Last month, while on holiday in Curaçao, I was at a loss for what to do with my hair . It’s in that sort of bob that’s too short to be easily manipulated into a ponytail or pigtails, but leaving it free meant being constantly whipped in the face by wet strands as I lounged on the beach.
Then Gracie Abrams performed at Glastonbury . While her oxblood Rodarte frock may have been made-to-measure, her hair accessory was far simpler: a matching bandana, folded diagonally and wrapped around her head like Christina Aguilera did in the early 2000s.
“It’s a chic and effortless look inspired by style icons like Jane Birkin, Brigette Bardot, and Jean Shrimpton,” says Abrams’s go-to hairstylist Bobby Eliot . “What I love about a bandana is that it elevates a look without much effort. It also