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Trend Guide: How to fold a bandana

Trend Guide: How to fold a bandana

I was two weeks in and still hadn’t gotten the swing of this New York City thing. I was in town for my dream internship last summer, but I wondered: did I look the part of a savvy New Yorker?

Inspiration came one morning when I saw a stylish, tall, blonde woman on the subway taking her bandana off from around her neck and tying it to her bag. I always wondered how to work these bandanas and the most fashionable ways to wear them.

It hit me: this was a trend that could make me the New Yorker I longed to be.

I marched over to Zara off Broadway and Spring Street and bought myself my very first bandana. Once I got to my loft in the middle of TriBeCa I still had one problem: How do I make this colorful piece of fabric work?

I wasn’t the only person interested in the trend. Bandanas were everywhere last summer. And they could be seen on some runways during the recent New York Fashion Week. The show that got the most buzz for the look was Gigi Hadid’s Fall collaboration with Tommy Hillfiger.

There are several places to purchase a bandana, whether you are willing to break the bank or pinch some pennies.

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“I think it’s cool that bandanas are back in style, it was always one of my favorite accessories as a kid,” art history major Tala Duwaji said. “I love that I can pull out my old stuff and reuse them in different ways. It just adds a cool pop of print.”

Why wear a bandana?

If you’re wearing all denim or all white and throw on a bandana and knot it around your neck or bag, you effortlessly add life to a dull outfit.

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After admiring from afar and watching the trend grow on the daily, I learned five ways to tie this accessory:

1. Tie as a sailor knot
First fold scarf into triangle piece. Then continue to fold until thin, flat, long tie. Later, place scarf around neck and make sure both sides match in length. Finally, knot three/fourths of the end.

2. Tie as a choker
First fold scarf into triangle piece. Then continue to fold until thin, flat long tie. Later place scarf around neck with ends towards the back of your neck. Wrap the ends around to the front and tie knot. Rotate tied chocker so knot is facing back of your neck.

3. Tie as an arm scarf
First fold scarf into triangle piece. Then continue to fold until thin, flat long tie. Place scarf under wrist with ends face up. Continue to wrap around wrist until ends meet to knot.

4. Tie as a backpack scarf
First fold scarf into triangle piece. Then continue to fold until thin, flat long tie. Put scarf in the middle of strap. Wrap evenly on each side. Make sure to knot ends to be even on both ends of strap.

5. Tie as a tote scarf
First fold scarf into triangle piece. Knot ends around bag strap on both ends.

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