The 60s and 70s were a groovy time when fluffy, brightly colored yarn hair ribbons were all the rage! They added a fun and playful touch to hairstyles, and many girls loved wearing them to express their unique style. It's fascinating how pop cultural icons emerged from television sitcoms during that era, inspiring a generation of girls to wear this iconic fashion accessory.
Buffy, the All-American girl from Family Affair, was the small screen OG of this accessory. She inspired little girls everywhere to add fluffy, soft yarn hair ties to their pigtails.
Cindy Brady from The Brady Bunch wore them, delightfully accenting her precocious personality with her playful hand-tied yarn hair bows. She inspired little girls everywhere to add the ribbons to their banana curl pigtails. Millions of girls went to sleep each night with their Dippity-do coated hair wrapped around Goody pink sponge rollers in order to achieve perfect banana curls, just so they could tie a yarn hair ribbon on their playful pigtails the next day.
Cindy's sister Jan Brady was a true tween style trendsetter, wearing different colors that matched each of her outfits.
Around the same time as the yarn hair ties were being worn by lucky girls everywhere, the Ideal toy company released Crissy and Velvet dolls, whose box handles were made of the same fluffy yarn. Girls would remove the yarn from the box and tie it on their doll’s heads or wear the ribbon in their own hair.
Janet Jackson starred as Penny Gordon on Good Times. She looked so sweet wearing her yarn hair ties on her ponytail.
Gertie has charmed generations of ET fans with her darling disposition and her vintage yarn hair ties.
Quirky Penny Pingleton rocked her yarn hair ribbons in Hairspray.
The iconic Riff Randell in the cult classic "Rock 'n' Roll High School" totally rocked a vibrant mix of colors with her favorite accessory: vintage yarn hair ties.
Recently spotted: a girl wearing a blue yarn hair tie in the American romantic black comedy-drama Harold and Maude.
Why Women Kill remained true to 1960s fashion - right down to the fluffy blue yarn hair ties worn in this scene.
And... we recently filled an order with a Costume Designer who is working on a VERY popular show that is currently shooting its next season. Stay tuned... We'll post a picture when it airs!
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