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Dec252011
Picture of the Day: Scarves in the Market
Belize City, Belize
11.24.2004
Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 8:09PM | Posted by Lisa | 1 Comment | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 8:09PM | Posted by Lisa | 1 Comment | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article 
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Such a beautiful Picture!! The scarf is the most basic type of ornamentation since it is only one piece of fabric. Because of this, it is one of the most adaptable clothing accessories, utilized for a number of reasons for millennia in a wide spectrum of civilizations.
Many Muslim women cover their heads for modesty, while older women prefer triangular-folded scarves to protect their expensive or complex hairstyles. A scarf can serve as a political statement and reveal the wearer's allegiance or philosophical leanings. Women's rights activists in the early 20th century wore scarves with the movement's colors of white, green, and purple to support their cause. However, the scarf's most well-known application in Western culture is as a fashion item, which initially became widely popular in the 19th century. One of the first trendy scarf designs was light, delicately woven silk and cashmere shawls from India. Limited edition scarves, which are frequently exclusively made available to favored consumers, may serve as special markers for those in the know, just like much of high fashion. Scarves are a status symbol. If you're interested, you can get the best scarfs from sites like eBay such as TrueGether.