Fashion accessories for leading groups (9)

I believe the answer is:

headbands

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'fashion accessories' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'leading groups' is the wordplay.
'leading' becomes 'head' (I've seen this in other clues).
'groups' becomes 'bands' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'head'+'bands'='HEADBANDS'

'for' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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