Friday 11 October 2013

Silk Scarves...

My new blog for the FT's How To Spend It is on silk scarves. I interview designer Vicki Murdoch, who sells her beautiful bespoke scarves in Liberty, and Natasha Chambers, who sells hers through e-boutique Avenue 32. You can read the full blog here

Vicki in her studio 

Vicki's jungle print silk scarf

...and Precious Pussies design 

Natasha Chambers

Natasha's Chaplin print scarf

Whenever I write a blog for the FT so many images come to mind. This post is a kind of overspill.. feel free to add suggestions for other scarf designers in the comments. 

Kate Moss

Paul Smith's AW08 collection

Audrey Hepburn

Model Bettina in a Givenchy headscarf, 1952

Cacherel

Ali McGraw

Giovanna Bataglia

Grace Kelly

Sophia Loren

Jessica Hart

Vogue 1945

Dita von Teese

Please! Magazine

The Boss 

Rihanna 

Audrey Hepburn in Paris

Chanel Iman

Photograph by Richard Avedon, c.1950s

Runway style 


J-Lo in a Lanvin headscarf

Style icon Margot Leadbetter

Hermes' Butterfly collection

Romy Schneider in Cannes, c.1960s

Cara Delevingne 

1958 advert for Balmain silk scarves 

Jackie O

Blake Lively

Brigitte Bardot