9 Stunning Coachella Head Scarf Ideas to Level Up Your Festival Look

Claudya Moreira
by Claudya Moreira

Need an easy upgrade to your Coachella festival style? Follow along for 9 fashionable head scarf styles that you can create in a few seconds flat. 

Tools and Materials:

  • Large silk scarf
  • Hard headband
  • Baseball cap
  • Hair tie

1. Bandana Style

Start by covering your head with the scarf with one corner directly in front of your face. Place your headband on top.

Cover your head

Lift up the front, over the headband.

Lift the front

Tie the ends under your hair and voilà:

Bandana style

2. Hollywood Glamour

For this iconic head scarf style, just fold your scarf into a triangle, cross the ends under your chin and tie them under your hair. Add sunglasses and you’re golden!

Hollywood glamour

3. Silk Scarf Headband

Fold your scarf into a thin strip and tie it as a headband with the ends under your hair. So simple yet so chic!

Silk scarf headband

4. Baseball Cap x Bandana

Here’s a more casual option for you. Wear a baseball cap, cover it with your scarf folded in a triangle and tie the ends under your chin in a double knot.

Baseball cap x bandana

5. Alternative Baseball Cap Look

For a slightly more polished alternative, tie the scarf triangle at the back with a double knot, following the shape of the baseball cap.

Alternative baseball cap look

6. Pirate Style

Does this look remind you of a (stylish) pirate too? Lay your scarf, folded in a triangle, on the top of your head and tie the ends tightly at the back of your head.

Pirate style

7. Knot Headband

Fold your scarf into a thin strip. Center it under a hard headband and tie a knot.

Knot scarf strip on headband

Cover the sides of the headband with the scarf ends and put the headband in place.

Cover sides of headband

Now just tie the scarf ends securely under your hair.

Knot headband

8. Low Ponytail Knotted Scarf

Grab a stretchy hair tie and pull your silk scarf, folded in a strip, through the hair tie, forming a loop.

Pull loop through hair tie

Pull the hair tie through to make a knot with the scarf.

Make a knot

Use the hair tie to secure a low ponytail and knot the scarf ends along the length of the ponytail.

Make knots along ponytail

Leave about 2” of scarf handing at the ends and this look is complete.

Low ponytail knotted scarf

9. Inverted Triangle Front Knot

Start with your hair in a low bun. Fold your scarf into a triangle. Lay it on your head with the long side of the triangle at the back and a tip pointing down your face.

Lay triangle on head with long side in back

Bring the tails up and tie a secure double knot. 

Inverted triangle front knot

Fashionable Head Scarf Styles for Coachella

Now you have lots of fashionable head scarf styles to choose from at Coachella. Honestly, you don’t even have to stick with just one–switch off styles as you go! 


Can’t get enough silk scarf ideas? Check out this rainy day hack: how to use a scarf ring and protect your purse.


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