Falling for Scarves and Leggings

It is fall now and we have to start putting all our summer clothes away. If you live in a state like Michigan you are starting to wear more scarves, sweatpants, sweatshirts, jeans, and leggings. This week’s post is going to be more about how to wear your scarves with a little history about where leggings really started.

A lot of us are whipping out our comfy long sleeve shirts with leggings, boots, and scarves. There are several ways to wear a scarf and most are very cute depending on your outfit of choice. Here are some ways in which to wear your scarf:

·         Leave it long and dangling

·         You can wrap it around your head with a turban style head wrap if you want to go for a bohemian look

·         Use a smaller scarf to wrap around your wrist with some bracelets

Although the above state different ways of wearing your scarf not around your neck, here are some different knots and ways to wear your scarf around your neck:

·         Double Loop

o   Loop your scarf twice around your neck. Take one end over and down through the neck loops, then tie ends together.

·         Rolled Loop

o   Wrap your scarf once around your neck. Take each scarf end up and over the neck loop.

·         Neck Wrap

o   Loop a long scarf once around your neck. Make a half know with the long ends, up near your neck. Pull the fabric of the neck loop down over the half knot.

·         Double Sided Twist

o   Put two of your favorite scarves back to back. Loop once around your neck and turn the fabric so that you can see both sides.

These are not all the different ways to wear a scarf however, these are some interesting ones I have found. Right now you see a lot of girls wearing leggings with long shirts or just plain t-shirts. But when did leggings become fashionable? When were leggings first worn?

Leggings have been worn for centuries, but not usually for fashion. Men in Europe from the 14^th to 16^th century wore a form of leggings. However, the leggings worn then were made from buckskin, not the common leggings we see today. Leggings didn’t become a big part of fashion until the fitness and aerobics craze in the 1980s. Popular ways to wear legging in the 80’s through the mid 90’s were with skirts, short dresses like baby doll dresses, over-sized shirts, sweaters etc. However this was also paired with slouch socks and keds.

Leggings are worn a little differently now and come in all different styles and colors you could imagine. There are footless, stocking style, ballet strap, Capri, bunched, ruched, studded, etc. Leggings are worn more by teenagers and college kids than adults.

Leggings are something that is worn both for fashion and comfort. The same goes for scarves. These are two perfect pieces of clothing that are great for the fall fashion season. It shows comfort, fashion, and a little bit of flare when you pair these two things together with a pair of boots and nice comfy fashionable shirt.