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Throwback Hair Hardware: The Bobby Pin Revival

How Runways from Khaite to Prada Turned a Utility Item into a Style Statement

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Oct 09, 2025
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Remember Cameron Diaz’s bobby-pinned bob in Something About Mary (1998)? That once-humble accessory is suddenly everywhere again, elevated from invisible hardware to headline styling detail on the SS26 runways. What’s happening here is bigger than a nostalgic callback: it’s a marker of how utility is being re-coded as style. Once tucked away, pins are n…

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