headwrap
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Typical European rural headwrap
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Nigerian woman in an example of the traditional gele headwrap
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The headwrap still is a convenient garment in some occupations today.
Noun
headwrap (plural headwraps)
- An article of headwear in the form of a piece of cloth of any convenient shape, such as a scarf, a strip, a triangle, or a square, according to the current culture or fashion. It is variously secured, typically by knotting, and is widely associated with women rather than men, especially peasants of many regions and ages, but neither the details of the fashion, nor the use of the garment, is strictly defined, nor limited to any particular period or country. cf. turban, doek, gele, etc
- 1988, Outlet, Make it with Mademoiselle, Harmony Books, →ISBN:
- This is the single most useful headwrap to know about. It's one of the simplest, yet manages to look quite different each time you vary the size/ shape/ pattern of scarf you're using. It can be a square or long and narrow, but it has to be big enough to wrap around your head and have enough length to twist and tie...The two below show variants. The head, left, is wrapped in a 45" square of sheer cotton; the right in a 14" X 60" thin wool scarf.
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