Hair Bows Trend: I Wore Them for Five Days Straight

When claw clips and scrunchies make their high-fashion return, you know we're in the grip of full-fledged retro-accessory moment. The throwback trend I'd most wanted to try, though, was the one I'd been seeing on runways and red carpets during the last few months: hair bows. Not the kind you might associate with grade-school, but rather ribbons with a range: everything from the sophisticated velvet seen at Tory Burch, to Delpozo's strawlike, oversize interpretation. But could I actually accessorize with bows for five days straight in truly wearable ways? I broke out my craft-store trimmings and brightest patterned scarves to find out.