Clothes of the Eighties, Oval-shaped plastic barrettes
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Description
Sex: female
Type of clothing: accessories
When it was popular: early '80s
Description: These barrettes were shaped like a long oval with a straight piece on a hinge that bisected them (and which went under your hair and attached on the other end of the oval). Sometimes they were painted with little designs on the oval part. Came in sets of two. I completely forgot about them until I saw a friend of mine with one the other day. I nearly clawed it out of her hair.
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These were called BD or B&D and they had straight ones with rhinestones in them, also several colors. I am desperately trying to find them too. Wish I would have kept mine! Let me know if you find some and I will do the same Susan sldpvb@aol.com
OMG!!! I loved these barrettes! I have very thick hair and these were the only barrettes that would hold all my hair securely. I even had some in the shape of hearts.
These need to come back! Especially for those of us with thick hair.
I loved these. There were many different variations and they were in beautiful colors. If my memory is correct, they were European or even Scandinavian. I distinctly remember that between the initials of the name of the company was a '+'
It might be B+D...
I loved those!
Thank heavens for "27 Dresses"! I thought I was alone in my search, but I see that there are a lot of gals with voluminous hair who loves these barrettes. I have a red one and a blue one left from the late 70's/early 80's and they both say "Made in France". The B&D sounds familiar, but I can't say for sure. I would love to see these in the stores again!
I've seen these in the dollar store I actually bought a few and I don't even use them have fine straight hair.
Stephy, what city are you in? I'm going to hit my local dollar store, but if I can't find them there, would you consider selling your barrettes to me? (ha! it's worth a shot, right?) bonni.stover@gmail.com
I need these, so someone please tell me where to get them! These were the best ever, and I lost my last one about 5 years ago. I've been dreaming of it, and then saw one in 27 Dresses
the oval shaped ones were made by B&D( Buch and Deichmann. I have some and they are marked as such and also marked made in Denmark. Back then you could buy them at better dept. stores and better mall stops or boutiques. Luckily I've hung onto all of the ones I purchased in the 80's as I can't seem to find a source to by from now.
I've been looking for one of these for years! Could you tell me which Dollar Store chain you found them at, please?
has anyone ever found out where to get these again? As a youngster I had 100's of them & now cant seem to find them ANYWHERE!!! Thanks!
marlie_247@yahoo.com
Has anyone found a source for these barrettes? Let us know if you have!
Maybe we should start a petition to convince B+D to start making them again?
I have started an online petition to see if we can get B + D to start making these barrettes again. Please sign my petition and spread the word to all of your thick-haired friends! I noticed that we aren't supposed to enter links here, but I hope they will make an exception! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/buch-deichmann-bring-back-our-barrettes
I have a few that I dearly hang on to, and I am SO going to sign the petition!!! These need to come back, and big time. The best and they don't ruin or pull your hair out as a result, like many hair accessories do.
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