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In the early 20th century, wide headbands known as headache bands were very popular accessories in women's fashion. Their name, of course, results from the belief that the tight pressure they provided around the forehead could relieve or prevent headaches. The French called such a garment a bandeau (bandeaux, plural). In the 1910s, headache bands would likely have been more lacy in design—a crochet central panel decorated with ribbons and rosettes and bordered with lace, for example.[2] Examples from the 1920s and 1930s are more apt to be dramatic sheaths in exotic fabrics and decorated with feathers, and would have been worn with fashions by couturiers such as Paul Poiret.[3] These sorts of headache bands probably achieved their peak of popularity in the 1920s. Today, items called headache bands are apt to be strictly utilitarian and medical in focus.
During the same period, jewelled headache bands or headbands, often in precious metals and precious gems were popular.[4]
1980s
Generally, male Sikhs of the Khalsa branch must wear a turban, but a branch of the Khalsas called Mona Sikhs are free to wear headbands instead to prevent sweat from dripping into their eyes from their hair, especially when their hair is long, choosing to wear turbans only when attending a religious ceremony. Another Sikh group, the Sahajdharis, the most liberal of all Sikhs, also choose to dress in this way.