beads are securely glued or sewn.
Of course, branded accessories have a lot of copies that look no less elegant, but more affordable. They all look as elegant and elegant, so the Baroque style for several years does not go out of fashion.
In the style of the 20s
This era is a huge number of accessories, but separately it is necessary to highlight hair accessories - a variety of headbands that look very original.
If you watched the movie "The Great Gatsby" or the musical "Chicago", you will not be hard to imagine what the accessories of that time looked like. These are various bandages, which are decorated with ostrich feathers, ribbons with embroidery, lace, beads. Fantasy designers were where to roam.
Today, they can be a mandatory element of your image, if you go to a party in the style of the 20s. However, they can be made an element and a stylish everyday image. But be sure to wear such a bezel with a dress, it is desirable that it be designed in the style of that era.
How to wear?
For a long time, the rims performed only a functional role, they were used to remove hair from the face. But, recently, we are increasingly confronted with the fact that the hoop can perform a purely decorative role.
He can decorate any hairstyle: dissolve or stab the hair, make a high beam, hide the bang or adjust its shape using the rim. Consider some of the most popular examples of how modern girls wear hoops.
Owners of the correct shape of the face and not very wide forehead, you can simply fix loose hair rim, and, if desired, slightly twist the ends. This is a versatile option that fits regardless of whether you have short or long hair.
Girls with bangs can leave her face framed, combed back all the other hair.
If you want to stretch your face, you will have a comb at the top of the head. Hair should be combed back and secured with a rim, and in order for the styling not to break up, fix the curls with varnish.
A quick hairstyle for any celebration - make curls and put on a spectacular headband, without removing the strands from the face.
If you have soft features, for everyday wear you will approach the horsetail hairstyle. The hoop at the same time will play the role of an accessory and remove excess hair from the forehead.
How to store?
If you live in an apartment, it is best to use a vertical storage system - this can be a mini-dresser or a hanging module. This will save you precious space.
If there are a lot of rims, use drawer organizers or clothes dividers to sort the accessories and quickly find the ones you need. For example, a good option to put apart everyday, festive and those that are suitable for business images. So in the morning you will save your time without spending it on searches.
If there are not very many rims, you can select a place on the dressing table where you will place a special basket. Not only hoops can be folded into it, but also other hair accessories - elastics, hairpins, invisible hair.
The basket can be replaced with any box - a round gift wrap for perfumes, a tin can of cookies and other things.
Wall modules and vertical stands - a good solution for rims with surround decoration. So that the flowers, bows, and other decorations do not get crushed and spoiled, it is better to hang your hoop on a special hook.