I just love it when scarves are in fashion, and they have lasted a few years now! I hope ithey are still in vogue a few more years. I have tons, and wear them in such a variety of ways. My favorite look is a long scarf draped around my neck, like a turtleneck and then the ends just hanging down, worn with a cardigan or javket. Sometimes one end is longer than the other. Sometimes if it’s a thicker scarf I tug it down a little from my neck. I think they make an outfit feel luxurious. So, do you like scarves, too? And how is your favorite ways to wear it?
I don’t wear them particularly well, but if you want a nice scarf blog, google “Mai Tai” scarf blog. Shows gorgeous Hermes scarves and a variety of ways to wear them. She has a refined, elegant, European style about her.
I have learned to like scarves the last couple of years. They are great for keeping warmer in the winter and adding a little punch to an outfit. I wear them as you do, and also doubled up and then placed around the neck, with the two ends pulled through the loop in front (I hope that makes sense). I find I wear rectangular scarves in cotton and wool much more than square silk scarves - the latter makes me nervous about cooking/eating splatter, getting them wet, etc.
If you haven’t already seen it, this is my favorite video on tying scarves: [25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes!](25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes! - YouTube) I have it bookmarked and refer to it often. For long, thick winter scarves I like the “Magic Trick”.
Love scarves! I have far more than anyone needs but I do wear them all. My current favorites since it has finally turned cold are my small infinity scarves/neckwarmers that a friend made for me. Beautiful colors and I have one to match each of my winter coats. I keep telling her she should set up a website and sell them because I have yet to find any that are as nice or as beautifully colorful as hers are.
I have pashmina shawls which are nice and warm. I wrap them around my shoulders or just over one shoulder…
I am looking for a cashmere shawl but what I have seen so far are not wide like a full length shawl. The smaller width pashminas which are not wool my daughter wears as scarves.
It’s the one item of clothing DD and I can share without any sizing problems.
I too love scaves, though I am getting more and more particular about the way the fabric feels on my skin.
I gave my MIL 2 Hermes scarves. When she passed my SIL and I went to sort through her closet. Imagine my horror when we arrived and sitting in a box marked “Goodwill” outside their condo door were the two scarves. I now have these two scarves and don’t wear them because I am intimidated by the large square size.
I don’t like the feel of necklaces, so I have worn scarves my entire adult life.
Who put the Hermes scarves in the Goodwill box?
So glad you rescued them!! If you don’t want them, PM me. 
http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/scarf-video
@elliebham …thanks for the video…I like the Magic Trick, also. Here’s one above I often refer to, some are similare. One favorite that is on both I really like and have done is the cowl neck.
With a big square scarf, fold into a big triangle. Hold it up to your neck long flat side on top. Wrap it around your neck, bulling the ends back to the front on either side. Tie ends in front. Make a cravat looking style.
@notellling - It was my MIL’s creepy second husband who I can guarantee you would be beyond lit if he knew those were worth more than $5.00. Which is about the cap of what he would pay for gift. I win, he loses…
Great video, but I wish a few extra seconds had been taken in each case to clarify the size and shape of the scarf that worked for each style. Unfortunately, I feel suffocated with anything snugged up tightly around my neck (avoid turtlenecks, too), so a lot of the styles won’t work for me. And oddly enough, the style I do wear the most often wasn’t one of the 25! I found it in a long-lost video and use it all the time. You use a long rectangular scarf, loop it loosely around the front of your neck with the ends hanging evenly down your back, then bring the ends around to the front and wind each one around and through the loop multiple times, until you have a nice thick coil on each side and a pleasing length of tails hanging down in the middle, left to just hang or else fluffed out. The coils can be as loose or as tight as looks good with your outfit and will naturally vary in tightness with the scarf’s fabric. Now that I read that, I don’t think I’ve done a very good job explaining, but maybe someone will catch on!
when I moved this last time I got organized and hung up the scarves I had so naively stored in bins. Was forced to own up to how very many I owned… but I do wear them, nearly year round. At least one of our daughters shares my love of scarves. We have joint custody of several great ones… really handy for warmth and accessorizing. Daughter is finding them great for nursing cover ups as well. Been wearing them for over 10 years and despite style changes prob wont stop.
For one of those big squares, esp if it depicts a beautiful scene:
Lay out square. Tie top and bottom corners together on each side, leaving about a 1.5 inch tail.
The “hole” created on each side by this tie is for each arm to pass through. Wear as a bolero. The scene will be visible on your back.
@conmama
Great thread! I love scarves, too. When I travel, I mostly pack black clothes and a half doz scarves+pashimas.
I’m a big sucker for these silk/cashmere blend ones by Pashma
http://pashma.com/collection/
Thru the yrs, I’ve bought a number of them in duty free in international airports (my travel vice).
Love them since I am rapidly developing the “old-lady-cold-neck” syndrome. When I realize things are feeling “breezy” in my neck and shoulder zone, boy it feels so good to put on a scarf.
@GMTplus7 …I love how that first style is draped! The way I’m wearing mine today is wrapped around once, with one side much longer…take a corner of the long side and tie it to the corner of the short side…nice little knot and I fluff it all up…some fringe on my scarf which adds a little more jazzy look.