Women's scarves

For a long time in Russia, a woman's handkerchief was not just a headdress, but also an ornament of folk costume. Recently, many designers especially like the combination of modern style and folk elements. Finally, the fashion houses paid attention to Russian folk crafts.

Pavloposadsky and Orognburg shawls

All the famous traditional Russian Pavloposadsky and Orenburg shawls from the time of their appearance differed not only in excellent quality, but also in their beauty.

Pavlo-Posad shawls were produced in a variety of colors and were decorated with dense floral ornaments. Winter warm female Orenburg shawl was not only warm thanks to natural goat down, but also extraordinarily elegant. Initially, women wore such scarves only on holidays. Gradually, from the end of the 18th century, when manual production was replaced by factory production, they became more and more accessible. Even later, almost everyone could afford to wear them. For a while they completely forgot about women's shawls. Today the fashion for scarves is reviving. Especially among fashionable women are popular traditional folk items. So this year the Pavloposad silk handkerchief, dressed for an expensive fur coat, has become a real trend.

In our time in Pavlovsky Posad annually produced about 400 types of women's woolen, cotton, silk shawls and shawls. Pavlo-Posadsky handkerchief has a symmetrical pattern with respect to the center, which consists of a harmonious combination of field and garden flowers, plant garlands and oriental motifs. Flower compositions created with the help of printed technology, usually contain about 20 shades. For the main drawing, the contrast of black, red, burgundy, green and blue colors is most often used. It is very beautiful Pavloposadsky handkerchief looks on top of a coat or blouse.

Modern downy Orenburg "spiderweb" with an openwork pattern can be a beautiful addition for almost any outfit. This handkerchief on the shoulders looks very feminine and romantic.

Fashionable women's headscarves

A stunning collection of women's scarves on the head this year introduced the French fashion house Hermes, silk kerchiefs which have long been very popular in a fashionable society. Unique models of the square form have a hand-painted and saturated prints in white and black tones. Five silk paintings of the collection, made in a single copy, are decorated with drawings depicting horses, boats, blots, chessboard. In the near future there will be another collection, this time - of color scarves.

How to tie a woman's headscarf on her head?

There are many ways how to tie women's headscarves on the head:

1. In the classical style. Throwing a handkerchief like a normal scarf, tie or cross the ends under the chin and tie them from behind. This way to tie a shawl in combination with sunglasses is again in vogue.
2. Form a scarf - hood. First you need to tie a handkerchief in the manner of an Arab women's headscarf - "hijab": cover your forehead, tuck them on the sides and cross the ends of a handkerchief under your chin, tie them behind. Part of the scarf on the forehead is tucked inside and spread out the handkerchief so that it looks like a hood.
3. In the form of a bandage. Having folded a scarf in a thin strip, to fasten around a head, having made a double knot on a parietal part of a head. The remaining ends are hidden under a scarf. This option looks good with both loose and with hair gathered in a bun.
4. In the form of a turban. This requires a long scarf in the form of a scarf made of nonsmooth silk. Throwing a scarf over his head, connect his ends, while crossing them on his forehead. Bring the ends to the back of the head and tie the knot. The remaining ends of the kerchief on the forehead, tie the knot again, and hide the remaining tips in fabric assemblies.

In addition, you can weave a handkerchief into your hair, tie it up in the form of a bandana or complement this way with a bow tied behind or on the side.

In 2013 it is fashionable to use handkerchiefs not only as a headdress, but also as an ornament of anything from handbags to pockets. Shawls of a variety of colors, twisted into a tourniquet, are used on the belt instead of the belt. Still remains fashionable this season, a pair of light silk or organza.