Class 26 — Haberdashery and hair accessories

In simple terms

Liberonym’s explanation, not official wording.

Sewing notions, trimmings and hair ornaments.

• buttons
• zips
• ribbons
• hair clips
• artificial flowers

Official class heading

Verbatim wording published by WIPO, NCL (13-2026).

Lace and embroidery, and haberdashery ribbons and bows; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers; hair decorations; false hair

About this class

Official explanatory note, published by WIPO.

Class 26 includes mainly dressmakers' articles, natural or synthetic hair for wear, and hair adornments, as well as small decorative items intended to adorn a variety of objects, not included in other classes.

Includes in particular

Official wording, published by WIPO.

• wigs, toupees, false beards
• barrettes, hair bands
• ribbons and bows being haberdashery or used as hair decorations, made of any material
• ribbons and bows for gift wrapping, not of paper
• hair nets
• buckles, zippers
• charms, other than for jewellery, key rings or key chains
• artificial garlands and wreaths, including those incorporating lights
• certain articles for curling hair, for example, electric and non-electric hair curlers, other than hand implements, hair curling pins, hair curling paper

Does not include in particular

Official wording, published by WIPO.

• false eyelashes (Class 3)
• hooks being small items of metal hardware (Class 6) or hardware, not of metal (Class 20), curtain hooks (Class 20)
• certain special types of needles, for example, tattoo needles (Class 8), needles for surveying compasses (Class 9), needles for medical purposes (Class 10), needles for pumps for inflating balls for games (Class 28)
• hand implements for curling hair, for example, curling tongs, eyelash curlers (Class 8)
• hair prostheses (Class 10)
• jewellery charms, charms for key rings or key chains (Class 14)
• certain ribbons and bows, for example, paper ribbons and bows, other than haberdashery or hair decorations (Class 16), rhythmic gymnastics ribbons (Class 28)
• yarns and threads for textile use (Class 23)
• Christmas trees of synthetic material (Class 28)

Goods/services in this class

140 official entries, published by WIPO. Basic numbers are shown where available.

Related classes

• Class 3
• Class 6
• Class 8
• Class 9
• Class 10
• Class 14
• Class 16
• Class 20
• Class 23
• Class 28