Alice band

British  

noun

1. an ornamental band worn across the front of the hair to hold it back from the face

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Example Sentences

"When Roelof came through security he was wearing an alice band and his tongue was pierced," said Barlow.

From BBC

The alice band we know today originates in John Tenniel’s illustrations for 1871’s Through the Looking Glass, in which Alice wears a ribbon to tie her hair back.

From The Guardian

Robert Haines, a musician in the Princess Alice band, was also saved.

From BBC

The likes of Victoria Borthwick, the Kensington MP who wore an alice band in Union Jack colours for the occasion, or Bill Cash and John Redwood, for decades dismissed as backbench eccentrics for demanding a British departure from the European Union, were ecstatic at the prime minister’s announcement of what they saw as Britain’s day of liberation.

From The Guardian

Facebook Twitter Pinterest A plaid scarf and alice band are Therese staples.

From The Guardian