Imagine showing up at an event, dressed to the nines, with your hair done but lacking pizzazz or oomph. Your whole look will, by association, lack pizzazz or oomph! This is where hair accessories come in. They are the perfect way to elevate any boring old hairdo, and what’s best, you can pick and choose just the kind you want, matching it to your outfit and style.

Hair accessories are some of the oldest forms of ornament known. From the dawn of civilisation, women and men both wore accessories in their hair to adorn and to signify status. To that end, hair jewellery was both functional and fashionable for ancient Egyptians. People of the higher social class wore particular styles to signify their statuses.

When choosing accessories for hair, one is truly spoilt for choice. There is a hair ornament for every occasion and style, so let’s start with the basics.

A tortoiseshell hairband will keep your wayward hair in place while looking chic and sophisticated.

Claw clips and scrunchies in all shapes and sizes are every cool girl’s accessory of choice at the moment. You could take it one step further and get a claw clip personalised with your name.

For your best friend’s birthday party, wear rhinestone pins on your chic French twist to make it extra special.

Traditional hairstyles demand elegant pieces that will act as jewellery for your hair, so raid your mother’s treasure trove and wear her stunning gold “khopar kata” that will turn heads at every party.

Ladies of Bengal with their lovely locks knew how to accessorise in the olden days, so take a leaf from their playbook and wear your grandmother’s gold beni on your braid for your cousin’s gaye holud.

A silk off-the-shoulder dress in a jewel tone, worn with an heirloom hair ornament, will also look absolutely fabulous and will make you look and feel like the queen you really are.

By Sabrina N Bhuiyan

Photo: Adnan Rahman

Model: Mridula

Styling: Sonia Yeasmin Isha

Jewellery: 6 Yards Story

Makeup: Sumon Rahat

Hair: Probina

Location: Studio Crane