FYI
So I don’t know if you all got the memo but silk scarves are back in a biiiiig way. Whether its guys wearing them as ties or girls getting in tough with their inner flight attendant, scarves are everywhere.
As someone who has been known to wear them as a belt, I’m currently lusting after the Easton Pearson belt buckle designed to be attached to a scarf. GENIUS. Unfortunately, I’m not rich enough, so a knot will have to suffice for me. My favourite scarf is a genuine 70s one I dug out of my mums wardrobe [the spread out one in the photo below], if you decide to try this out ask your mum for a nearby source, not to mention cheap. Op shops often have heaps though check the seams and beware of polyester! Not that its bad, just not as good as silk :).
I also enjoy wearing them in my hair, not as a headband because thats just sooo done…ignore that I’m just bitter because it doesn’t suit my face shape. But, I like it rapped around a bun. The prerequisites for this style: an extremely compressable scarf, I personally like square ones. Also a sizable but loose bun, not loosely tied but loosely…bunned if you get me. Then you fold the scarf into triangle and roll/fold it up loosely to tie it. The key to this is that it has to be messy and though it may take you a few ties to get it right, it shouldn’t look like it.
My sister has decided, rather brashly but thats my sister, that she is now a scarf collector, and considering shes only been wearing them for 6 months or a bit longer, her collection is admirable and partly pictured below. Not one to ruin her perfectly coiffed hair with a scarf, she wears them in the flight attendant style but usually with dresses etc [my point being she doesn't look anything like a flight attendant].
A potentially tricky trend thats certainly not for everyone, I find they bring a sophistication to an outfit, provided they look like they belong. Be warned, wearing a head scarf to cover your hair is really only possible with short hair, if you leave the lengths of your hair hanging down you will look like your from That 70’s Show. If you have slim wrists, tie one round your wrist [they do bulk up the arm, I have big hands and not small wrists so this doesnt really work for me], then send me a photo so I can live vicariously through you. However, the easiest way to do scarves is to tie one round the strap of your bag. A vibrant scarf on a tan bag, white with black, contrasting patterns, always looks chic and enables you to show off your fab scarves without any effort!
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