Apparently bandanas are having a moment again. Bandanas Never Went Out of Style for Me. I'm looking for the good ones—bandanas, head scarves, silk, oversized, vintage-inspired, hand-dyed, embroidered, wildly patterned and anything else that can turn ...
Okay, this is a hair accessory for people who believe the hair is part of the outfit. The sequined mesh covers the head while those long tails trail down and do their own thing. Gold, antiqued silver and wine give you three very different ways to tur...
FREE PEOPLE - Naoemi Hair Scarf
This is the bandana category I understand completely: colorful, a little bohemian and useful in approximately 47 different ways. Tie it around your head, wear it as a neck scarf, knot it onto a bag or keep one around because you never know when an ou...
Road Less Traveled Bandana
This is where the humble head scarf gets a little more glamorous. The Lilliana has a softly draped shape and an oversized floral print that makes it feel like part of the outfit rather than something you threw on because your hair was misbehaving. Ti...
FREE PEOPLE - Lilliana Hair Scarf
Now THIS is a bandana I can get behind. It’s made from mismatched vintage-inspired fabrics stitched together into a little patchwork piece of wearable chaos, with trailing tails that make it even better tied over your hair. Every one has its own mix ...
One Of A Kind Kantha Hair Scarf
This is the kind of scarf that makes me want to stare at it for a minute before putting it on. Flowers, little treasures and a whole dreamlike world packed into a silk square. Wear it in your hair, around your neck, on your bag or go ahead and turn i...
"The Dreamer" Bandana Silk Scarf
This one is basically New York City turned into a silk square. Central Park through all four seasons, rendered in a pop-art style, with a little dog wandering through the scenes because apparently the scarf needed a main character. It’s 26 inches of ...
"Seasons in the Park" Silk Scarf - Black
Sometimes the point is just a really beautiful silk scarf. Carina has that old-school floral look that works with jeans, a big sweater, a dress or tied into your hair. The 20-inch square is big enough to actually do things with, and the hand-rolled e...
ELIZABETTA | Carina - Silk Bandana
There’s something about a pattern that was actually drawn by hand that changes the whole feel of a bandana. Batik tulis gives this one the little variations and imperfections that make handmade textiles so good. It’s less “accessory” and more a small...
KASIH CO-OP | Full Hand Drawn Batik Tulis Bandana
A polka-dot bandana covered in cats is already making a fairly strong case for itself. The cotton-silk blend keeps it from feeling like a novelty item, while the print does all the personality work. For anyone whose idea of a neutral is “something wi...
CENTINELLE | Poppy Polka Cat Cotton Silk Bandana
The embroidery is what changes this from an ordinary cotton bandana into something you actually notice. It has that handmade, slightly collected feel that looks especially good with denim and other uncomplicated pieces—the bandana gets to be the inte...
Elizabeth Gillett 100% Cotton Embroidered Bandana
Two different printed silk scarves means you can change the whole mood without changing the outfit. They’re designed for hair, but silk makes them useful beyond that—one day it's a head scarf, another day it's the little patterned detail that makes a...
Silken Printed Hair Scarves, Set Of 2
This is not the crisp, brightly printed bandana that wants to announce itself from across the room. The gauze and softer floral treatment give it a more relaxed, almost worn-in quality, which makes it especially good with denim, linen and loose layer...
ELIZABETH GILLETT - Floral Gauze Bandana
If you believe there is no such thing as too many flowers, this one understands you. Untamed Petals has the kind of lush floral look that can take a very simple outfit somewhere else entirely. Let the scarf be the floral moment instead of trying to b...
UNTAMED PETALS SCARF
This one takes the head scarf somewhere a little less expected. The PU finish gives it a sleek, slightly tougher look, so it makes sense with boots, denim and oversized layers rather than reading as a sweet little hair accessory. For the days when yo...
OH SO CHIC PU HEAD SCARF
Plain bandanas are easy to find. An embroidered one is a different story. The cotton keeps this grounded and casual, while the embroidery gives you something to actually look at—exactly the sort of small detail that works when the rest of your outfit...
MADEWELL | Embroidered Cotton Bandana
Biarritz is a pretty good name for a bandana that has this kind of easy, slightly romantic feel. It’s the sort of accessory that can make jeans and a simple shirt feel finished without looking like you spent an hour coordinating everything. Toss it o...
LE BOP | Biarritz Bandana
Gingham can go sweet, vintage, western or a little rebellious depending on what you put around it. That’s what makes this one useful. With jeans and boots it takes one direction; with a leather jacket and a pile of jewelry, it takes another. One litt...
LE BOP | Gingham Check Bandana
This has the kind of slightly undone quality that makes a scarf look better once it’s actually being worn. It doesn’t need a carefully matched outfit—throw it into denim, oversized layers or a pile of jewelry and let the scarf be the thing that makes...