Belated Fashion Friday: Scarf This
Get a load of me, fashion blogging!
Not that I'm especially fashionable-I'm not. I do spend an awful lot of time figuring out what to wear, thinking about clothes and style, and finding fun things to wear. So every now and again, I am going to opine on clothes, style, and accessories. Mostly my own, because I can take whatever I dish out.*
Today, I am wearing a scarf-thing. It's a radical departure for me. I have a love-fail relationship with scarves-I love the idea of scarves, but I fail in the wearing of scarves. I love the way scarves look on elegant people. They add panache and je ne sais quois. You can have a really basic outfit and jazz it up with a bright scarf.
But on me? They feel funny. They make my neck hot. They flop around. The draping is a problem-between the boobs or over the boobs? Tied in a bow? Wrapped loosely? It's a problem!
Usually, when people give me scarves, I wear them in my hair. That I can figure out.
And I have no problem with warm winter scarves. They're functional, and can also be pretty. They go inside the coat for warmth, or outside the coat to liven it up a bit. Easy-peasy. It's fashion scarves that confound me.
Today's scarf-thing isn't even properly a scarf. Someone gave it to me at Christmas, because it's a weird item of clothing, and I am the person in my family who wears weird clothing. It's from an independent fibre artist, and she called it a fibre necklace or some such. It's a length of several different art fibres (yarns, ribbon yarns, chenille things, fuzzy yarns, all tied together with hangy bits. It's purple. The hangy bits, and the general fuzziness, mean I can't wear it in my hair, or tie it as a sash.
To be fair, my aunt received one as well, in different colours, and wore hers with black slacks and a black sweater on boxing day and it looked kind of artsy and cute.
So today, in the interest of appreciating the gifts I receive, I thought I'd try the purple thing.
I'm just not sure, though. I think maybe it looks more like a muppet barfed around my neck after eating too many purple jellybeans. I also think that maybe the artist's use of brown chenille means I should't wear it with black (if I'm going to wear it at all). Which is a shame, because it's not like I'm going to wear it with a colour-I don't have a top in the correct shade of purple, and it would just be too much with any other colour. I kind of feel that if I'm going to wear noisy accessories, I should stick to neutral clothes. Maybe I'm wrong there, too, though, and what it needs is to be worn with a purple shirt, chartreuse shrug, and ridiculous handbag. Hmmm ...
So, oh readers, what do you think of the fibre necklace?
A) I like it! It's cute and kind of artsy/chic!
B) I like it, but not on you. Maybe if you were in your 50s and had spiky hair and funky glasses.
C) I like it okay, but people with knockers as big as yours don't need to/maybe shouldn't hang things over them.
D) There is a better way to wear that, and I will explain it in comments.
E) It's an interesting idea, but not so great in the execution.
F) I am against hangy clothes.
G) I am against purple accessories.
H) Muppet barf!
I) Needs more fluff!
J) What, no ticky box?
And the ever popular option O) You're overthinking this, Z. If you think you are rocking the fibre necklace scarf-thing, you will rock the fibre necklace scarf-thing.
* Also because while I certainly notice what other people wear, and have been known to have opinions, ultimately, I'm not into actively criticizing people. Helping a friend shop for something wonderful, and telling them when that thing is not as wonderful on them as they might prefer? Fun and fair. Ridiculing or criticizing other people's choices? Less fun. People choose their clothes for a variety of reasons, and it's not my job to belittle them for that.
Not that I'm especially fashionable-I'm not. I do spend an awful lot of time figuring out what to wear, thinking about clothes and style, and finding fun things to wear. So every now and again, I am going to opine on clothes, style, and accessories. Mostly my own, because I can take whatever I dish out.*
Today, I am wearing a scarf-thing. It's a radical departure for me. I have a love-fail relationship with scarves-I love the idea of scarves, but I fail in the wearing of scarves. I love the way scarves look on elegant people. They add panache and je ne sais quois. You can have a really basic outfit and jazz it up with a bright scarf.
But on me? They feel funny. They make my neck hot. They flop around. The draping is a problem-between the boobs or over the boobs? Tied in a bow? Wrapped loosely? It's a problem!
Usually, when people give me scarves, I wear them in my hair. That I can figure out.
And I have no problem with warm winter scarves. They're functional, and can also be pretty. They go inside the coat for warmth, or outside the coat to liven it up a bit. Easy-peasy. It's fashion scarves that confound me.
Today's scarf-thing isn't even properly a scarf. Someone gave it to me at Christmas, because it's a weird item of clothing, and I am the person in my family who wears weird clothing. It's from an independent fibre artist, and she called it a fibre necklace or some such. It's a length of several different art fibres (yarns, ribbon yarns, chenille things, fuzzy yarns, all tied together with hangy bits. It's purple. The hangy bits, and the general fuzziness, mean I can't wear it in my hair, or tie it as a sash.
To be fair, my aunt received one as well, in different colours, and wore hers with black slacks and a black sweater on boxing day and it looked kind of artsy and cute.
So today, in the interest of appreciating the gifts I receive, I thought I'd try the purple thing.
I'm just not sure, though. I think maybe it looks more like a muppet barfed around my neck after eating too many purple jellybeans. I also think that maybe the artist's use of brown chenille means I should't wear it with black (if I'm going to wear it at all). Which is a shame, because it's not like I'm going to wear it with a colour-I don't have a top in the correct shade of purple, and it would just be too much with any other colour. I kind of feel that if I'm going to wear noisy accessories, I should stick to neutral clothes. Maybe I'm wrong there, too, though, and what it needs is to be worn with a purple shirt, chartreuse shrug, and ridiculous handbag. Hmmm ...
So, oh readers, what do you think of the fibre necklace?
A) I like it! It's cute and kind of artsy/chic!
B) I like it, but not on you. Maybe if you were in your 50s and had spiky hair and funky glasses.
C) I like it okay, but people with knockers as big as yours don't need to/maybe shouldn't hang things over them.
D) There is a better way to wear that, and I will explain it in comments.
E) It's an interesting idea, but not so great in the execution.
F) I am against hangy clothes.
G) I am against purple accessories.
H) Muppet barf!
I) Needs more fluff!
J) What, no ticky box?
And the ever popular option O) You're overthinking this, Z. If you think you are rocking the fibre necklace scarf-thing, you will rock the fibre necklace scarf-thing.
* Also because while I certainly notice what other people wear, and have been known to have opinions, ultimately, I'm not into actively criticizing people. Helping a friend shop for something wonderful, and telling them when that thing is not as wonderful on them as they might prefer? Fun and fair. Ridiculing or criticizing other people's choices? Less fun. People choose their clothes for a variety of reasons, and it's not my job to belittle them for that.