Channeling Miss Ambrose

I've been crushing on June Ambrose for yonks, she and my other "in my mind bestie" Anna Dello Russo are the queen's of opulence and y'all know I don't stint on my accessories, the bigger the better. Miss Ambrose is the very personification of extravagance, from her Birkins to her head accesories to her statement sunnies.....she's like a black Rachel Zoe, only healthier looking and less neurotic.

I noticed her turban game when she styled Chrissette Michelle in one, I had nothing against it, I thought it was cool. That was until I heard the price....$150. That's about N30,000 for a scarf.....for what now? When it's not aso-oke from Oyeog.

Omo, I was shaken.

At first I thought the turbans came already tied up and all you had to do was put it on, like a hat. You can imagine my shock when I found out, they come as regular loose scarves, then you get a tutorial on how to tie it yourself. Imagine.

I'm not a headscarf person but I had to attempt to tie one myself without looking at any of the web tutorials, just to understand what exactly cost $150. Were the scarves made from downy baby hairs or silky Tibetan goats sewn with platinum thread? When you tie one are you suddenly blessed with a fashion encyclopedia for a brain? As a poverty stricken student I'm a pro in cutting costs without it showing but even in my heyday as a salary earner, thy Kingdom will come before I spend 30k on a scarf.

I actually own one, that I got from Forever 21 a couple of years ago, but that one you wear like a hat, 4 bucks and you're golden.


23 year old Daks, *sigh* where have the years gone.

Anyhoozle, these are my attempts at the June Ambrose turban, I didn't make the pouf on mine as large as hers, since I didn't want to be mistaken for one of Fela's wives, but I still gave it a respectable size. All turban attempts were made with my collection of dirt cheap Primarni scarves.









They're very easy to create, each one took me about ten minutes to tie, maybe even less. I'm loving the look now though and since my middle name is "Overdo", I'm going to be wearing turbans for a while.

I think I nailed it. I'll try the bigger pouf a bit later, maybe on Friday, I'm going to see the Scottish National Ballet perform Alice in Wonderland and I intend to be as theatrical as possible. Since I saw Black Swan I've been itching to see live ballerina's in action.

Love and light xxx