Earrings: Gypsy Bronze Bows

The hair bow has a dense and storied past dating back centuries. In late 15th century France, it was considered immodest for a woman to be seen with loose, flowing hair. A popular hairstyle for men between 1590-1650 was the lovelock, strands of hair grown long and braided over their hearts, tied at the end with a ribbon in a bow. In more recent times - the 1940s - high school girls using different positionings of hair bows to signal whether or not they were interested in a boy.