Most little girls come to accept losing barrettes and hair bows as just another part of life. But not Columbia, South Carolina s Gabby Goodwin. At just five years old, she and her mom Rozalynn set out to solve the age-old problem of disappearing hair barrettes. I was super excited, Gabby, now 14, recently recalled to
The Washington Post s KidsPostof her quest to create a superior hair accessory. I was nagging my mom every single day about these barrettes.
Her persistence paid off, and by the age of seven, she and her mom had invented GaBBY Bows, the first, patented and non-slip Double-Face Double-Snap Barrette.