The fan is the faithful companion of our summer days, the ally that frees us from the heat. We are accustomed to considering the fan as a useful object that provides us with the long-awaited air that we need in the most sweltering heat. But shouldn’t we start to see the fan as another complement to our look that, at the same time that it is useful, complements and enhances our style ?
A fan with a lot of history
- The fan has an ancient tradition. Coming from Asia, probably China or Japan, it is in these two countries where its use has been most attested since time immemorial. But they also used the fan in ancient Greece and Rome, making it an essential that quickly crossed cultures and borders. And it is that all the peoples have felt the need to alleviate the heat.
- It is from the eighteenth century when it began to be considered as a fashion accessory that endowed women with elegance, even a whole language was invented with the movement of the fan to say if a man was to the woman’s liking or not., if she wanted to get to something with him or he wasn’t interested at all or even if the situation was dangerous.
The fan in fashion
- Although the use of the fan has been decreasing, in recent times there has been a renewed interest on the part of the great designers to incorporate it into the world of fashion as an elegant and seductive accessory without forgetting in any case its practical function.
- This is the case, for example, of Louis Vuitton, Roberto Verino or Modesto Lomba who do not hesitate to include the fan in their collections and defend it as a timeless and essential accessory in each woman’s own style.
- The fan is also a very common accessory for brides. Used not only to appease the heat, but also the nerves of the wedding, it adds an extra touch of glamor to the most special day.
Tricks to use the fan with style
- Following the greats of fashion, the market offers a wide variety of fans so you can choose the ones that go with your style. Of all the textures, smooth or printed, hand-painted, handmade, with bright colors, lace… You just have to imagine partying on a summer night, with your most trendy dress and your high-heeled sandals. Add a lace fan and let yourself be seduced by the delicacy and sensuality of her movements. Surely you are not the only one who ends up seduced.
- Learn to use them with ease so as not to show clumsy movements, and open and close your fan with the elegance of a nineteenth-century lady but with the daring of a girl of today. The subtle turn of the wrist is essential to create an attractive movement that attracts all eyes. And why not, playing with the language of fans can be a very interesting way of flirting even today.
- Now you can decide, take out of your bag the promotional fan that they have given you at the bank and do not go near those with a black bull drawn in the center! Look for your fans in craft stores and choose them thinking about your possible looks. And don’t forget to always have a fan in your bag, you never know when it’s going to get hot.
