In my quest of finding good hair pin designs for 3D printing, the Buch and Deichmann barrettes proved the most suitable. In a former post we wrote that they are no longer available on the market, but fortunately we have discovered a
Plastic vintage barrettes from the 50s
With a simple search on Etsy or Pinterest you can easily find 1000+ images of vintage fifties barrettes and hair accessories. Some of them cause an immediate ‘coup de foudre’: how beautiful are the clips in the tiny bag of Paulette hair accessory. Vintage
Could we have the Buch and Deichmann hair barrettes back on the market?
A bit of history: Buch and Deichmann (B&D) Denmark started up in the early 1970’s. Designer Ketty Dalsgaard, inspired by the ropes of local fishing vessels in Denmark, started with a collection of bright coloured plastic bracelets. The pieces were made of a nylon type of softer