<P> The bobby pin was invented by Luis Marcus , a San Francisco -- based cosmetics manufacturer , after World War I and came into wide use as the hairstyle known as the `` bob cut '' or `` bobbed hair '' took hold . He originally sold two handmade bobby pins for 35 cents . Although Marcus thought about naming the pin after himself , he named them bobby after the bobbed hairstyle . A trademark on the term `` bobbie pin '' was held for some decades by Smith Victory Corporation of Buffalo , New York . A trademark infringement claim made by Smith Victory Corporation against Procter & Gamble regarding their naming their home permanent product Bobbi was settled in the 1950s by a payment to Smith Victory Corporation by P&G . The term is now in common usage and therefore is no longer a valid trademark . Similarly , the British `` kirby grip '' is derived from the trademark Kirbigrip , used by a Birmingham manufacturer of such pins , Kirby , Beard & Co. Ltd . </P>
<P> The bobby pin was invented by Luis Marcus , a San Francisco -- based cosmetics manufacturer , after World War I and came into wide use as the hairstyle known as the `` bob cut '' or `` bobbed hair '' took hold . He originally sold two handmade bobby pins for 35 cents . Although Marcus thought about naming the pin after himself , he named them bobby after the bobbed hairstyle . A trademark on the term `` bobbie pin '' was held for some decades by Smith Victory Corporation of Buffalo , New York . A trademark infringement claim made by Smith Victory Corporation against Procter & Gamble regarding their naming their home permanent product Bobbi was settled in the 1950s by a payment to Smith Victory Corporation by P&G . The term is now in common usage and therefore is no longer a valid trademark . Similarly , the British `` kirby grip '' is derived from the trademark Kirbigrip , used by a Birmingham manufacturer of such pins , Kirby , Beard & Co. Ltd . </P>
where did the name bobby pin come from
where did the name bobby pin come from
after the bobbed hairstyle
after the bobbed hairstyle