turban

Prada, Spring 2011

When Prada sent their models stomping down the Spring 2007 runway sporting an array of Norma Desmond-worthy turbans, even Vogue's Sarah Mower admitted to being slightly confused at the emergence of a piece that had not been present in western fashion for almost 100 years. This full-on 1910's revival caught the attention of various designers, and come the Spring 2011 runway, turbans started popping up in the collections of almost every high-profile international designer (Jason Wu, Giorgio Armani, Andrew GN, and Vena Cava - Just to name a few).

International fashion icons Mary-Kate Olsen and Kate Moss have been spotted wearing turbans on more than one occasion, and celebrity stylist Jane Ambrose has even launched her own line of beautifully designed silk turbans. A little closer to home, Moochi's Autum 2011 collection features an amazing velvet turban (in stores for $49.95), and popular fashion website 'nzgirl' has dubbed the turban the hottest hair accessory for the coming months.

At this point, if you're not convinced that the turban is the most amazing thing since Ruby's 'Adventure Booties' then chances are you will never cross over to the turban loving dark-side. The cold, hard truth is that the turban isn't for everybody. In fact it really is reserved for the more fashion-adventurous of us. However, I can tell you one thing; Once you start wearing one you'll never want to take it off. Apart from it being a fashion-forward, on-trend accessory, turbans are also amazing bad-hair-day-fixers. In fact, I'm wearing mine with a white fluffy dressing gown and slippers as a write this (ha ha).

If you're not a fan of the Moochi turban but desperately want one for the coming winter months, I recommend visiting asos.com as they have some seriously amazing turbans right now. Glassons have also included a couple of ski-lodge-appropriate wooly turbans in their A/W 2011 collection that are worth checking out (in-store for $24.95). Another option would be to follow in my footsteps and make your own - it's actually relatively easy to do and very inexpensive (which is never a bad thing!).

Long live the turban!