Floral hair accessories are the hottest thing in Mumbai’s shopping alleys now.
Roses, orchids, sunflowers, lilies… they seem be blooming on the city’s streets. Well, at least on hair accessories.
The retro look has extended to accessories as well, and you know this when you walk down Mumbai’s many fashion alleys, and spot a variety of floral hair clips, head bands, hair clutches making their presence felt. Large and small, in silk, chiffon, sheer, feather, or cotton, floral hair accessories seem to be the fashion du jour.
It’s easy to understand why these are popular when the advent of resort wear into the Indian fashion scene is taken into consideration. Most fashionistas unanimously vouch that a maxi dress and a floral hair clip are a pair made in heaven. Designer Nishka Lulla says, “Tie-up head bands with floral accessories can be teamed up with dresses really well. Plus, floral pins can be attached to your shoes or your outfits as a brooch. They are available in so many colours and they lend a feminine feel to your look. You could also wear a chiffon bandana with a synthetic flower attached to nail the boho look. Floral hair accessories really lift the outfit.”
Actress Sonia Mehra, who has an enviable collection of floral head bands, confesses to having had a fascination for them since she was five.
“I have collected them from all over — London, Goa, flea markets, streets in Mumbai... everywhere. You can wear different ones, depending on your outfit. And if someone can’t carry off bigger flowers, smaller ones come in handy,” she says, adding that she wouldn’t call this a trend. “It has to go with the personality. For me, it’s like having fun and expressing yourself via fashion.”
Just as these accessories have made way into high street fashion stores, so have they in the several shopping streets in Mumbai.
As Rahmat, an accessory seller on Hill Road, quips, “I’ve been selling over a hundred of these floral hair accessories every day. Whether it’s bands, elastic bands, clips or bobby pins… you name it, I have it!” Well, if nothing else, you now know the secret to avert a bad hair day!
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}