More great tutorials

YouTube is full of videos (of course!) and a lot of them are about tutorials teaching viewers how to do things, and among them there are some fashion tips including headscarf wearing. We have already seen some here.

And here is a new one by Lilly Jarlsson.

Lilly is a freelance writer with a passion for vintage fashion and make-up. In this video she demonstrates:

A front-tied headscarf...

A turban-like wrap...

A Peasant tie...

... And a Classic headscarf, which she advises to tie to the side...

... Like this. She's also seen wearing a Kelly wrap, however she's not shown tying it on.

Lilly's advice is not entirely new, having first been suggested in a tutorial (that I know) by Candice "Superkawaiimama" DeVille.

Julie Bloom's tutorial also suggested that way of tying a Classic in lieu of the usual knot under the chin.

Lilly calls this style "younger and edgier". It certainly suits young actress Dreama Walker (from Gossip Girl) well.

 

This picture is from the Summer 2012 edition of Bullett magazine.

While it's a pity we don't see Lilly tying on a Kelly, fear not because there's another tutorial here with a lady demonstrating five different styles including a Kelly and a Gypsy wrap. 

There are more tutorials out there waiting to be discovered. I'm always keeping an eye out, but drop me a line if you see something interesting!

It's a drama, period!

Well, in case you're wondering, We'll take Manhattan was really good and Karen did get some great scenes - but more of that later!

There are a great deal of period dramas on TV lately, and I wonder if it's the current dire situation worldwide that makes the past suddenly so attractive, or simple nostalgia, but we've seen a fair share of show set in in the '60s or earlier.

The first and most famous of all is Mad Men, of course. Strangely enough, for a show set in the early 1960s there are very few headscarf scenes...


Here is Christina Hendricks (playing Joan Holloway) wearing an open Kelly in the episode "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" 







And here is Elisabeth Moss (playing Peggy Olson) wearing a Classic in the episode "The Color Blue"

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for next season!

Another show is the very ill-fated The Playboy Club, which only aired for 3 episodes before being cancelled (it looks like there are four more unaired episodes but who knows if they will be aired or available in some form).

In the pilot episode there's a brief scene with Leah Renee (who plays bunny Alice) wearing a Kelly wrap.

While Naturi Naughton (playing bunny Brenda) wears a Peasant-like rear tie in the episode (The Scarlet Bunny)

















Unfortunately no scenes for the main star (Amber Heard). At least, none in the three aired episodes, alas.

The next show, a little more lucky, is Pan Am which has managed to last 14 episodes and whose future is highly in doubt. Chronicling the lives of four Pan Am hostess in the early '60s, this series has the distinction of having all four leading ladies headscarved during its run!

The first one is Karine Vanasse (playing Colette Valoise) wearing a Kelly in the episode We'll Always Have Paris, of course while at the wheel of a convertible.

Then, on episode 11 (Diplomatic Relations) Kelli Garner (playing Kate Cameron) wears a Classic in a couple of scenes as disguise.

In the following episode, New Frontiers, it's leading lady Christina Ricci (playing Maggie Ryan) who gets her pretty head wrapped, in her case it's a nice Peasant headscarf.

And in the same episode, Margot Robbie (as Laura Cameron) gets to wear an elegant Classic headscarf, with sunglasses.









Not only did they manage to have a headscarf scene for all the main actresses, they also covered all styles! A pity we'll probably never see another season...

Since there are a lot of new shows, including period pieces, being aired or in production I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them. And, of course, screencaps will be forthcoming!

Lacoste Jewellery 2011

A couple of days ago I happened to notice the advertisement on the left for the Spring-Summer 2011 Lacoste Jewellery line. The featured model wears a nice rear tie with one end draped over her shoulder, but the picture is a bit too cropped to see much.

Of course I tried to find out some more images and found a video on the official site, from which I took some stills.

Fashionable Peasants

In the last post, we saw some images from the D&G Spring-Summer 2011 collection. Since they're too good to leave alone, I'm posting some more images from the runway backstage...

 

 

However, peasant wraps have been surfacing time and again in fashion collections. See those from Anna Sui's Fall-Winter 2005 collection...

... And from United Colors of Benetton's Sping-Summer 2009 ad campaign.

I'm currently browsing through a lot of past collections. It's a hard job, but someone has to do it. :)