12 Ways To Wear A Dior Bandana

Almost every outfit in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s 90-look Dior Cruise 2021 collection included a bandana. And it’s not the first time the Italian fashion designer has used the simple styling trick – along with veiled berets and pillowy baker boy hats, Chiuri has made the headscarf a signature of modern Dior. 

Her autumn/winter 2020 collection was similarly brimming with bandanas, which contributed to her show’s ’70s-inspired narrative. Previous seasons have shown that when the creative director takes to a particular accessory, she’ll send every model down the runway wearing it (see her straw hats of spring/summer 2020 for details). 

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The bandana has a long history, and is perhaps most famously associated with the former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, who frequently knotted a printed headscarf beneath her chin in the ’60s. But as hinted at by the wheat-filled totes and milkmaid-ready prairie dresses in Dior’s Cruise collection, Chiuri’s moodboard referenced artisanal, countryside living, rather than Jackie’s Upper East Side glamour. In fact, her entire collection was an homage to the locals of Lecce, the small town in Puglia where she staged the show. 

See below for 12 ways to style a bandana, inspired by the Dior Cruise 2021 show.