Headscarf

A 1940s Headscarf and My Grandma’s Pearls

A 1940s Headscarf and My Grandma’s Pearls

I know there’s nothing authentic about this outfit, my silk scarf is actually from the 1960s, the headscarf style is inspired by 1940s land-girls,  my clothes are modern and my Grandma’s pearls are probably from the 1950s, but it was a nice outfit to wear, and surprisingly liberating to wear a headscarf! It’s nice not(…)

1930s magazine cover: woman wearing a headscarf

1930s magazine cover: woman wearing a headscarf

1930s cover for McCall’s Magazine: woman wearing scarf and looking rather defiantly at the camera! The magazine was from July 1938 Source and copyright: George Eastman House Collection: No known copyright restrictions