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Chanel simply adored it. Today, simil-kefiahs come in all shapes and colours.
Never go with a naked neck. An obsession.
Long or with a ring neck, the trendiest scarf, for protection (or hiding).
White, silk, rolled up around the mouth, as pilots of the first airplanes used to wear them to avoid breathing exhaust gases.
Chiffon with pastel shades. Picked from Chanel’s boutique, long and flowing on top of the fluent dresses of the Parisian girls during the early 30s.
Isidora Duncan lost her life in 1927 because of a scarf; shortly after the driver had put the car in motion, the frills that bordered her long flowing scarf got caught in the rear wheel of a Bugatti and became entangled around her neck, strangling her to death.
During the opulent 80s, the most exclusive scarf was the shahtoosh, made from the Tibetan antelope’s under skin.
It was declared illegal and replaced by the pashmina.
Today, the “boot trend” that imposes us to never go with a naked neck – be it at home or out in the street- has produced a series of multi-coloured simil-kefiahs, scraps of cotton with an ethnical taste, with no reference to its actual historical meaningining.
1-CITY
There is army of fanatic women – collectors following in the footsteps of Sarah Jessica Parker that never go out into the city these days without wearing one, as a sort of Linus blanket.
2- REFINED
A legacy of the long gone times of the shahtoosh: long, wide, thin and with a natural dye.
Carried loose around the neck, the way Rosy Greco wears it.
3- COOL
And if a top model like Lily Cole wears a ring neck scarf, that means it is the trend.
4 – ROMANTIC
Worn like a foulard, romantically framing the face. Thin and dark is surely more elegant, like those worn by Bar Rafaeli
