Meet Megan.
She lives in the Zazou warehouse and enjoys staring at walls, having an unusually long neck and no discernible facial features. I'm pretty sure she's a Virgo.Last week we pulled Megan off her shelf to assist in a project called HEAD SCARF TYING 101.
You may remember a similar project, SCARF TYING 101 - a runaway success and now free with every Zazou order.
(Get it here!)
Well here's a sneak peek at HEAD SCARF TYING 101 (or should it be 102? - I'm not sure because for some reason I see these as two different courses at the Scarf Tying University, a place I plan to start up asap.)
(You like scarves? Well, here's where you start payin'. IN SCARVES.)
Back to the sneak peek:
These are the beginning how-to illustrations, which will eventually have written instructions, cool colors and be printed on postcards. (Excuse the Zebra, who is always trying to sneak into photos.)
I personally find these sort of "how-to's" very helpful. Because let's face it, when it comes to head scarf tying I think most people end up with something like this:
Which, of course, makes you look a little Bret Michaels-ish and (even though there's nothing wrong with it!) a little 1990s-era-art-school lesbian-ish.
When you wear a head scarf you want to look like YOU, just with a head scarf.
Or maybe Grace Kelly in a head scarf, sure.
Head scarves are like a more casual turban. You don't have to muster all the attitude that goes with wearing a turban - you're just tying on a little scarf! (See more of an explanation on turbans here.)
sweet little head scarf:
TURBAN.:
The point is, how do you avoid looking costume-y in a head scarf?
Enter Enyonam, our head scarf tying phenom, previously blogged about here.
She and Chris, our designer...
(Here's Chris, once again turning the iPhone-camera tables on me...)
... got together with Megan and did some head scarf tying experimentation.
Overall, things went very well.
Megan didn't panic when Enyo put a scarf over her face.
Enyo begins her magic.
Chris looks on, documenting the steps and planning his drawing strategy.
Soon Megan - who Enyo dubbed "Big Head Megan" after realizing the surprising girth of her head - sported look #1, which we call the Classic Head Scarf.
The long tails can be put over one shoulder or hang alluringly down your back. (If you had a back...sorry Megan.)
I don't want to give all our tricks away before we publish the "how to" postcard, so I'll just take you through a few more photos.
A twist at the nape of the neck.
A braided front.
Laughing at poor Megan, now blinded.
In the end, three strong looks were achieved and we're excited to debut HEAD SCARF TYING 101 very soon.
Meanwhile, Megan is doing great. She survived her torture and found her spot back on her shelf.
Jacqueline, however, lurked in a dark corner, plotting her revenge.
