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 light clothing material, like silk, to wear in the spring- and summer, 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.
The snood scarf appeared and got its name by 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 the shape of the cloth (triangular, rectangular, etc.), as the snood scarf has no ends.
While the first snood scarves appeared in the 2000s, celebrities included snood scarves in their outfits in the early 2010s, creating a "wave of snoods on the street".
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 (2010) found that the images of snoods in fashion publications belong to one of three types:
Snoods briefly became popular among football players around 2005 but had been banned by the IFAB in the summer of 2011.
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