Bandeau

Bandeau is a band of fabric worn on the forehead in order to hold back the hair, and in sports to wipe away sweat. John McEnroe always wears one during his tennis matches, and hippies wore them during the 1960s. The hairdo of the same name, with a part in the middle and smooth bandeaux on the sides covering the ears and gathered up at the back of the neck, was made famous by Cléo de Merode. Olivia De Havilland had the same hairdo when playing sweet Melanie in the film Gone With the Wind and also in the film The Heiress, which was based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James.