Hair accessory

A hair accessory, which comprises

• (a) a claw-type hair clip comprised of (i) first and second oppositely arcuately contoured claw elements pivotally joined along an axis extending longitudinally of said clip, (ii) said claw elements having body portions adjacent said axis and elongated, narrow, arcuate comb-like tines extending from said body portions, with intervening, elongated, narrow arcuate spaces between said tines, (iii) the tines of one claw element being received within spaces between tines of the other claw element and defining openings between said tines and closed ends of the spaces in which said tines are received when said claw elements are in a closed position, (iv) manually engageable elements on said claw elements for pivoting said claw elements to an open position and spring means tending to pivot said claw elements to a closed position,
• (b) a ribbon of cut hair comprised of a plurality of strands of hair arranged generally in side-by-side fashion and forming a generally flat ribbon like arrangement of substantial length and of a width corresponding to the distance between a plurality of tines of said claw elements,
• (c) one end margin of said ribbon being secured to an inside surface of the body portion of one of said claw elements in an orientation generally parallel to said axis,
• (d) a plurality of groups of said individual strands of hair being lead outwardly of said clip through a plurality of adjacent ones of said defined openings formed by said elongated arcuate spaces of at least one of said claw elements in a manner providing an appearance of the user's own hair being engaged by said clip, when said clip is installed in the user's existing hair mass.