Tsundoku, on 14 January 2022 - 03:47 AM, said:
Or play ninjas ...
Faaaarshun ...
It has been cold AF recently in much of the US. But the trend precedes that....
Also useful for war in Ukraine (very contemporary):
'It is an item that has always been associated with battle. Originally worn by British soldiers during the Crimean war to protect them from the bitter weather in modern-day Ukraine, they became associated in the 20th century with elite military forces such as the SAS. Beyoncé carries all those meanings with her when she wears one, transforming into her masculine alter-ego King B.
Beyoncé's re-popularising of the item had dove-tailed nicely into the rise of warcore. The trend from a couple of years ago of wearing, amongst your layers, utilitarian clothing worn during times of war (such as faux-kevlar vests, "fishing" gilets and even harnesses).'
https://www.theguard...at-does-it-mean
'These masks take their name from the Ukrainian port town of Balaclava[...] [...] the UK army arrived with nothing but their worn-out summer uniform. [...] British women began knitting full-face hats for their men and shipping them out [...]
The knitted headgear has since become symbolic of the eastern European militia after being used by pro-Russian separatist demonstrators to avoid surveillance. To many, they read as markers of threatening, anti-conformist behavior, but in recent years, more whimsical connections have been made, with candy-colored and bunny-eared versions easily found.
[...] the balaclava bubble likely started around this time in 2018 [...] Vetements, co-founded by Georgian designer Demna [...] released a collection accessorized with militant balaclavas [...]
[...] "eastern European style with a 20-year delay[...] equal parts menacing and grandma-like, the result of rebuilding flea market garments from other periods into something new."
[...] it ticks multiple boxes, from the "approachable trend" of DIY knitwear, to looking either "apocalyptic" or "glamorous," depending on how it's styled, she said in a video on the app. It's also highly functional in lieu of a winter hat and scarf'
https://www.cnn.com/...ture/index.html
None of those look remotely like hijab to me, though they're sort of like naqib maybe? Guess they're not the ones being referred to as too hijab-like?...
Here's one of the offending balaclava:
vs a hijab: