A bow looks simple until you try to buy one for a baby you've never dressed. Too big and it slides over her eyes in every photograph. Too small and it disappears into a head of hair. Clip or headband? Sailor or hand-tied? This guide answers all of it, the way we'd walk you through it at the counter — KHANH carries 100+ bow styles, so this is a chart we use every single day.

Bow sizes, by age

KHANH bows come in three sizes. The right one depends less on her age than on how much hair she has and how much bow the outfit can carry — but age is the honest starting point:

| Size | Best for | The look | |---|---|---|

The fine-hair exception: a one-year-old with a wisp of hair is a Mini or Petite on a headband, whatever the chart says. The photograph rule: for portraits, family photos, and holidays, size up one — bows read smaller on camera than they do in your hand.

Clip or headband?

Headband — for babies with little or no hair, and for any baby who objects to clips. KHANH bows come on soft, stretchy headbands made to sit on a newborn's head without marking it. The bow is the outfit's punctuation; the headband is just how it stays there. Best for: newborns, young babies, fine hair, and photo sessions where the bow absolutely must still be in place at minute forty.

Clip — for babies and girls with enough hair to hold one. A clip goes where you put it: above the ear, at a ponytail, sweeping bangs to the side. Best for: toddlers and up, thicker hair, and girls who wear their hair styled. Most KHANH bows are available on your choice of clip or headband — when in doubt for a gift, choose the headband; it fits every baby, hair or no hair.

Sailor bows vs. hand-tied bows

The sailor bow is the classic boutique shape: a wide, flat bow with long pointed tails, named for the bows on sailors' uniforms. It's the dressier of the two — the bow of portraits, church dresses, flower-girl outfits, and first birthdays. A medium sailor bow in a Liberty of London print is the single most "boutique" object in a girl's wardrobe.

The hand-tied bow is softer and rounder — tied, as the name says, by hand, so each one has a little life in it. It's the everyday bow: playdates, school, a tee and leggings that need one finishing touch. Hand-tied bows are the workhorses, and the ones mothers reorder in every colour.

Rule of thumb: sailor for the photographs, hand-tied for the week. Most bow drawers end up with both.

Matching a bow to an outfit

• Print dress, solid bow. Pick the quietest colour in the print and match the bow to it. The bow frames the dress instead of competing with it.
• Solid dress, either way. A print bow (Liberty florals are the classic) dresses a solid up; a matching solid bow is the polished, portrait-safe choice.
• Everyday clothes. One bow in her hair turns leggings and a tee into an outfit. White, ivory, and soft pink are the colours that get worn weekly.
• Occasions. Coming home: Mini, on a headband, in white or the softest neutral. First birthday: Petite or Medium sailor — it has to hold up in photographs next to a cake. Holidays: the seasonal bow, sized up one. Church and Easter: sailor, in a print or a pastel.
• Sisters. The same bow, one size apart — Mini for the baby, Medium for the big sister — is the most-requested matching look in our store, and it photographs beautifully.

Building a first bow collection

Start with three: a white or ivory (goes with everything, photographs with everything), a soft pink or her signature colour, and one Liberty print. Add the season's bow when holidays come. Choose headbands while she's small; you'll move to clips when her hair does. That's the whole system — everything after the first three is joy, not necessity.

Shop KHANH hair bows — 100+ styles in mini, petite and medium — and if you're choosing for a gift and torn between two sizes, message us her age and we'll pick the way we would at the counter.

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