From grandma's vanity case to haute couture runways: the unexpected return of a classic

By Verónica Lora

Santo Domingo - ago. 25, 2025

History lessons

And while we're at it, a history lesson before we continue: the hairnet has been used since prehistoric times; Egyptian women fashioned their wigs from a net-like weave of plant fiber.

The Lady of Brassempouy, France, dating from the Paleolithic period, is considered one of the most detailed prehistoric Venuses.
(NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)

As evidence, we have the famous "Lady of Brassempouy," a carved ivory figure dating back some 23,000 years that appears to have wrapped her hair in a hairnet. During the Renaissance, hairnets were used for the same purpose in combination with other adornments.

Returning to the present and to the local territory, the hairnet is one of the Dominican women's "going-out" accessories. Obviously, it arrived with the Spanish and has had several prominent moments in our history.

For example, when the women of the April Revolution of 1965 went out to defend the streets in rolls secured with their hairnets.

Ladies of the April 1965 Revolution. Pistol, headscarf, and hairnet. (GENERAL ARCHIVE OF THE NATION)

 

Today, it has become a luxury accessory, regardless of its origin, both Dominicans and Spaniards can boast of having the most popular hairnets of the moment, while coexisting with the fact that it has been promoted from being the inseparable companion of the tubi, to a premium accessory for tropical climates with VIP access to Coachella and the beaches of Ibiza.

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