GHANAIAN WOMEN AND FASCINATORS: THE NEW ISH
GHANAIAN WOMEN AND FASCINATORS, THE NEW ISH A lady in a fascinator If you have recently been to occasions such as weddings, outdooring and even church, one thing has become striking. Fascinators. You will bear witness with me that about fifty percent of women at the event, had different forms of fascinators on to complement their look. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself, where the fascinator fashion’ emanates from? A fascinator is a headpiece, a style of millinery [the designing and manufacture of women hats], made with feathers, flowers or beads which are mostly attached to the hair by a comb, headband or clip. HISTORY Fascinators can be traced to as far back as the 16 th century where it was customary for Christian women in Europe to wear some sort of head covering. In the 19 th century, a fascinator was also a lightweight scarf worn about the head and tied under the chin. Fascinators went out of fashion in the 1930s and emerged again in the late 20...