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At the Indult I attended head coverings were not required. Personally, I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to wear one and I'd probably put it on backwards if that is possible.

The long flat edge goes on your hairline. It's pinned with small hair pins. You have to use two in one spot and they are put in with the prongs toward each other.

I have a gut level aversion to it. I'm not sure why (I think it's the hijab thing) but if someone presented a good argument for it I might change my mind.

I always think of it in terms of Paddy Murphy (old family story). Actually, there is some mention of covering hair in at least of Paul's epistles. Not mantillas (that was a Jackie O. fashion statement), but hair covering. I saw a woman at Mass today who was wearing a sari with her hair covered in the silk. She was of Indian or some other far eastern descent. It was beautiful, just beautiful.