Among the many flat hairpins available, tortoiseshell hairpins are extremely popular due to their luxurious feel. In particular, tortoiseshell hairpins carefully hand-carved one by one by skilled artisans with family crests and other designs are rare flat hairpins that impart the finest translucent shine to updos, and are often passed down from generation to generation. Their natural transparency blends easily with the hair, making them appealing.
Flat kanzashi don't just mean single-legged kanzashi. The forked kanzashi, which resembles a U-pin in Western terms, is a style that has developed relatively recently, but compared to the more traditional single-legged type, it is less likely to slip, making it easier for even beginners to style their hair.
Since the Meiji period, the influence of Western culture has led to a significant increase in the number of two-pronged flat kanzashi in recent years. Two-pronged flat kanzashi have two legs to hold the hair up. One of the advantages is that the kanzashi does not rotate, so even if the flat kanzashi has a design on only one side, there is no need to worry about it turning inside out. If it is a classic hand-carved tortoiseshell flat kanzashi, the design will be on both sides, so there is no need to worry too much about it.
Tortoiseshell is said to have the ability to deform slightly and fit to the body temperature of the human skin, so as you use it, it will become a one-of-a-kind hairpin.
At Kanzashi Shop Wargo , you can get hairpins made from genuine tortoiseshell at reasonable prices.
