Bandana on the face

In ancient times, the Soviet Union was downright seized by the idea of ​​not only social equality. The companion of almost every conscious woman was a bright red communist kerchief covering her head. Quite a long time has passed since then. And the classic Soviet kerchiefs with renewed vigor and breath burst into the most famous fashion paths in the world. Only now they have a foreign name - bandanas. And with a variety of colors, contemporaries were much more fortunate.

The first bandanas were used for selfish purposes: they covered the face, neck and head of Spanish shepherds, Indian workers, American bandits. Today, a headdress with various prints, logos and colors serves as an indisputable argument for the fair sex in a fashionable wardrobe.

A women's headband, twisted into a tourniquet, can be a great and more gentle substitute for the classic headband that isolates bangs or hair from the face. A bandana tied like a hat will perfectly protect your head from the summer heat. And if it is also made of dense waterproof material, then the autumn rain will not care.

Special attention should be paid to the bandanas in the form of a pipe, which do not need to be tied... Their self-explanatory shape allows them to be used as headscarves and face masks.

By tying this fashionable scarf around your neck or wrist, you can save some money on jewelry if you approach this issue with special care and creativity. The name of the most common types of bandanas will be discussed later.

The types of fashionable scarves directly depend on three points:

• the shape of the source material;
• purpose of use;
• bandage method.

In the first version, there are only three sub-items: a triangle, a square and a rectangle.... The most versatile to use is a square, which can be easily transformed into a triangular piece of fabric, a rectangular strip, a plait, and so on. The first subparagraph is considered the simplest, but its main disadvantage is, basically, in the smallest number of options for use. A rectangle is a somewhat complex and not always convenient shape for a bandana.

Speaking about the purposes of using modern scarves, there are several varieties of them based on this parameter:

1. On the head. The most classic way. Represents cotton or knitted panama hats in the summer heat, hats in winter severe frosts and fashionable headbands for any season. Also, special sports bandanas are often used, which remove all excess hair from the face, and also absorb all the moisture emanating from the athlete's head so that drops of sweat do not get into the eyes during active physical exercise.
2. On the neck. What could be simpler: tie a bandana as a scarf, collar or protective bandage from snow or sun. Winter headbands-scarves are most popular among young people who, like Western cowboys in the distant past, wear them with a collar around their neck so that they can be easily transformed into a headband.
3. On the face.

It is important to highlight several use cases here:

• extreme. This type of bandanas includes ski and snowboard headbands. They protect the athlete's face not only from frost, but also from snow flying out from under the equipment. Recently, the most popular are original snowboard bandanas with aggressive prints with jaws, fangs or just funny facial expressions;

• sick leave. Some creative personalities are so keen on honing their own originality that even standard medical masks are replaced with original bandanas;
• antiwind. Headscarves with characteristic prints will appeal to romantics from the main road (well, not robbers, of course): cyclists, motorcyclists and extreme bikers.

In modern fashion, the military style is very clearly visible in the details: accessories, color accents, prints and other details. Not surprisingly, the main popular colors of modern bandanas are black and camouflage. There are variations, of course.

So, for example, in the nature of a fashion accessory you can find:

• plain colored headscarves;
• khaki and everything close to it;
• oriental motives with a characteristic "color";
• informal prints: skulls, cobwebs, logos of rock bands.

Especially romantic and creative women of fashion have come up with a range of additions to traditional bandanas that make them completely informal. Some needlewomen decorate their headscarves with lace, charms, beads, rhinestones, buttons - in a word, any little thing that, in their opinion, quite clearly and accurately determines their character and temperament.

Despite the simplicity of the materials and use of this accessory, its cost still sometimes reaches decent heights.

Summer sports headbands, on average in Russia, are pulled out by 1200-1300 rubles in economy online stores. Bandanas and transforming scarves of the winter assortment slightly differ in price. So, for example, for a knitted pipe you can pay from 1300 rubles. A fleece scarf will cost the buyer no more than 1200 rubles.

There are also categories of universal bandanas: windproof, all-season, reflective. The price for such a multifunctional piece ranges from 1200 rubles for children's models, 1600 for adults.

The price range is not so wide, but it can make the economical buyer think about the advisability of this fashionable accessory. In defense, I would like to note the extraordinary practicality of bandanas, which help out their owners in the most unexpected and unforeseen situations. Even taking into account all the severity and frost of Russian winters, I want to wrap myself up as deeply as possible in the warm fabrics of windproof and warming face bandages.

In order to make an individual fashionable headscarf, you need to know the main parameters that this accessory possesses:

1. Shape: a piece of fabric should have a square shape, which is more convenient and easier to work with in the future.
2. Area: each side of the fabric geometric shape should be 60-70 cm long (at your discretion and depending on the volume of the head).
3. Fabric: you are free to choose any material that will be pleasant to the tactile sensations, will delight the eye with its color and pattern (or lack thereof), will protect against certain weather conditions. Classic bandanas are made of dense fabric. For example, cotton is a very durable and non-deformable base for a fashionable and practical accessory. Natural silk, repelling the sun's rays and pouring over its innate chill, of course, if the color is not black.

So, the main parameters have been studied, we are starting to manufacture.

First, you need to cut out the correct square, having previously drawn it on a selected piece of fabric. The next step is to process the trimmed edges of the bandana. Just wrap a strip of fabric no more than 1 cm wide inside and sew it by hand or on a sewing machine. The most pleasant stage is the moment of decorating the resulting accessory. As described earlier, you can add any small details and even decorate it yourself with felt-tip pens or batik (special paint on fabric). And the last step is testing your unique bandana.

How else can this multifunctional accessory be tested? Of course, by putting it on in a variety of ways. Let's decide on the most common tying methods today.

Head bandana as a scarf... How to tie a square piece of fabric around your head to make it look stylish? Very simple. To do this, fold the equilateral material diagonally, thereby forming a triangle. We fold the bandana to the forehead above the eyebrows, tie the two extreme corners at the back of the head. Tuck the free corner of the triangle under the knot and knit tightly again.

How to put a bandana around your neck correctly? There are two ways to tie a square piece of fabric around your neck:

1. Cowboy style. To do this, we will again have to fold our fabric square into a triangle. Next, we bend its base by 3-4 centimeters, depending on the size of your bandana. We apply the wide side to the outside of the neck, and put the long narrow ends back. We cross and return forward, tying a small knot on a tight little knot. It should be remembered that the very fixation of such a scarf should not be too tight. This tying method protects the neck from wind, sun and even frost.
2. Multifunctional. The long-familiar triangle folds into a wide strip from the fold to the center corner. This bandage can be tied a little tighter than the previous one. This tying method works great for the head, neck, and even the wrist.

How to wear a bandana on your face? We proceed to the most original way of tying headscarves. It is very convenient to use the cowboy way of tying a bandana around the neck, since from this position it can be easily transformed into a mask. The most traditional and classic method is to tie the free, sharp corners of a triangular scarf at the back of the head. In this case, the fold line is tightly fixed on the bridge of the nose, and the wide angle comfortably descends to the base of the neck.

How to properly wear a bandana on your arm... Until recently, the absolutely rocker and informal way of wearing headscarves fell in love with many modern women of fashion. If earlier dark, black-and-white colors prevailed in bandanas-wristbands, today such textile bracelets have acquired almost the entire existing color range.

So, in order to tie a bandana on your hand, you need to do the following manipulations:

• take a favorite triangle;
• we fold it into a flat strip of the required width (it depends only on individual needs and requests);
• on a flat surface, place your hand in the center of the resulting strip;
• with our free hand we shift the ends of the bandana crosswise;
• after the first time, turn the hand over;
• we cross the ends again (we repeat this until it is time, until you achieve the result that suits you the most);
• We tie the "tails" of the bandanas with a neat tight knot or simply tuck the bandages under the main cloth.

A fashion accessory that has increased practicality and style, today it is worn under almost any clothing. And if suddenly, an idea came to your mind to add a little audacity and madness to your image, feel free to go to the store for a bandana.