Fashion Girls Agree: Everyone Needs This Easy and Chic Hair Accessory

Accessories come and go, but headbands are the ones that never seem to disappear from our wardrobes. They've been making a regular appearance on the fashion set for a while now—although not overly prominent, it's the piece that pops back up just when you think it's about to leave. Simple, '90s-inspired headbands are especially having a moment right now, thanks to Schiaparelli's F/W 23 runway that is still on everybody's minds in 2024. (Thank you, Daniel Roseberry!) Now all it takes is an easy hair accessory to fix your bad hair day and look runway-ready. We just can't get enough of the classic headpiece.

Headbands are no longer just the preppy ones you saw on Blair Waldorf's head in Gossip Girl. They've become more refined and understated, and worn by the likes of Bella Hadid and Jennifer Lawrence. Keep scrolling to find 15 headbands that'll instantly make your outfit feel elegant, and work for your style preference, whether you like sleek lines or embellished shapes.

Associate Fashion Editor
Yusra Siddiqui is an editor who resides in New Jersey but bounces between the suburbs and NYC. (She's a Jersey girl at heart.) After interning at Who What Wear in 2019, she found her way to the team after graduating from LIM College in 2022 with a fashion media degree. She's also spent time writing and working for publications such as Fashionista, Coveteur, and Nylon, but she always knew that Who What Wear was where she was meant to be. When she's on the job, she's perusing runway shows, analyzing the latest thing fellow Gen Zers are up to on the internet, and sharing what she can about the modest-fashion market. You can also catch her dabbling in entertainment, talking about the costume choices of the latest Netflix series or diving deeper into how the plotline affects the viewers in a myriad of ways. Lastly, she likes to create content for Who What Wear's TikTok. Her personal time is spent doing similar but also different things—deep diving into almost every new TV show (Bridgerton, Gilmore Girls, and Stranger Things are favorites), planning her next local getaway (whenever that may be), and reading the latest Emily Henry or Sally Rooney novel in one sitting.