Color-wise, Dua Lipa, Zendaya, and Gigi Hadid went in a different direction. On her Italian honeymoon, the singer accessorized an all-white outfit with a sky blue kerchief and paired her navy scarf with a metallic bikini, as one does. Zendaya, meanwhile, in the midst of her epic The Odyssey press tour, stopped by Rakestraw Books in Northern California, wrapping her bixie in a classic navy bandana. Hadid, meanwhile, opted for the inverse. On Instagram, she shared a mirror selfie in a white kerchief with navy details over her bun.
While the trend is catching fire this summer, the bandana has a rich history. The bandana itself was invented in India (the Sanskrit word bandh means “to tie”) and made its way to the West when the Dutch and British traders brought them back. In America, the bandana has served as a political symbol since the days of the Revolutionary War, when Martha Washington likely commissioned one bearing George’s likeness. Candidates—among them Theodore Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, Andrew Jackson, and Dwight D. Eisenhower—used them as campaign merchandise. And, of course, there’s Rosie the Riveter, the stand-in for women who took up factory jobs during World War II.
