Babushkas F/W 07.08

[urd]

style.com came up with that name for this trend. I think it looks great, and if Audrey Hepburn was doing it, count me in..

blumarine

marc jacobs

vera wang

dolce&gabbana

yohji yamamoto

bora aksu

daks

ysl
runway pics style.com

audrey-hepburn.com

kmobsession.proboards60.com

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

nice for a widows' walk

 

[joiedemode]

Edith Bouvier Beale Well, "little edie"

 

[SomethingElse]

True, true, strawberry daiquiri. According to wikipedia, Babushka is a Russian word meaning "grandmother," "mother-in-law" or more generally "old lady".

I just don't see this one catching on...

 

[Yanka]

looks ridiculous... like a serf girl

 

[Deborah]

It could be quite cute, but I don't live in a very open-minded town and I can imagine the granny comments now.

 

[j'adorekapusta]

True, true, strawberry daiquiri. According to wikipedia, Babushka is a Russian word meaning "grandmother," "mother-in-law" or more generally "old lady"...

that's right. 'babushka' has nothing to do with clothing. i remember few seasons ago there was a trend for babuska style, which ment lots of scarfs, sockings, baggy clothes and pale make-up. and that thing on the head is just a scarf which is called platok in russian. i suppose babushka sounds more exotic for style.com's editors

 

[style_star]

I don't like the runway interpretations at all for this trend, but Audrey works it.

 

[saann]

urd that's so weird=P.. I noticed this on the runways and wanted to create a thread a while although I couldn't find the right word and enough examples of it..

thanks so much for it! Karma!

 

[gius]

it might have to do with 'matryoshka', the nesting dolls
they always have scarves over their heads
and i read once they're also supposed to be babushka/grandmothers, the traditional ones anyway

i think it's cute.. it's kind of close to the turban, maybe more wearable?
i love in the old movies, there are girls with this and then they wear sunglasses and ride a vespa into the distance mystery

 

[pinksatin]

Sometimes i do the hood/bonnet thing with a scarf. Like put the middle over my hair to cover it. Wrap one end around the front and back around my neck, same thing with the other end. ANd then tie the ends together on the front side of my neck. I think it's more of an old-fashioned lady look than an old lady look. Like old actresses or our grandmothers probably always wore it like that. I think it's a prettier way and more wearable than the babushka way with the sides sticking out away from your head.

 

[Sylphide]

matryoshka = young woman
babushka = old woman

according to my Russian friend!

 

[yellowetpink]

It's an alright look for funerals....

 

[pavement]

Omg, I'm so glad! I've had a sudden urge to do this for some reason. But I don't think many of the runway looks did it very well. I want to wear a black scarf, since my hair is black and nearly all my clothes are black. I think I could pull it off in the winter.

it might have to do with 'matryoshka', the nesting dolls
they always have scarves over their heads

I collect these! You're right, they always wear scarves. My mother called the scarves babushkas too. I wonder why now.

 

[pinksatin]

To be honest I think most people know it's old lady. Actually I grew up thinking "grandmother" but I think the scarf thing is called that too just becaue everyone's grandmother wears those. At least the archetypal grandmother does. I like wearing scarve more in the grace kelly or isadora duncan style. More neck wrapping but still hair covering and sometimes a little length blowing out depending on how big the scarf is.

 

[pinksatin]

I found instructions if anyone else likes to tie it this way:

greatestlook.com

I think it's more chic than the babushka style.

 

[*Happiness*]

I don't like the runway interpretations at all for this trend, but Audrey works it.

I totally agree. on the runway it looks forced whereas on Audrey it looks like she just put it on effortlessly and it looks good.

 

[PerfectPerfect]

nice for a widows' walk

haha!

Anyway, I think its better than the turban

 

[Tinetush]

Yeah, it looks adorable on Audrey. Though I don't think many are able to pull this off. I tried it once, and I looked like a sausage that's wrapped in piece of fabric. So I won't be wearing sporting seen in this..

Also ,on the Runway, it looks like it is some giant cloths that are attacking the models.! at least in the first 4 pics.

 

[no*more*art]

looks great on audrey, but seems to be hard to pull off outside of a garden or kitchen...

i like the kelly-stlye posted in #16, especially when I'm in a cabriolet, unfortunately I am hardly ever in a cabriolet...

I think it's a good way to wear a skarf when it is snowing, cause it will make sense and is a nice change to the normal winter-cap