It’s a beautiful day outside, so I asked my husband to snap some outdoor shots of my tichel! Not bad for his first time with my super fancy camera, eh?
Orangy Twists!
Here are some beautiful contrasting colours for you to enjoy!
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A Sparkly Thank You!
A very generous reader all the way across the ocean thought of me while shopping, and sent me this stunning beaded band in the mail! It’s such a perfect hair wrapping accessory; I decided to wear it for the holiday of Sukkot paired with a green, flowered scarf. Thank you!!!
(Yep, these photos were snapped pre makeup and earring almost falling out – there was so much cooking and running around to do before the beginning of the holiday!)
The dress I wore was a gift from my husband! It is one of those “covers all” dresses that I don’t need to wear anything else over in order to be comfortably modest. It’s from the vintage section of etsy (very affordable!) and is perfect for the nippy weather!
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Dark Warmth
Sheer, jewel-toned knitted cotton, and patterned, dark green silk. What a beautiful combination!
In terms of what I wore with it, my 13 year old self would be scandalized! When I was a teenager, I had very strict ideas about what matched (don’t ask me where I got these rules from). Dark shirt grey with black pants? Never! Complimentary colours together in one outfit? Never! Needless to say, my grey skirt, dark teal shirt and warm jean jacket would have never been allowed out of the house!
But times have changed! Here is the dark yet warm yet neutral outfit that I paired with the wrap! (Excuse my “Zoolander” face – I haven’t figured out the timer on my camera yet!)
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Pure Light
This past weekend, the Jewish people celebrated Yom Kippur. There is so much to say about this holiday (it’s my favourite – wrote about that here) but in terms of hair covering, many people choose to wear all white. I found that wearing all white with a white tichel is a challenge – it’s easy to enter bathrobe and towel zone! Here is what I came up with!
The wrap consisted of two scarves and one lace sash (thank you hubby!) They were layered and twisted over my head (for the second day of the holiday I did two twists – I liked that more!) and tied in the back:
I found beautiful light and sparkly earrings to match, as well as a big gold flower to hold the wrap together. (This was the only colour in the whole ensemble.)
The white clothes were a beautiful cotton dress, with a white shell and ruffled white skirt underneath.
And of course, white shoes!
For those of you that celebrated, I hope that you had a cleansing, cathartic, and connected day. Much love to ALL of my readers. You are such an inspiration!
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Function meets Fashion!
It’s always a challenge to find hair wraps and clothing that allow me to live life with freedom of movement, while remaining dignified and elegant. Believe me ladies, I know how hard it is!
Here is my latest helmet-friendly cycling wrap (aka no volume at back):
And the outfit that went with it! (Bicycling, office, cello, and home friendly!)
For those of you celebrating, I wish you an elevating, clarifying, connected, inspirational, cathartic, and all around incredible Yom Kippur. Kol tuv!
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Black Gets Colourful!
I must say, that as much as I love wearing lots of colour, I do enjoy my basic blacks! The ease and elegance of it is simply unmatched. That being said, I wanted to wear black today and be colourful as well! Here’s is a post about how I went about being colourful and wearing black too!
First, a beautiful jewel multi-toned scarf with a sparkly black accent sash:
Paired with the right accessories:
And a lovely outfit contrasted with a black top and belt:
I enjoyed what I wore today very much. The colour was joyful, the silhouette was feminine yet comfortable, and the black was pulled together. Shana tova!
Now tell us, what are some new combinations/experiments you have tried lately, and how did it go?
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Gettin’ Creative!
It’s a new year (the Jewish year of 5774 just began), so what better time to start creating some new wraps! You may have noticed in the last tutorial that I am experimenting with gathering the scarves at the side of my head instead of the back; this one today is no exception. I started off doing two long twists dangling at either side of my head… but then my husband walked by, tried to hide his laugh, so I decided not to go out like that… it did look funny! (Maybe an idea for Purim?) So I undid one twist, wrapped the remainder around my head (creating a really neat knot at the side of my head) and let the other twist hang. It’s interesting how twisting at the side of your head completely changes the shape of the wrap! I am not sure that this one works so well for my face shape, but I am sure that it will work for others! As soon as I master the side gathering thing, I will make a tutorial!
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Hot Day Wear!
It’s hoootttt outside! Many ladies often ask me, “aren’t you boiling in your long skirts, sleeves, and head wrap?” The answer is, “Yep, it’s hot, but I am much cooler than someone wearing short shorts and a tank top!”
How can this be?
The answer is simple: look at the Bedouins and those that lived outside in extremely hot weather. They all wore light colours, long, draped fabrics, and had their heads covered. Light fabrics reflect the sun away from your body much better than skin does! Skin fries under the sun; not only does this create health problems, but it also raises one’s body temperature like nothing else. A long, breezy skirt is much cooler than constricting shorts. Same with fluttery sleeves! As for the hair covering, I find that when I wear light fabrics on my head, I sweat much less than when I wore my hair down (sticky!) and got my scalp burned.
So here is my hot day hair wrap and outfit! The shirt is light, loose cotton. The skirt is a wrap skirt from Jerusalem, and the scarves are cotton/silk 🙂
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Spiral Rose Tutorial!
A word to the wise: if you have just stumbled upon Wrapunzel and/or you are hair wrapping beginner, best you not start with this tutorial! However, you should definitely watch it to see the wraps that are possible! This is the most technique intensive tie that I have done, and as you can see in the video, I still haven’t perfected the mechanics of it! However, so many of you asked, so here is the tutorial!
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Princess Wrap Tutorial
Here is how to do the much-coveted princess wrap! As you can see by watching the video, this wrap is very easy to do, provided that you have a large enough scarf to begin with (really, my “scarf” is just a piece of cloth). Instead of the lace, you can just use any other long scarf, but the lace makes it look much more royal. Enjoy!
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Infinity Scarf Tutorial!
Yes, you read that correctly! I finally got myself unpacked and organized enough to make videos. TIme to start sending in your requests! Here is how to wrap an infinity scarf:
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Reaching Infinity
Yes, you read the title correctly! I finally got myself an infinity scarf, because so many of you have been asking me how to wrap one! This is the first wrap that I came up with:
Keep in mind that infinity scarves vary by size, width, and material. This particular one had two sides to it ( white lace and blue) and was not stretchy.
This beautiful, sparkly, antique brooch held the wrap together perfectly. It is quite easy to do, and doesn’t require a volumizer or any particular hair length! Who wants a tutorial?
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Breezy Flowers
I hadn’t worn my favourite gold scarf for a while, so it was time to break it out! I did a high wrap around my bun and then looped the ends around, fastening them in a single knot at the side. I added an antique pin for extra security (doesn’t hurt the eyes, either!) Later on in the day, I added the turquoise sash to add extra interest.
For the outfit, I wore a dress that is often hard to match, but lo and behold, has orange, gold and a bit of turquoise in it! I wore a longer, swingy skirt underneath because I was going to be playing cello (aka long skirts are necessary!), an cream shell, gold earrings, and lace flats. All in all, it was comfortable, modest, beautiful, and feminine! This will likely be one of my new favourite outfit/tichel combos!
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Elegant & Earthy (aka clothing post #1!)
You asked, and I have listened! Here is the first of hopefully many posts where clothing matching suggestions are included. Many ladies shy away from anything other than solid colours when covering; I know I used to! However, this need not be. As long as you use the scarf to pull out and enhance colours of your outfit, the scarf can actually allow you to wear MORE colour combinations than you previously would dare. I am looking forward to showing you how this is possible as I post more clothing advice.
But I digress. Here is outfit #1! Often for my outfits, I pick the scarf first (because obviously that’s what I love choosing the most), but in this instance, the shirt was one I had been wanting to wear for a while, so that was picked first. The brown skirt and layering shirt were easy choices, and the orange and gold scarf matched the shirt perfectly! Even though the scarf has silver threads in it, the gold earrings and pin were a good match. I could have easily added a green sash to the scarf wrap as well.
You may recognize the scarf as the background curtain of many of the tutorial videos. Remember?
This scarf was delegated as a curtain because I previously thought it was too thick to wrap well. Since moving, the pashmina “curtains” were taken down, and I decided to try wrapping it on my head! I don’t think this will going back to being a curtain any time soon 🙂
The scarf was wrapped in a basic pashmina regal wrap. Here is the result!
I hope you are all doing well and having a lovely weekend!
Love, Andrea
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