Okay, so with the fall/winter season, the "scarf" trend surfaces and so do the same questions I've wondered now for several scarf seasons. I get the concept that it's an accessory much like a necklace however, when I personally accessorize an outfit I pick things that match or accentuate what I'm wearing. Of course, I also understand where some ladies throw in a bright red necklace if they're wearing all black just to break up the monotony of the outfit and bling out some color. With that in mind...do I have it all wrong?
For example, today I spent the day (and I mean six full hours) in a meeting of executives which incidentally happened to be mostly women. I noticed several women wearing the "scarf" look but what caught my eye was that in no way shape or form did they seem to match and/or accent what they were wearing! Here's two examples that I saw that really stuck out in my memory.
Outfit #1: She was wearing a black dress with teal diamond shapes tiled all over it, knee length, quarter length sleeves and a scoop neck. The scarf was mostly cream colored with squares of different designs (think patchwork quilt). The colors in the designs were a lot of powder blue and a burgundy color.
Outfit #2: She was wearing a brown dress with suttle gold flecks throughout, slightly below the knee, and just a little longer than quarter length sleeves, also a scoop neck. Her scarf was plain light grey.
Someone tell me what I'm missing here? I could not wrap my head around what concept they used when picking the outfits out? If I had been picking it out, I would have decided on maybe a silver scarf or light teal scarf for Outfit #1, and def nothing with "more" print on it! And for Outfit #2 I would have done maybe an accenting shade of brown with maybe gold tassels or a gold scarf entirely.
Either way, I don't own a scarf anyhow. I have thought about getting one but hesitate as I'm not sure I've figured out how to wear it yet? I haven't even started on how in the world you tie them? ((sigh)) We all know I'd be the one walking around looking like I was heading out bundled up for a snow storm! :)
So the jury's out...scarf, no scarf...matching, not matching...tied (but how)?
YES to scarves...just not the "something that would come straight out of The Dress Barn" (no offense) look! YES to accenting your outfit...No, No, NO to mismatched, too busy, making you look like Great Great Aunt Gertrude that knits the bunny outfits for Christmas (again, no offense!). To tie: Fold scarf in half. You should have a loop in your left hand, the tails in your right. Put scarf behind your neck, keeping loop on left, tails on right. Cross tails over to loop and put them through the loop. Pull tails tight...take caution not to strangulate. :-) (ps...check out Maurices for some cute ideas!)
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