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 would like to add that many Regency era turbans were evidently not
extemporaneously wrapped on the head, but were instead built on a foundation.?
We know Dolley Madison got turbans from France, for example, and the Hampshire
County Museums has one in their collection, pictured in "Hats" by Fiona Clark.?
Of course, one still had to wrap the fabric before attaching it to the
foundation.
Ann Wass
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From: Saragrace Knauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] wrapping turbans [was:Curious about headdress - Arabic?]
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
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> Subject: Re: [h-cost] wrapping turbans [was:Curious about headdress - Arabic?]
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> 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
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