No one knows. It's been around for a long time, since the Egyptian and the Ancient Chinese cultures.
The word for the decorative hair slide is correctly spelled, as "barrette".
Barrette
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Hair grip or barrette.
The correct spelling of the hair adornment is "barrette."The spelling "barette" or barrette was a ball sport from the late 19th century.
barrette
A barrette is a hair clip, hair-slide, kirby grip or bobby pin. In other words a clasp or pin for holding one's hair in place.
Barrette is a noun.
Selyn Barrette's birth name is Selyn Marie Barrette.
Fort Barrette in Hawaii was named after General John Davenport Barrette.
Kevin Barrette is 6'.
It was first invented by Joseph Conrad Barrette who worked for GE in the 1950's. Unfortunately, he did not patent his idea and it was stolen by GE.