After ogling the gorgeous frocks coming down the Armani Prive runway at the Paris couture shows recently, we couldnโt help but notice that one Ms Nicole Kidman was wearing a very familiar hair accessory:

Check out that black ribbon.
We got serious primary-school-photo-day flashbacks, which got us thinking: how old is too old to wear a hair ribbon?
Weโre coming down on the side of โyouโre never too oldโ, so long as you stick to three simple guidelines:
- Keep the fabric super-luxe, so either quality silk, velvet or grosgrain
- Forget about anything too neat โ wear your ribbon perfectly imperfect and your hair casually messy
- Makeup is key, so focus on groomed brows and maybe a flick of eyeliner
And just in case you need more #HairInspo, weโve got you covered. Here are two more uber-chic, very-grown-up takes on the humble hair ribbon:

