Wednesday, April 2

it's all about the SCARF

The weather is crazy and, honestly, we don't need more incentives to grow insane. Pulling up the blinds every morning I wonder, would today be Spring, Fall or Summer? I do not know about your home cities around the world but Barcelona is quite the adventure. Having this assumed, then, the only item I am sure to be wearing is a scarf; thicker and warmer for out-of-season weather and lighter, more colourful ones for the adequate season temperature. In addition, I ought to point out that I have always been obsessed with all sorts of scarves and I own more than I will ever admit. That is why I happily looked for my favourite women scarves of the season; this was the result.

Of course, no scarf drawer should lack at least a couple of silk old (or not so old) scarves, preferably by Hermès, the top when it comes to silk. I selected a few from the last collection, they're all going for quite vintage prints and for a certain colour palette. I particularly liked the orange, another of Hermès fortes. If you're looking for a way to make your plain white tees look rich, this is it!


On a funkier, trendier, note I found several very summery proposals by some of my favourite designers. Matthew Williamson's very hippie collection was sure to provide very good accessories to spring you outfits to life as was Alexander McQueen's colour-feast collection and, hence, this amazing printed scarf. See by Chloé feels more like playing with geometric shapes, which would also look very interesting over a light plain ensemble.


Then I looked for a few scarves that you would feel like wearing every other day, like Rachel Bilson does. That one item that looks so good and fresh that you just fit into all of your looks.


Left to right, top to bottom: Bajra, Roberto Cavalli, Top Shop, AKA New York, Diane Von Furstemberg, Millions of smiles.

[Pictures credit: Hermès.com, Net-a-porter.com, TopShop.com, ShopBop.com]

I'm off.

19 comments:

atelier said...

When it comes to scarves, the best is always Hermès. I've asked at the duty free in BCN airport last weekend and they cost the same that in the website!! I was tempted to buy one, but then, 265 euros in a scarf when summer is coming, not so logical, and finally I didn't buy it. But they are all beautiful and sophisticated

Jillian Hobbs said...

Scarves are my favorite accessory! I have tons! Heremes does it best! They have so many sizes/styles to chose from and they're classics... they'll never go out of style!

Scarves add spice to any look if you ask me.

I love the wrap/scarf Balenciaga did for their Fall 2007 collection! If I could get my hand on one of those my life would be complete!

Suzanna Mars said...

I went through the 1980s wrapping various scarves around the hips of black dresses.

I particularly like burnout velvet scarves, although these are sometimes too bulky for my purposes.

An Hermes scarf makes a nifty halter top for summer!

Mary-Laure said...

I was never a huge fan of tie-and-dye but that white and pink scarf is a winner!
Can't live without scarves.

hannah said...

i love scarves. my favorite. so many great ones here! i love this post.

Ray TETAUIRA said...

but where is the balenciaga one ? honestly their scarfs are the best one those days

Rebecca, The Clothes Horse said...

An Hermes scarf would be awesome. I agree that scarves are what it is all about. I wear them in the summer with tanks!

Molly :] said...

I loved the scarf that YSL[?] did that was leapoard print. But other than that im not really a scarf kinda girl... :)

Coco's Tea Party said...

I love scarves
Silk print ones make me feel like a rich old lady, and I actually strangely love that feeling!
Apart from the old bit!

Adele said...

very cool post... i love the last three :) I like the tye dye one to... i wear quite a few scarfs but i stick to block colours.x

Iheartfashion said...

Love your scarf picks! I've alternated between silk Etro and Hermes and lightweight cashmere jumbo ones all winter.

riz said...

Alas, I still need more pointers as to how to wear scarves. I found that I understood how to wear clothes before I learned how to accessorize. Some people are the other way round...

;)

PS - Thanks for your sweet comments, your blog has such a great energy to it!

Secretista said...

I'd by all the Hermes scarves but they are too expensive!!

Bene said...

The scarf is the signature! Don't you think?

Shaz said...

Love Hermes, should get a scarf by them one day...i also like the tie dye scarf you pictured...very now

Thomas said...

I only recently bought a woven silk scarf which is definitely not Hermes. As soon as I become a millionaire, though, look out world.

AR said...

yay scarves! they make you look stylish even if you just threw your outfit on after waking up five minutes before class/work!

Aisha said...

En realidad yo las uso tanto en verano (de noche) como en invierno, son increíbles, le dan vida a todo tipo de outfit.

Increíble post!

wecouldgrowup2gether said...

just got my ginormous scarf from zara, so not expensive. love high street rip offs!