Headscarves: Old Hollywood Glamour

Hepburn does headscarves in Breakfast at Tiffany's
The head scarf has been done a million different ways over the years, but these are some of the most iconic images. Whatever happened to that 40’s movie star style?

Brigitte Bardot (Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS)
Vintage glamour
Inspiration is easy to find in these glamorous scarf styles. So just who wore it with most style?…
Catwalk Copy
Not for the first or last time fashion borrowed from the past, this time with vintage head scarves. D&G went for the classic Grace Kelly look for their fall 2008 collection.

Copy Cat: Catwalk version of Grace Kelly's Scarf

Headscarves on the beautiful Miss Hepburn (image: Corbis/Uppa)
Hepburn does Headscarves
There is just something so very right about Audrey Hepburn in a head scarf. Iconic- absolutely, Islamic- Not so much, it just needs a little tweaking. Starting with hiding those bangs.

Greta garbo does the turban style wrap

Hijabi Hat: Greta garbo
Headscarves and hats
The lovely Greta Garbo was somewhat synonymous with hats, I particularly love the turban style (left) it’s kind of similar to the bonnet style hijab I made see Hijabis in Hats. So just what happens when you cross these two chic Garbo styles?
Well, this is the best I could come up with… It actually kind of works.

Hijabi adaptation: Greta's style crossover
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stumbled across your blog – what a delight! Your ideas for hijab styling – a great resource for us ladies who are having chemotherapy for breast cancer. Fantastic styling!
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