According to relevant data, as early as 3000 BC, the loincloths, fringed long skirts, and cloth-wrapped clothing of the ancient Greek period used by the Egyptians had traces similar to silk scarves.
At first, silk scarves were not used as decoration, but with the main function of protecting against the cold. Before the Middle Ages, cloth scarves that began in Northern Europe or North France in ancient times were considered the ancestors of modern silk scarves.
Between the 16th and 17th centuries, silk scarves were mainly used as headscarves, often combined with hat ornaments. By the end of the seventeenth century, a triangular scarf made of lace, gold and silver threads was hand-embroidered. European women put it on their arms and around their necks, knotted them under the neck or on the chest, and decorated them with flowers. Fixed, both warmth and decoration.
In the heyday of the French Bourbon dynasty, when Louis XIV was in power, the triangle scarf was listed as an important accessory in clothing and standardized. The upper class began to embellish Chinese clothes with scarves, and many princes and nobles also used scarves to decorate their male style.
At the end of the 18th century, the triangle scarf gradually evolved into a long scarf, which can be tied around the chest and tied at the back. The material is made of thin cotton or fine linen.
Later, with the French Revolution and the British Industrial Revolution, the European continent's industry slowly developed, and machine-made scarves were mass-produced. They were originally luxury items unique to the nobility and began to play an important role in the wardrobes of ordinary women.
In the 20th century, women fully displayed their wisdom in using silk scarves. It began to accompany women on the streets and into the workplace.
The real formation of modern silk scarves was in the 1920s when the traditional way of using long shawls and headscarves broke away. Silk woven long scarves began to be used, and the techniques of folding and knotting scarves gradually gained attention.
In the 1930s, most of the popular materials for square scarves and long scarves were silk or rayon, with bold designs and designs, and brands with great design styles were particularly popular.
In the 1960s, silk scarves designed by well-known designers and brands appeared one after another, and silk scarves became the development accessories locked by clothing brands.
In the 1970s, hippie folk-style floral turbans, large scarves or long shawls, which are indispensable in winter, were all very popular. In the 1990s, the retro wave returned to the fashion world