Africa is Getting onto my Head
I
n a competition who invented the most
becoming headgear African women would
win undoubtedly. A head wrap is such a
fascinating accessory for style. You can
wear a scarf with any outfit from contemporary
to ethnic. There are hundreds of ways to wind
a simple scarf around your head making you look
like a queen.
I was lucky to have been shown some when I bought a scarf at a market in
Namibia. The turban seems to lengthen your head and to straighten your back. I would never dare to compare myself to those graceful African gazelles but I am aiming at it.
Some inspiration how to wear a turban I got from Africanista. Look at their suggestions for tying a scarf:
I cannot but show you this newspaper clipping setting off beautiful models with head scarfs in shades of grey. They are exuding sheer elegance. I don't even remember where the clipping comes from, either from Mail & Guardian or from the Sunday Times my regular reads while in South Africa. I trust they don't mind. What I do remember is the romantic title of the label. Mille Collines is a pan-African brand which came into being in Kigali as a joint venture of a Spanish and a Rwandan designer. It spread to Kenya, Ghana and South Africa and took part in the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week South Africa. The turbans are from their minimalist 2016 collection Curio I City. The photographer is Aubrey Jonsson.
n a competition who invented the most becoming headgear African women would
win undoubtedly. A head wrap is such a
fascinating accessory for style. You can
wear a scarf with any outfit from contemporary
to ethnic. There are hundreds of ways to wind
a simple scarf around your head making you look
like a queen.
I was lucky to have been shown some when I bought a scarf at a market in
Namibia. The turban seems to lengthen your head and to straighten your back. I would never dare to compare myself to those graceful African gazelles but I am aiming at it.
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| ©Yvonne Gloor, Namibia |
Some inspiration how to wear a turban I got from Africanista. Look at their suggestions for tying a scarf:
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| ©Africanista, Turban Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
See how nicely an African head scarf is stretching the neck and how cheerful the three ladies in black are looking with their bright scarfs. The right one I met in a secret garden hidden in Cape Towns Constantia Valley. Shadia hails from Burundi from where her family fled to South Africa.
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| © Alena Obukhova, 123RF |
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| © sam74100 123RF |
I cannot but show you this newspaper clipping setting off beautiful models with head scarfs in shades of grey. They are exuding sheer elegance. I don't even remember where the clipping comes from, either from Mail & Guardian or from the Sunday Times my regular reads while in South Africa. I trust they don't mind. What I do remember is the romantic title of the label. Mille Collines is a pan-African brand which came into being in Kigali as a joint venture of a Spanish and a Rwandan designer. It spread to Kenya, Ghana and South Africa and took part in the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week South Africa. The turbans are from their minimalist 2016 collection Curio I City. The photographer is Aubrey Jonsson.
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| Photo: Aubrey Jonsson |
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