A bando is a woman’s jewelry or headpiece in the form of a bandage or hoop worn directly above the forehead. They are usually made of fabric, for example, tulle, velvet, satin or lace, but jewelry bands of precious metals are also found.
Bando appeared and became fashionable in the early 1920s. Such a head ornament was effectively in harmony with short haircuts “ a la garzon ”, fashionable in that era. The bando fit into the aesthetics of the Art Deco style (straight, concise lines, geometry) and were decorated with ornaments and motifs inherent in this style: geometric patterns, palmettes, meander and so on. However, monophonic, including black bando bandages, were also found.
European aristocrats began to wear classic tiaras and tiaras , made decades earlier, to adapt them to new fashion trends as bando. For example, the tiara of the Queen of Belgium, Elizabeth of Bavaria , made in 1910, is known as the “tiara-bando”, since in the 1920s the mistress preferred to wear it in that capacity and was imprinted on the portraits in this jewelry.
Fabric bandeau could be decorated with plume or jewelry clasps. There weren’t so many precious gangs, as they were usually collapsible and multi-functional, so after the 1930s, when gangs went out of fashion, many owners dismantled them for chokers , bracelets and brooches or sold them in parts. Some precious bandos had a removable element in the center, which, in less solemn cases, was detached and served as an independent decoration as a brooch.
See also
- Bandana
- Feronier