Cap of turban

As a headdress, the turban has more than one thousand years in its history. It is generally accepted that the tradition of laying a long piece of cloth on our heads came to us from ancient Persia and quickly spread to the inhabitants of North Africa, Central Asia and India. In the Middle Ages, and later - the Moors, often reaching through the Mediterranean to the very heart of Europe, introduced this headdress and representatives of Western civilization. True, the difficult, for the most part tense relations of Europeans with the Arabs, and after - the Turks, made the turban a rather odious subject of the wardrobe. Appear in the light with a turban on his head could afford, for the most part, only out-and-out extreme sports. Pompous fashion XVII-XVIII centuries for a long time kept this headpiece somewhere in its backyard, until the second youth returned the turban Napoleonic era.

But truly the world recognition of the turban was due to the overthrow of the Victorian style Paul Poiret. This coryphaeus of design art became famous not only for sending female corsets into oblivion, but also for its adherence to this unusual headdress. With his light hand in the late XIX - early XX century, the turban becomes the most popular and at the same time universal headdress. He looks equally organic with an evening gown and a walking suit, with a fur cape and a light summer dress.

Turban in modern fashion

Over the past century, the women's turban repeatedly rose to the peak of fashion trends (remember the legendary 70's), then retreated into the shadows. The last surge of interest of designers of modern fashion houses to this headdress took place in 2011 and is not weakening until now, in each coming season glitters on the world catwalks in a new, sometimes unexpected quality. In the collections of Issa, bright turbans of neon colors striking, Armani prefers noble blue and black colors in combination with exquisite evening dresses. A knitted turban became a find of this season, and the turban caps from this fashionable velvet this year deserved the glory of one of the most striking trends of this year. The secret of such a persistent popularity of this headgear is simple - the turban goes to almost everyone. A woman in a turban always looks elegant and orientally captivating, regardless of the shape of her face, hair length and age. If you still decided to include this accessory in your wardrobe, you can, of course, buy a ready-made hat in the store, but you will get more variety by creating it yourself.

How to tie a turban?

There are several traditional options for creating a turban:

1. How to tie a turban from a scarf? Shawl folded diagonally, close the back of the head and cross the long ends of the kerchief on the forehead. Then these ends of the kerchief are tied at the back of the head, and the corner of the tissue left on the forehead is wrapped upward and refueled for the knot formed on the forehead - the turban from the kerchief is ready!
2. How to tie a turban from a scarf? You will need a rather long scarf made of thin, but not slippery fabric. We cover the occipital part with a cloth, cross the ends of the scarf on the forehead, then we make the same cross operation at the back of the head and, at last, tie the ends of the scarf to the forehead, filling the remaining "tails" in the folds of the fabric.
3. You can also make a turban bandage. We spend the "sleeve" of a desirable elastic fabric, in the middle of its length we make a cross knot (it will lie on the forehead) and sew the ends of the bandage so that this seam will be located on the back of the head.

Experiment and please others with its beauty and taste!