HIjab styling

Esilks add color and versatility to your hijab style.



A.
Bandana Style

Worn over a 2-piece hood for accent and color.

Add a contrasting cotton under scarf or a decorative brooch for more accent.

Pick a color to match or highlight your outfit, tie esilk, bandana style, at nape of the neck. You can either leaves ends loose (2nd picture from left) or twist the ends into a bun (and pin to secure). Note: Tucking the hood into the blouse gives a more tailored look.



B.
Headband Style

Worn over a 2-piece hood for accent and color.

This is an easy way to add color to your hijab...and no need for pins. The esilk is folded to headband width and tied at the nape of the neck.



To achieve this look, we started with a dark brown 2- piece hood as a base, added a pink under scarf, folded in half, then folded and tied a brown & tan esilk on top, leaving ends loose. This style only works if you have long hair pulled into a bun, so that you can wrap the twisted long end of the esilk around the bun.
Here, we started with a black headband to give contrast at the face, then a light moss 2 pc hood, a cotton under scarf folded in half on top of that, then an esilk tied at back leaving one end long. That end was twisted and folded around the bun, leaving the very end loose.
For this look, we picked 2 complementary esilks, tied one bandana style and the other headband style. The long ends of the two esilks were twisted together then folded (as you would make a ribbon rose), and pinned to secure, as our model did not have long hair to pull into a bun.



C.
Fringed esilks and special effects

Worn over a 2-piece hood for accent and color

Add a contrasting cotton under scarf or a decorative brooch for more accent.


This look was accomplished by using:

(1) 2-piece dotted jacquard hood

(1) black headband

(1) fringed esilk

(1) strand sparkly beads

(1) vintage star pin

We started with the black headband for contrast at the face, then put the 2-piece white hood. The esilk came next, folded lengthwise to headband width and tied at the back of the head, leaving one end very long. We twisted a thin string of sparkly beads with that long end of the esilk, then twisted and wrapped both to form a bun at the back of the head. This was pinned to secure. To complete the ensemble, we added a decorative silver brooch at the center of the bun.

D.
Combination esilks


These super sheer esilks are too sheer to give proper coverage alone, however, we found that wearing 2 together will cover properly, depending on the color choice. Another way to get a special effect is to wear a colorful esilk in combination with a plain color shawl.

To manage wearing two (2) esilks together, and to get the striped effect, we found it easiest to wrap them as one, rather than as two separate scarves. The trick is to lay the scarves out, one on top of the other, overlapping slightly, (so that the bottom one will have a band showing), then wrap and pin as you would one scarf. (Pin first under the chin, leaving one end as long as possible. Wrap the long end under chin, around and over head and pin.)

E.
As a neck accent

Worn around neck for accent and color.

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