Whether its on the noggin of Nicole Ritchie or the cabeza of Mary Kate Olson, headbands big and small have become the go-to head accessory for the past couple seasons. Whether the look you are going for is Bo-ho chic, LA trash, or post-work-out wear, the hipster headband is most versatile. But where did it come from? And who Wore it best?

Some of the earliest hipster headband wearers on record were those fashion-forward Greecians. Before heading out to Mount Olympus to attend parties sponsored by Dionysus, Greek Goddesses would spend hours obsessing over their headbands, wondering which look would suit them best for mad wine-drinking and feasting with their Greek god homeboys.

Hipsterhontas herself! The girl who pioneered the Navajo-Glam look with her headband, Pocahontas, taught early American settler John Smith a thing or two about, indian crops, customs and cute headgear! This Native American could straight-up SCHOOL American Apparel when it comes to selling headbands!

Flappers were responsible for turning hipster headbands into a FEIRCE FORCE to be reckoned with. It was rumored that F. Scott Fitzgerald had an entire unpublished chapter in The Great Gatsby ALL ABOUT HEADBANDS, and can you blame him?!? They may have had a hard time getting alcohol thanks to Prohibition but classy headpeices were in large supply for these Pro-headbanders!

Although she rocked killer boots and cuffs, DC Comics Beauty WONDER WOMAN sported a golden tiara that proved to be the headband that kicked serious ass. Whether it was for function and kept her bangs out of her face, or for protection and could practically shank Superman, Wonder Woman took headband fashion to a differrent level.

The most notable inspiration for today’s hipster headband comes from our old pals, The Hippies! Woodstock attendees young and old would slap on headbands before celebrating peace and free love. I don’t know about you, but when Janis Joplin sang “Feed your head…” I pretty sure she meant feed it with a hipster headband!

By the 80′s, the trophy for Most HomoErotic Hipster Headband Wearer went to None other than Conan The Barbarian! Before he was the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger made this headband his bitch while taking on crazy monsters and saving babes! Overall, Conan was manlier in a hipster headband than any of the band members of MGMT are.

Don’t act like you don’t remember Buddy Bands! That’s right in the early 90s, Jessie Spano, A.C. Slater and Kelly Kapowski from Saved By the Bell marketed these hipster headbands to their fellow Bayside Tigers and shit went crazy! Admit it, you wouldn’t be caught DEAD at the Max without one of these babies.

And if there is one person to blame for forever associating headbands with hipster culture it might be none other than Richie Tennenbaum. Not only did he pair his headband with an intense mane of hair, monsterous beard, and ominous sunglasses, but he also made is synonymous with an Elliot Smith song in a suicide scene.

And there you have it…! Some of the most prominent and famous hipster headband wearers of all time (not counting Jesus and that crown of thorns…but let’s not go there.) So the next time you slap on a headband, whether its gold lame, yarn, teed or polyester, you can pay your respects to these Hipster Headband Icons.

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