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Of all the throwback hair accessories I've loved and lost, there's one that holds a shall-we-say special place in my nostalgia-loving heart: the accordion headband. Now, my youthful experimentations with this stretchy style weren't exactly camera ready, as it was constantly getting tangled in my thick, wavy hair. But wasn't it so much fun to wear? It was basically like being Lizzie McGuire. The accordion headband, also known as a stretch comb or zig-zag headband, feels like a time machine back to the '90s and early 2000s, but it had a moment in the spotlight at Paris Fashion Week thanks to The X-Files star Gillian Anderson and the fashionable folks at Miu Miu.
Anderson walked the runway at the fashion house's fall/winter 2026-2027 show in the very familiar yet very surprising accessory. The comb headband was placed near her hairline and gently pushed back, with the rest of her blonde hair worn loose and brushed over her shoulder to show off her Miu Miu outfit.
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It seems like Anderson enjoyed wearing the stretchy comb headband, as she was spotted in it after the show too, styled with her IRL clothes.
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We've seen this throwback hair accessory make a comeback before, including on noted Y2K style fan Bella Hadid and Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez on Euphoria. And Anderson wasn't the only ‘90s superstar wearing an accordion headband on the Miu Miu runway, either; we also spotted Chlöe Sevingy in one! (Some of the male models wore them too.) So is the stretchy comb headband officially back? That remains to be seen, but if you want to bring a bit of that signature Miu Miu cool to your spring looks, it might be time to pop by your local drugstore or go searching through your middle school hair accessory stash!
