barrette

A blue velvet box bearing a label "bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette" holds the double bracelets, each composed of three strings of diamonds and a large barrette clasp, for a total of 112 diamonds.

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2021

Hair was wound into a tight bun or frizzed-out, perhaps accented by golden heart barrette, lightly folded like butterfly wings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

Before she left the United States to compete in the Olympics, Athing Mu spied a hair barrette in a department store.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

There are accessories that riff on some of the best lines, such as a barrette imprinted with “full of secrets.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2017

Nancy pulled the silver barrette out of her dance bag and held it out to Nadine.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

A trans dad holding his daughter as she excitedly claps to music with a head full of colorful barrettes twinkling under the sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

The nonbinary student, who sometimes wore barrettes and clips in their locks, was allowed back in class under an exemption the judge extended.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

Funky hair clips and barrettes that could have lined the walls of Claire’s stores 20 years ago have also resurfaced.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

Her bunny barrettes glowed in the light of the sun.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo