1) How often do you wear a scarf ? ==> I wear a scarf 7 months in a year, so I need many scarves
2) How many do you have ? ===> I have the following marvels :
1. Dunhill gray knitted cashmere scarf, very thick, superb when it is very cold
2. Dunhill black knitted cashmere scarf, very thick, very soft and warm
3. Dunhill woven navy cashmere scarf, fairly thick, elegant and soft
4. H&K gray woven cashmere scarf, similar to the n°3
5. H&K dark red woven cashmere scarf, large and soft, good color with dark coat
6. Dunhill tan herringbones woven cashmere scarf, short and practical with greasers
7. Dunhill gray herringbones woven cashmere scarf, large and thick, short, practical with greaser
8. Lyle & Scott, tartan woven cashmere scarf, symbolic scarf for spring as it is short and thin
9. Tyrwhitt light gray with chalk striped woven cashmere scarf, long and thin, good over a coat for decor
10. Tyrwihitt dark blue chalk striped woven cashmere scarf, long and thin, good over a coat for decor
11. Dunhill navy woven cashmere / blue purple paisley silk scarf, large and versatile
12. Dunhill navy woven cashmere / navy dotted silk scarf, long and narrow, nice over a coat
13. Dunhill gray red tartan woven cashmere scarf, original and elegant
Don't hesitate to ask questions about my scarves
3) What scarves do you have ?
Last edited by Ernesto (2009-02-03 14:23:24)
Cashmere Luciano Barbera scarves in various colors purchased years ago that no other brand I've come across in the ensuing years can match.
Two of those big old schoolboy muffler things from J. Press.
Four lambswool plaids from Press, which they were giving away at the end of the season a couple years back.
Half a dozen assorted others, mostly lambswool, picked up in thrift shops.
Scarves feature heavily from mid-October until the end of April, at least.
Although not as destructible as socks, scarves are a close second. So you can never have enough, as the old rule goes. They seem to fray easily and I always get a spot near each end that wears through, strangely.
burgundy silk
cream cashmere
grey/red double-sided cashmere
grey wool
black/grey wool
Charcoal lambswool, which gets the most wear
Black lambswool
1 college muffler, thanks to Uni of London purple only wearable on campus
I must have a dozen odd lying around, I am a bit of a scarf nut (and I feel the cold). Silk, wool, acrylic, rayon, woven and knitted. All good.
Silk and rayon, and the shorter woven scarves get the most wear since they fit easily into a pocket when not in use; I follow the same principle with watch caps, keep 'em thin.
When the temperatures really plummet though, cashmere is hard to beat for warmth with lightness.
As I recall I have seven. I have three that were knit for me by my mother about 50 years ago--one in black, one in orange and yellow and one in red, white and blue. I have three cashmere scarves--in navy, olive and forest green with a black overplaid. I have one "schoolboy muffler"--a wool Balliol College, Oxford, scarf.