Really Need a Crocheted Turban in Shanghai? Get Down to Cleo Crochet on the Bubbling Well Road

Hard to imagine that you could run a shop in 1940 in Shanghai selling nothing but crocheted turbans!! But it seems it was possible…and not even on a side street but right there on the Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing West Road these days). Apparently “all the smart women were wearing crochet turbans” in 1940 and in all colours too!! Apparently a sideline in bedspreads, pillow cases and table clothes were available – all crocheted too!! Just in case you’re not sure what a crocheted turban looked like they are actually quite cool as shone below on a 1940s model.