Show us your scarves ...

[DNO]

DNO: It's good to see you are still out there shopping for scarves. The brown one is a stunner. That is such a bold paisley print. It looks quite old.

Still looking! The brown scarf has some nice age to it, but it is in excellent condition. I'm on the verge of doing a cull of my scarves. I find that I gravitate to my older ones and very rarely wear the newer scarves.

 

[DNO]

It's been a while since I posted here but I've found some nice older scarves lately.

This one is a nice weighty rayon...no label, though.



A nice, older Forsth.





And a first for me...an older scarf by Brill.

 

[Tomasso]

I like that Brill!

 

[Two Types]

I like them all!

 

[BR Gordon]

DNO, those are some nice looking scarves. I've just recently become interested in scarves and I don't have any as nice as yours.

 

[DNO]

Thanks, gentlemen. I'm keenly anticipating the return of cooler weather so I can start wearing my scarves again! That Brill has a nice length to it as well.

BR: I find all my scarves in local thrift stores but I suspect they may be more common up here in chilly Toronto than in lovely, warm New Mexico!

 

[Fastuni]

One of my more recent finds from a thrift shop.
The type of label denoting pure silk hints to 1930-60's. I suspect 50's.

 

[Two Types]

Vintage shops in the UK (and UK Ebay) are absolutely full of German silk and rayon scarves from the 1950s. It must make finding them in Germany rather difficult.

 

[Fastuni]

They are rather hard to find here. Especially "simple" patterns, which I prefer. Elaborate Paisley-designs are more often to be found.


Oddly enough I thought to myself that this scarf must be the dream of British Spitfire enthusiasts who are so keen on Polka Dot scarves. Now this is not really a Polka Dot at all, but looks close enough to the RAF roundel.

 

[Shangas]

I have two scarves. One clay-brown, and one navy blue and grey checked.

I'm constantly on the lookout for one of those pure-white scarves, like what the WWI and WWII figher-pilots used to wear.

Simple, but cool.

Can someone tell me what those old white aviator scarves are made of? Silk? Or cotton? Wool?

 

[Two Types]

Silk or rayon are the most common for evening scarves. They turn up all the time on ebay but they tend to cost a lot.

The good thing is that they are still made. This silk evening scarf from Darcy Clothing is £24: http://www.darcyclothing.com/shop/accessories/fringed-evening-scarf-cr563.html
I have one and it is rather nice.

 

[Two Types]

My latest scarves:

 

[esteban68]

The first and last ones are very nice TT! the other one is too but I prefer patterns to stripes generally.

 

[DNO]

Spectacular scarves, as always, Two Types!

Had some luck this week...

A pale green paisley rayon by Joxford. The label says it's crease resistant but it's not that resistant!



This one is a Sammy. Reversible it seems.



And finally I found this Tootal today.



The Tootal has a seam right in the middle of the scarf, on both sides. I've never seen this before.

 

[Two Types]

It has a seam - but the pattern matches. That's quite incredible. I've never seen one like that before.

The reversible Sammy one is interesting: is it soft rayon (like the Tootal fabric) or shiny, stiff Tricel type fabric?

 

[DNO]

The seam is a new one for me as well.

The Sammy is Tricel fabric. I much prefer the softer, heavier rayon but I have difficulty passing up any older scarf!

The pale green paisley is rayon and it's the first one I've found by Joxford.

 

[DNO]

Some more lucky finds this week. This one is by Brill:





And this one has no label but it is made of a thick, heavy rayon and is quite wide. I get the impression that it is an older one.

 

[Two Types]

White crepe 9i can't resist these):

Winter is coming, so hopefully everyone will have some scarves to show off.

 

[esteban68]

Hopefully so TT, you never see them for sale through the warmer months...all my local charity shops don't put them out until around Christmas...I did see a couple today on our local 1940's flea market(flog it were there filming) but they were silly money for c1960's scarves!....I did however score a few other nice things but more of that later.

 

[DamianM]

Some more lucky finds this week. This one is by Brill:





And this one has no label but it is made of a thick, heavy rayon and is quite wide. I get the impression that it is an older one.

These are pretty sweet early 40s maybe even 30s.

I do love them. lucky