Many thanks to the patient shop assistant in Anonymous Posh who consented to be my model for this shot. I fell in love with this scarf and the idea of making it into a neck accessoire – I could simultaneously study Australian ornithology while looking chic and kind of French! (Or approximating the Australian idea of French.)
There are a few problems with this plan, however. First: I lived in Paris for six months and saw virtually no-one with scarves around their necks, except for the grand old bids in the fifth arrondissement. Instead, everyone my age was wearing shapeless cardigans from Zadig and Voltaire and well-cut trousers from APC, all in varying shades of black.
Second: I am crap at tying neck scarves. They always end up looking like I’ve staunched a wound or put a tourniquet on rather than looking effortless. (Call me if you get bitten by a snake!)
Anonymous Posh
Shop 43, Royal Arcade Annexe
Melbourne
(03) 9650 4263
:: Arwen ::
2 Comments
May 17, 2008 at 11:50 am
“Be a leader! Start a fad! Knot a small scarf around your upper arm, to wear with a sleeveless dress or shell. Or tie a scarf in a saucy fashion to accent the band of your knee sock!”
From Scarf Ability: 25 Ways to Tie a Scarf, a 1960s booklet published by Sears Roebuck & Co., helpfully webified here. Great illustrations.
I’m not sure if this will help your tourniquet troubles per se, but it’s quite lovely and a bit funny.
k.
July 10, 2008 at 9:55 pm
[...] Designer Yang Li is currently studying menswear at the prestigious Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London, but apparently has an eye for the feminine side of things too. My fear of the knot on the left is somewhat allayed by the hope that there’s a sneaky fastening behind it to avoid uncomfortable and unsightly tourniquet incidents. [...]