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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Violet Bramley

Going bananas for bandanas: the latest fashion trend that goes back centuries

A woman wears a turquoise bandana with oversized sunglasses and a white eyelet wrap dress.
Karen Blanchard wearing a turquoise bandana at the Malene Birger show at Copenhagen fashion week on Tuesday. Photograph: Raimonda Kulikauskienė/Getty Images

Baseball caps have been keeping the heads of fashion folk covered and shaded for the past few years. But there’s a new accessory to be seen everywhere this summer: the bandana.

They are as common as cinnamon buns at Copenhagen fashion week, which is taking place in the Danish capital this week. They have also recently been worn by Dua Lipa to the beach, Zendaya to shop for books and Priyanka Chopra Jonas to watch the tennis at Wimbledon.

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