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Nicole Resurrected Your Favourite Primary School Hair Trend

Let's take a step back in time, shall we?
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After ogling the gorgeous frocks coming down the Armani Prive runway at the Paris couture shows recently, we couldnโ€™t help but notice that one Ms Nicole Kidman was wearing a very familiar hair accessory: 

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Nicole Kidman (Credit: Getty)

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?

Weโ€™re coming down on the side of โ€œyouโ€™re never too oldโ€, so long as you stick to three simple guidelines:

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  • 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, weโ€™ve got you covered. Here are two more uber-chic, very-grown-up takes on the humble hair ribbon: 

Gwyneth Paltrow tied her velvet ribbon under her pony (Credit: Getty)
On Sex and the City, Carrie wrapped her bun in a simple ribbon

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