Snood scarf
A snood scarf is a type of scarf that combines a muffler with a turtleneck. A snood is a tube-shaped piece of stretchable cloth that can be worn either around the neck as a scarf or around the head as a kind of hood.
Snood scarves can be made from the light clothing material, like silk, to wear in the spring- and summertime, or knitted cloth and even fur to provide warmth in the winter. Snood arrangements on the neck and head are flexible enough to highlight the individuality of a wearer.
History
The snood scarf appeared, and got its name through redefining a term used for the women's headgear, in the 21st century. While clearly a scarf, it broke out of the standard classification of scarves that was based on a shape of the cloth as the snood scarf has no ends.While the first snood scarves appeared in the 2000s, celebrities included snood scarves into their outfits in the early 2010s, creating a "wave of snoods on the street".
Fashion
Just like other scarves, snoods are fashion accessories, quickly evolving with the change of fashion, and are used in a decorative role to highlight the personality of the owner.Yang & Lee found that the images of snoods in fashion publications belong to one of three types:
- the feminine images highlight the decorative side of the snood, while leaving its function on the sidelines. The images use feminine colors, including pink, yellow, and violet, and might use the volume of the snood to balance the volumes of other pieces of clothing. The clothing material might be sheer to emphasize the curves of the female body;
- in the avant-garde images the snoods take on exaggerated silhouettes, and completely disregard practicalities ;
- the sporty and orthodox images use snoods in sensible colors and stress the functionality of the snood.
Sports