Class 26 includes dressmakers' articles and haberdashery goods. These goods may be decorative, such as lace trimmings, and frills, and spangles for clothing. They may also be functional, such as buttons, hooks and eyes, belt clasps, snap fasteners, zip fasteners and shoe buckles. The broad reference to pins and needles in the Class Heading allows for the introduction of crochet hooks, knitting needles and sewing needles, as well as items that are related to these goods, such as pin cushions and boxes for needles. It is worth remembering, however, that yarns and threads for textile use belong to Cl. 23 and that certain special types of needles can belong to other classes, for example, tattoo needles in Cl. 8 and needles for medical purposes in Cl. 10.
It should be noted that natural and synthetic hair, wigs and other false hair items are in Class 26 along with items that are for use with hair, such as hair nets and hair curling papers. Hair prostheses by contrast belong to Cl. 10 as that is the correct class for medical goods. Furthermore, whilst false beards are in Class 26, false eyelashes are in Cl. 3 with other cosmetic products.
Hair decorations also belong to Class 26 and this term encompasses goods such as hair bands, hair grips, and ribbons and bows for the hair. It is worth mentioning that haberdashery bows and ribbons, as well as ribbons and bows, not of paper, for gift wrapping, are also in Class 26. This provides a good example of two types of classification principles at work, the first example is classified on the basis of function, i.e. as haberdashery items, the second on the basis of material. Thus, paper ribbons and bows, other than haberdashery items or for use as hair decorations, belong to Cl. 16 on the basis of material, and rhythmic gymnastics ribbons belong to Cl. 28 on the basis of function.
The reference to artificial flowers in the Class Heading justifies the inclusion of many artificial replicas of natural flora, such as artificial Christmas wreaths, including those which incorporate lights. However, artificial Christmas trees are considered, for classification purposes, to be objects of amusement, and are thus classified in Cl. 28 together with most Christmas tree decorations.
Class 26 also includes small decorative items intended to adorn a variety of objects. This wording refers to goods such as charms which belong to Class 26 regardless of material composition unless they are for jewellery, key rings or key chains in which case they belong to Cl. 14.