Ways to Wear a Scarf
Scarf is one of the most popularly used head-wear. Utilized for protection from sun-rays and pollution, they can be of much more use in terms of fashion. While wearing a scarf on your head is mostly for protection, wearing it around your neck or on the dresses is a way to give a fancy touch to your attire. Small and easy to use, a scarf works better than any other accessory to enhance your clothing. It gives you a unique look, a stylish one, that others would love to try out. There are various ways to wear a scarf on your head and on your outfits. Let us look at some of the best ways to wear scarf in this article.
Lovely Headband
Take a scarf, preferably soft, silky. Pick one matching your outfit and roll it lengthwise to form a long tube of fabric. You headband is ready to be tied up. Place it at desired distance from hairline and tie it at the nape. You can tie it at center of the nape, below your hair or towards backside of one of your ears, if you want the knot to be visible. The long flowing tails will complement your outfit and give you a fashionable look. You can experiment by tying small or big knots. You can also first wrap the scarf over a ready-made headband and then wear it. This will ensure that it doesn't slip and you can easily remove it and wear it back. This is a classic hair accessory that graces your outfit as well.
Pony Wrap
Take a matching scarf and roll it to form a tube. Tie a low ponytail and just tie the scarf around the ponytail base so that the knots are on upper-side of the pony and its ends flowing on each side. Another way is to further interlace the scarf tails in a braid. So hold each tail with outer sections of the braid and go on braiding as usual. Tie a knot 3 inches above the ends. This will look great on long hair.
Ascot Wrap
Decide the outfit and take a contrast colored scarf. You can also have the scarf of one of the prominent colors in the outfit. Fold the scarf diagonally. Now drape it around your neck, the ends will hang on backside. Let the corners cross each other at back of your neck and again bring them on the front side. Pull them to make the wrap tight, but comfortable. Now, tie a simple knot or a bow at front center. Put the free ends inside your outfit. You can also skip the knot and instead tie it at backside where the ends cross. The front part of scarf will remain plain with a few wrinkles. This style is especially opted by boys.
Fashionable Knot
Take a long scarf and roll it length wise. Make sure it matches the outfit perfectly. Just put it around your neck, from backside, so that both the ends are on front side. Make both the ends equal and just tie a knot at front center of your neck. This looks best with wide and deep neck-lines. You can have many variations in this style. Another way is to tie a knot at one side of your neck and let one end hang on front-side and other on backside. This looks cool with strappy tops. Another way is to tie it around the waist band of your skirt or jeans as a funky belt. You can also fold it diagonally and tie a simple knot at one side of your waist. This is commonly used to grace up slacks.
Stylish Wraps
Just fold a scarf length-wise to make a tube. Wrap it around your neck so that the ends hang in front. Now pull right end to make it longer than the left one and put it on your back from left shoulder. You can make it stay tight around your neck or hang it loosely around your neck. Now one end hangs in front and other on backside. This looks perfect on tube tops. Here is another way of wrapping scarf around your neck. Fold it length-wise to form a long tube. Drape it around the neck so that ends hang free on your back. Cross the ends and bring them in front. Pull to make them fit tight around the neck.
There are many ways to wear and use a scarf around your head, neck, and dress. While each way is cool, a perfect scarf with right colors and fabric is what will make it a classic accessory. Wrong choice of scarf can ruin your look. So make sure you opt for the right one to match your clothing. Also, try various ways on your outfit to find the best way of wearing a scarf on that piece of clothing. After all, you definitely need to take a little efforts to don that killer look!
