How to tie and wear a bandana: 7 fashionable ways

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Any of the options will take you no more than a minute.

1. Classic knot

Place the bandana on any horizontal surface, straighten the folds. Fold the fabric in half diagonally to form a triangle.

Raise the bandana by stretching it at two corners in the wider part. Throw it over your head, like a kerchief, with the edge of the triangle towards the back of the head. Put the ends that you hold in your hands on the back of your head and tie in a tight knot.

Spread the scarf on your head, remove loose hair under it.

2. Pirate knot

This knot hardly differs from the classic one. There is only one caveat: the ends of the fabric at the back of the head should look longer, like a lush tail.

To achieve this effect, choose a larger scarf. However, the point is not only in the physical size of the accessory, but also in the way it is folded.

Fold the fabric into an asymmetrical triangle: not strictly diagonally, but so that one side of the bandana is longer than the other.

Throw the accessory over your head with the apex of the triangle towards the back of your head, so that the long "tail" of the scarf is close to your hair. Tie the loose ends into a tight knot at the back of your head.

Tuck the upper, short piece of fabric into the knot. Spread the ends, trying to give them the most magnificent look.

3. Biker style headband

Such a bandage also has an elongated "tail". But she sits more tightly on her head. To put on a bandana, proceed as follows.

Fold the scarf into an even triangle. Holding the edges, press the center of its wide side firmly against the forehead. At the same time, the fabric should cover the face. Tie the loose ends at the back of your head with a tight double knot.

Divide the edge of the scarf hanging over the face into two parts. To do this, simply pull the top sheet towards the back of your head.

Pull the scarf slightly downwards by the back so that it slides slightly over the head, freeing the ears. Now twist the front loose edge of the fabric into a tight rope to open your eyes. Secure it under the edge of the bandana by curling the fabric slightly over your forehead.

Pass the back free edge of the scarf under the knot and pull it to the maximum length.

Now try to smoothen the fabric that fits your head as much as possible. Align any protruding or bulging areas and tuck under the knot.

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4. Headband with bow

Fold the bandana into a triangle. Then fold the top of the shape several times to form a 4–5 cm wide strip of fabric.

Press the center of the fabric against the back of your head, and tie the loose ends on your forehead in the form of a flirty bow.

Be sure to play with the location of the bandana: lower it closer to your eyes, lift it up on your hair, slide the bow to the left or right. So you can find exactly the option that will suit you especially.

The ends of the bow can be hidden under the fabric to give the headband a more strict and neat look.

5. Sports-style armband

It is done in the same way as a headband with a bow. Only the free ends of a scarf folded into a strip are tied not on the forehead, but on the back of the head.

If you have long hair, hide the knot underneath. This will prevent the bandana from slipping.

6. Boho headband

Fold the bandana in a straight diagonal. Throw it over your head so that the wide side of the resulting triangle is pressed against the back of the head, and the tip hangs over the forehead.

Bring the two free corners of the scarf together and tie them in a knot on the forehead.

Extend the vertex of the triangle overhanging your forehead under the knot, and then hide it under the bandana. Also straighten and fix all protruding parts of the scarf in the folds of the fabric that fits the head.

7. Klondike

Kind of a cute country option just to keep your hair out of the sun. Fold the bandana into a triangle, throw it over your head and tie the ends under your chin.