Hair accessories

I have been a collector of hair accessories for a long, long time, my first being a cherry hairclip at the age of 5 . For the last few years I have collected Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton hair clips and slides and also a few by Luella. They are fantastic for keeping in your handbag to add to an outfit or to update a simple ponytail or bun.

I then started to collect brooches that I also put in hair – my favourites were by Sonia Rykiel. I would only use them on my own head, as the pin makes them slightly dangerous, but in fact it’s easy to pin a brooch through a ponytail, at the base.

Whenever I go abroad I also look for things to adorn the head. Here are items that I found in Mexico, and  some headbands from Cuba . In Paris I always buy beautiful ornate slides.
Hair accessories are HUGE right now and the trend seems to go on from season to season in some form or another. Today I found these in Liberty – they have a department with accessories by designers that made me coo!

I found these amazing headpieces by Zoe Sherwood. They would be beautiful yet quirky to wear to an event, but I would also wear them to the pub – just randomly with a pared-down look.
I collect them for my clients; I have in mind certain people as I buy. But when I was a creative director I always brought accessories to use in the salon – a box of mixed-up ones, from vintage to modern. We would just put the price on and charge them on top of a blow-out. Or lend them to a client for a special occasion.

I also left Liberty with some beautiful velvet slides, and of course the new Marc Jacobs collection.
Marc Jacobs do the strongest hair clips that I have ever used and they are worth every penny. Mind you, Topshop had a great selection too.