Are Headscarves Only Cool When They're on the Runway?

Amid the Paris Fashion Week jungle of runways and after-parties, shimmering dresses, and sky-high heels, there was an unexpected trend this year: head coverings. Balmain featured models in fully hooded dresses, while models walked the Rick Owens show draped in misshapen hoods and long scarves wrapped around their heads. Giambattista Valli featured classic silk scarves tied around models’ coifs, and even Louis Vuitton included dazzling headpieces atop several models’ hair as a dominant element of their presentation.

At first glance, not much seemed out of the ordinary. Hair scarves have been a fixture in the fashion world for decades — not least the quintessential silk scarf of the “French girl” caricature. But what made it confusing was the elephant in the room: Doesn’t France hate headscarves? Or is it only when Muslim women wear them?

Need a little break today? Watch the National Zoo’s Cheetah Cub Cam (the cubs are just two adorable, tiny days old). Oh, to be at a farmers’ market in Italy with Stanley Tucci. Last week, a 20-year-old Oklahoma woman was convicted of manslaughter for experiencing a miscarriage at 17 weeks and sentenced to four years in state prison. J. Smith Cameron agrees with us, also wants Gerri and Roman to hook up already. This is an insane title for a movie, but we’ll definitely watch it. We should all quit getting hung up on generational divides. And once you hear a loon’s wail in a movie, you’ll hear it forevermore.

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