Urban Turban

If you open up any magazine, words such as tribal, ethnic, safari crowd the fashion pages. Fashion went global in Spring/Summer 2009 with Yves Saint Laurent's legendary safari jump suits. Since then we have seen many manifestations of these trends splashed all over the catwalks from tribal prints at Dries Van Noten to Rodartes warrior woman inspired collection for Spring/Summer 2010.


But if you set your minds back to 2007 to Prada’s Spring/Summer collection of colourful turbans, one must question if this was this not the start of the frenzy towards merging different cultures and fashion, the start of the adventurer mood in clothes.

Back in 2007, it seemed like every fashionable head was swathed in one of Prada's hip silk turbans. When Kate Moss was seen sporting a metallic Marc Jacobs dress with a gold turban to the MET 2009 Costume Gala, it was thought a turban wave was going to hit the streets. Many celebrities dared to brave the look, such as Nicole Richie, Ashley Olsen and Kate Bosworth but after the big hype turbans seemed to disappear....

But all of a sudden out of nowhere turbans are back, and are going to be bigger and better than ever. The conservative turban is looking to be the up and coming trend in hair accessories for Summer and Winter 2010. Inspired by the Sex and the City 2 movie, Sarah Jessica Parker pulls of this trend fabulously, pairing a Halston Heritage dress with a multi coloured striped turban designed by David Jon Acosta for Gold Saturn. David has taken this vintage look and made it new again by creating “Turbands” (a combination of “headband” and “turban) - giving the trend another shot.

Turbans have also featured recently in Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Marie Claire for Spring/Summer 2010. Erin O’Connor posed for Harper's Bazaar Russia, April edition dressed in an exotic mix, complete with turbans, harem pants and elegant draping. In Marie Claire Italy March edition, entitled "Retro Futurista”, turban meets tribal for Spring /Summer 2010, mixing classic revivals with current trends.