 The use of hair ties, in one form or another, is likely to have stretched for thousands of years, as the primary reason (controlling hair disrupting daily activities) would have existed from an early point.This would have had to take place by whatever means were possible, with bands of leather a likely early option.Alternatives included entwined threads of different fabrics, or entwined pegs, with one 1500 year old example including gold in its creation.