I try the same thing and they slip off as I'm boarding a plane, or look like a hideous knot around my neck.
It has to be in the genes, don't you think? Certain nationalities are born with certain skills, and scarf wearing is definitely a skill of the French--together with that Gallic shrug.
My friend Cara Black--she of the Aimee LeDuc series,with whom I do a lot of events--has learned that shrug so well and even manages a good looking scarf these days.The problem is that I love scarves. I'd like to toss one over my shoulder and look elegant. But they won't stay put. Perhaps I shoujld go and live in Paris for six months and then I'd learn.
Any tips on scarf wearing for dummies?Or I could always ask Coco Chanel,with whom I've spent the past year (only in my head, as she is part of the story of Naughty in Nice)
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I've noticed the same thing in Spain as well. My husband and I go to Galicia twice a year, and the women there make any outfit look so cool with their casually arranged scarves. I think it's a European thing. Of course, Galicia has a Celtic past, so maybe the Celtic part of Gallic and Galician is the key to the whole thing. :-)
ReplyDeleteRhys, wear a scarf everywhere for a few weeks . . . I always envied that casual look, until I discovered I'd fallen unsuspectingly into it by virtue of loving several wonderful scarves and wearing them constantly until it became quite natural. It's an acquired skill, I think. It helps if you don't particularly care whether the scarf matches your outfit or not . . . .
ReplyDeleteFrenchwomen are the most fashionables in the world, I envied the style of them , I would like to learn more of their fashion culture !
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