Some women managed to make headscarves look very glamorous.
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Unfortunately, most of us missed the mark and only managed to look frumpy. But we were in good company.
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Headscarves, however, were preferable to the other form of headgear popular back in the day: the plastic rain bonnet. No practical woman left home without one in her purse, tucked inside its small rectangular carrying case. Some were adorned with images of flowers or umbrellas.
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Others just looked like plastic bags on your head. Nobody was making these things look glamorous!
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