Lego... my hair?
If it was socially acceptable for a twenty-something to spend her Saturdays snapping together Lego horse stables and spaceships, I might not leave my apartment on the weekends ever again. Let's just say that Legos and I had a time-consuming love affair for most of my childhood. One day, when I was eerily quiet in the toy room, my mom found me with an entire bucket of chunky blocks fastened into my hair — or so the story goes.
But, that was then. And now, you'd probably have to pay me to put this barrette by Staten Island designer Dee and Ricky into my 'do:
[$75]
It's whimsical and fun, but I don't think anyone could take me seriously with this bow above my ear. To wit: Mom laughed for a good 10 minutes when I created my Lego-hive and snapped multiple photos for posterity which make it to the holiday table every now and then.
The same skepticism also goes for the headband:
[$85]
Cute for my 3-year-old godchild — not for grown women.
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