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Pencil Hairpins for Sharp-Looking Folk

other · 2026-07-08

Present & Correct offers pencil-shaped hairpins for sale on their website. The product is humorously promoted as a way to look sharper, with a tongue-in-cheek reference to a fake scientific study claiming pencil-wearers have bigger brains. The recommendation appears in issue 132 of frankie magazine.

Key facts

  • Product is pencil-shaped hairpins
  • Sold by Present & Correct
  • Available on Present & Correct's website
  • Featured in frankie magazine issue 132
  • Humorously claims to make wearers look sharper

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Institutions

  • Present & Correct
  • frankie magazine

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