Bandanas can be used for a variety of applications. As such, these pieces of fabric are often likened to Swiss army knives with their many uses. A bandana, generally, is a piece of fabric worn around the neck as a head covering that is designed as a carefully patterned handkerchief or as a square piece of cloth. Nonetheless, the purpose of donning bandanas is not limited to covering the head. Rather, as was aforementioned, they are also used for a variety of purposes such as baby bandanas that act as cute fashion accessories for babies.
For nearly 200 years now, bandanas have been used for a variety of purposes worldwide. It was believed that these pieces of fabric were first made in India and were primarily worn by women as headscarves. Nonetheless, other historians claim that bandanas were first used by manual laborers. To keep dusts out of their collars, or to wipe the sweat off their face are the reasons why farmhands, for example, wear bandanas around their necks. Alternatively, bandanas were introduced in the US during the time of George Washington as tools for political struggle.
Over time, bandanas have been introduced to a multitude of other applications. Companies, for example, have used bandanas as a form of marketing and advertising media. Remarkable examples of these companies are film makers of Old Western movies who popularized bandanas by featuring them among cowboys who often are the protagonists in their films. Today, as was aforementioned, bandanas are popularly used as fashion accessories, neckerchiefs, and headscarves. Popular examples of bandanas used for this purpose are baby bandanas used by parents for their babies as fashion styles that signify their preference in edgy fashion.
Also, these pieces of fabric are being used today as symbols of identity. Examples of bandanas used for this purpose are those worn by gangs such as the red bandanas of the Bloods and the blue bandanas of the Crips. Bandanas are also popularly worn by individuals who often wear helmets. These individuals use the fabric as a barrier to protect the skin and hair. Dancers also wear these pieces of cloth to keep their hair and sweat out of their faces.
Bandanas can also work as excellent washcloths, face towels, or emergency substitute for feminine hygiene products. That is, these pieces of fabric are functional tools for hygiene and personal care. Bandanas also have noteworthy applications in food and dining. This is by acting as tools to clean food items such as fruit and vegetables, as a tablecloth, a seat cover, or a wrap to carry uneaten food. Bandanas are also regarded important in clothing and bedding as well as in performing first aid in the events of accidents. In the former category, bandanas may serve as pillow case covers, socks, headbands, or baby bandanas. In the first category, alternatively, bandanas may be used as a bandage, tourniquet, sling, eye patch, and ice pack, among others.
Bandanas are indeed great finds. With their fashionable and functional nature such as baby bandanas, these pieces of fabric are also relatively inexpensive making them valuable finds in today's growing need for functional and fashionable items.
For nearly 200 years now, bandanas have been used for a variety of purposes worldwide. It was believed that these pieces of fabric were first made in India and were primarily worn by women as headscarves. Nonetheless, other historians claim that bandanas were first used by manual laborers. To keep dusts out of their collars, or to wipe the sweat off their face are the reasons why farmhands, for example, wear bandanas around their necks. Alternatively, bandanas were introduced in the US during the time of George Washington as tools for political struggle.
Over time, bandanas have been introduced to a multitude of other applications. Companies, for example, have used bandanas as a form of marketing and advertising media. Remarkable examples of these companies are film makers of Old Western movies who popularized bandanas by featuring them among cowboys who often are the protagonists in their films. Today, as was aforementioned, bandanas are popularly used as fashion accessories, neckerchiefs, and headscarves. Popular examples of bandanas used for this purpose are baby bandanas used by parents for their babies as fashion styles that signify their preference in edgy fashion.
Also, these pieces of fabric are being used today as symbols of identity. Examples of bandanas used for this purpose are those worn by gangs such as the red bandanas of the Bloods and the blue bandanas of the Crips. Bandanas are also popularly worn by individuals who often wear helmets. These individuals use the fabric as a barrier to protect the skin and hair. Dancers also wear these pieces of cloth to keep their hair and sweat out of their faces.
Bandanas can also work as excellent washcloths, face towels, or emergency substitute for feminine hygiene products. That is, these pieces of fabric are functional tools for hygiene and personal care. Bandanas also have noteworthy applications in food and dining. This is by acting as tools to clean food items such as fruit and vegetables, as a tablecloth, a seat cover, or a wrap to carry uneaten food. Bandanas are also regarded important in clothing and bedding as well as in performing first aid in the events of accidents. In the former category, bandanas may serve as pillow case covers, socks, headbands, or baby bandanas. In the first category, alternatively, bandanas may be used as a bandage, tourniquet, sling, eye patch, and ice pack, among others.
Bandanas are indeed great finds. With their fashionable and functional nature such as baby bandanas, these pieces of fabric are also relatively inexpensive making them valuable finds in today's growing need for functional and fashionable items.
About the Author:
Michael Bell was a former member of a secret service organization in Wales. During his stint with the company, Bell collected numerous designs and styles of neckerchiefs they then used to identify members of the organization. These fabrics he now use as baby bandana ("baby balstuch" in German) for his 4-year-old kid.