I have a couple Esquire and Apparel Arts illustrations showing men with their jacket openings filled with a scarf in what is obviously summer weather, but I never thought to try wearing one myself until Michael Drake showed me his lightweight desert cloth and linen scarves. Neckerchiefs and ascots, sure, but never a scarf. So I asked myself how often a man gets to experiment with a new look that has a grounding in my favorite clothing era?
Risk taker that I am, I now find myself having spent a not inconsiderable sum on a couple of summer scarves with the vague intent of wearing them on weekends with a polo and a shirt jacket or safariana where they will presumeably keep the sun off of my neck and wick away the odd bit of sweat.
Mr. Drake's scarves are of course beautiful stuff, but that is evident from the photo. Wearing them out of the house will obviously be the test. I shall report back on whether I felt uncomfortable.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Taking a Chance
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I am looking forward to a photo of this interesting summer neck-cloth. I would also appreciate to see some of the Esquires images alluded to.
Marcel
Last week I saw a young man wearing a linen summer scarf with a buttondown shirt and a summer weight cloth odd jacket.
He looked great!
(Sunny but windy Spring days here in Northern Spain)
My goodness, that plaid one is startlingly beautiful. I imagine it will look right at home with a light safari jacket, or anything made of pale linen.
Why not? they look great!
Allison
Let us know how they turn out--Arnys (which apparently now has a small selection online at http://www.arnys.fr/shop_arnys/index.php?code_lang=fr ) has some beautiful summer scarves and I had been thinking of the same thing.
...excellent option for London's early morning & late evening in the spring and end of summer.
However, these are not a thing new.
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