Hello lovely ladies! Here are two similar outfits that I have worn that I thought you’d like! It’s wonderful how wearing a scarf with multiple colours allows you to incorporate those colours into your outfit, and instead of clashing, they now match!
What do you think? How has covering your hair inspired what you wear?
What do you think? How has covering your hair inspired what you wear?
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?
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!
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?
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 🙂
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!
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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