Oh, I am glad to hear there is more coming from the YWU article. I read it last night and didn't see anywhere to find instructions on how to wrap it.
Sg > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:31:13 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] wrapping turbans [was:Curious about headdress - Arabic?] > > Lynn McMasters is working on a series of articles for the online publication > "Your Wardrobe Unlock'd" about wrapping turbans for Regency wear. I don't > have a subscription yet, so can't comment on the articles, but I saw Lynn > over the weekend at Costume College (where she taught turban wrapping) > wearing a huge turban, and it looked great. I was lame and didn't get a > photo. I hope somebody did. http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/ > > I'd like to point out that how an Arab and how a Sikh (the two cultures I can > think of off the top of my head that commonly wear turbans) would wrap a > turban is probably different. Sikh turbans for men are, to my knowledge, two > layers and can be very large (for boys it's just the "under turban"; I don't > know what it's really called). They also tend to be bulky towards the front > of the head, where the top-knot of hair sits. I don't know anything about > Arab turbans, but if you see a larger turban with a lot of forward bulk, > you're probably looking at a Sikh (a steel bangle and certain styles of > facial hair would also be a giveaway). > > > > Claudine > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
