image found here.

A head harness? I suspect it may be more a diadem, or decoration of sorts... And not really meant to keep anything in place, not even hair.

And then, some images that are wildly inappropriate alongside the child princess of the Neverending Story:

(Abbey Lee Kershaw by Hedi Slimane, images found here.)

To be completely honest, these high-end harnesses used in fashion are beginning to bore me the more I see them in collections and runways. They are exciting for a while - but everyone uses them in pretty much the same way, and it ends up being "just" an accessory, and something that will go out of style the very next season. I suppose that is part of fashion, but as for these images above... They are really tame. If the idea of an harness is simply that of "well, this outfit is boring. How about throwing a leather harness on top of it?," something is lost. Not sure what it is yet, but I think I'll be moving away from these large fashion houses and onto something more historical. Back to Japanese bondage I guess! Araki Nobuyoshi, here I come!