{"id":2375,"date":"2011-08-26T11:19:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T15:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=2375"},"modified":"2011-08-26T11:19:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T15:19:59","slug":"african-headwear-for-the-modern-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/african-headwear-for-the-modern-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"African Headwear for the Modern Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adire-before-content\" id=\"adire-1920051457\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/amp_adiree_mag_top\">\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/08\/il_570xN.256400815.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2376 lazyload\" title=\"il_570xN.256400815\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/08\/il_570xN.256400815.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"365\"><\/a>One of the most quintessentially African pieces in African fashion are the pieces worn on our heads.&nbsp; Yesterday, I (Kim Mensah) blogged about the exhibit on African headwear at the Dallas Museum of Art, and today I am going to blog about African fashion to be worn on your head that is a little more wearable.&nbsp; When I think of traditional African fashion I think of printed fabrics, and big statement headpieces that project an air of royalty.&nbsp; A lot of these over-the-top pieces aren&#8217;t practical for the modern woman, so in an effort to give a nod to traditional African fashion while keeping it modern we can tone it down a little with smaller pieces like headbands that still have a strong African flare, but don&#8217;t obstruct the view of everyone behind you.&nbsp;&nbsp; This headband I found on Etsy from the designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/77574747\/african-print-fabric-rosette-headband?ref=sr_gallery_30&amp;ga_search_submit=&amp;ga_ref=auto&amp;ga_search_query=african%20headband&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_facet=\">House of Ola<\/a>, is the perfect way to rock the African headwear in a more understated way.&nbsp; The rosette is big and colorful enough to make it a real statement piece, but not over the top and out of control.&nbsp; This could definitely be something that every woman could work into their Fall wardrobes and try out this season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adire-after-content\" id=\"adire-2424850554\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/amp_adiree_mag_bott\">\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most quintessentially African pieces in African fashion are the pieces worn on our heads.&nbsp; Yesterday, I (Kim Mensah) blogged about the exhibit on African headwear at the Dallas Museum of Art, and today I am going to blog about African fashion to be worn on your head that is a little more&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169,171,170,172],"tags":[179,180,189,690,698,699,694,700,701],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}