Headgear worn by edgy tourists absorbing description of town (7)
I believe the answer is:
turbans
'headgear' is the definition.
(I know this)
'absorbing description of town' is the wordplay.
'absorbing' is an insertion indicator.
'description' becomes 'ts' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'of town' becomes 'urban' (urban means relating to a town or city).
'ts' placed around 'urban' is 'TURBANS'.
'worn by edgy tourists' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for turbans that I've seen before include "Sikh head coverings" , "Eastern head-coverings" .)