Style Vagrant: April 2012

Now that's it's getting warmer I can't stop obsessing over how puuurfect sunnies look with scarves.

You don't see many women, not to mention young ladies, wearing scarves. For some reason, unbeknown to

me, scarves, headdresses and turbans are considered tribal and very not modern and plainly old. Scarves

and other head coverings come from a time of modesty.

Людмила Мызникова из Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки (1961)

I on the other hand view them as elegant, classic, and timeless. This view might also be supported that I

come from Belarus, and Eastern European country where scarves are an everyday thing. Scarves used to be

mandatory for women when leaving her home, and especially when entering a church. Of course now we're

in the 21st century and mostly those who grew up in the "olden days" are the only ones willing to be seen

wearing one.

Masha from Masha i Medved (2010) Маша и медведь

Traditions are dying out and scarves are viewed as a nuisance rather than as accessory. But the

good news, for me and anyone else who might enjoy this fabulous look, is that many young women are

actually proud of the looks that their grandmother and great grandmothers wore while we we're growing up.

Maybe it's my everlasting love for the 1950's that drives me to seek "alternative" dressing or maybe it's just

that I'm a Belarusian girl wanting a piece of home. Now if you think about it a scarf is very ordinary and very

old world, but sunglasses a very "now", so by putting the two together you encompass the true essence of

the meaning modern vintage.