Lipstick, Lettuce & Lycra

Retro Chick Presents: How to Tie a Headscarf 1940s Style

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2 years without a video and then 2 in 2 months, I know!

I seem to be on a roll, so if there’s anything you’d like to see in a video, tutorial or otherwise, feel free to let me know in the comments!

This video is on how to tie a headscarf, 1940s, Land Girl or Rosie the Riveter style. This sort of scarf is brilliant for covering up pin curls, sleeping in to keep them in place or just keeping your hair out of the way and free of dust and dirt.

How to tie a Headscarf

Cotton scarves can be easier to do this with as they are less slippery, but silk adds a bit of glamour (and I only had a silk scarf to hand) I use a medium sized scarf for this, which measures approximately 29″ along a side. If you have short hair or have flat pin curls in then you might be able to get away with using a slightly smaller scarf.

A couple of years ago I wrote a post on 5 ways to tie a headscarf, and this is one of the most popular ways to tie it, but it’s far easier to show how to do it properly on a video that it is to describe in words, so here we go!

I’ll be submitting this tutorial to this weeks IFB project, as it seems timely that topic came up! Hopefully there’ll be some other great tutorials in there!

Comments

66 responses to “Retro Chick Presents: How to Tie a Headscarf 1940s Style”

  1. Sean MacKenzie avatar
    Sean MacKenzie

    One of my favorite looks!!!

  2. Miss Fairchild avatar
    Miss Fairchild

    Another fabulous video.

  3. Angela avatar
    Angela

    Thank you, I enjoyed that!

  4. Retrovert avatar
    Retrovert

    Looks great – and is really well explained in the video. Will definitely try this one out. Thanks

  5. Sunae avatar
    Sunae

    Awesome tutorial! I’ll have to try this soon. I have those days where I just can’t be bothered or don’t have time for my hair way too often! xx

  6. LandGirl1980l avatar
    LandGirl1980l

    Considering how often I wear headscarves – I have NEVER done that with the front triangle before. What is WRONG with me?? ha ha! I usually fold that bit over and pin it and *then* tie and tuck in at the sides. I shall be trying this as of tomorrow!

  7. Ros avatar
    Ros

    Such a great tutorial! Thank you 🙂

  8. Molly Gertenbach avatar
    Molly Gertenbach

    that hair style is so pretty on you!

    xx
    Molly
    http://www.wildspringrose.blogspot.com
    http://www.wildspringrose.etsy.com

  9. Rachel avatar
    Rachel

    Perfect winged eyeliner, please, I still manage to fluff it up 🙂

  10. Margaret avatar
    Margaret

    Such a wonderful look :3 I think I might try and experiment a little with this ^^