Long live the folding hand fan, summer's most functional and glamorous accessory:
I first adopted this practice in college. At the University of Puerto Rico air conditioning was not the norm, and, in order to make it through a 60-minute class, handheld fans were the go-to accessory for the university population. You’d see students parading their beautiful fans as they sat for their lunch break in front of the university theater, and in class, it was normal to see people writing with one hand and fanning themselves with the other.
And yet, I’ve always wondered why, if I live in a world in whichPhoto: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images/Yu Holdings.Handheld fans have been around for thousands of years, with different cultures around the world each producing their own versions. The folding fan is the most common iteration today and was invented around the 8th century in Japan, according to Aisla Hendry, curator at thein London. Folding fans weren’t brought to Europe until the 16th century.
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