Hair Fascinator

The cowboy look is usually the prevailing fashion trend at the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE), but this year a new fad might is taking over.

Beautifully crafted and colourful headpieces can be seen attached to women�s hair all over the IPE.

�The trend has definitely been growing since the royal wedding. It really blew up,� said Kate McFarland, fascinator fabricator.

McFarland was asked by the IPE one month ago to set up a fascinator booth at the fair. They wanted help with their goal of setting a Guinness World Record for the most people wearing fascinators at one event.

Typical fascinators can include just about anything, but most commonly feathers, lace, leaves, flowers and ribbon.

�We�re really focusing on the flowers,� said McFarland, trying to keep with the 112th IPE theme �Come for a bloomin� good time.�

McFarland, born and raised in Vernon, has been making fascinators for about a year now, but has been crafting for much longer.

�I have a booth at the farmer�s market on Mondays and Thursdays,� she said, and once the market closes in October she plans to hit the winter craft fair circuit.