Scarves

[Styyna]

I love scarves. They do so much. Add a splash of color. Hide a multitude of sins. Bring attention to face or hair or waist, depending upon how worn. I don't think it matters the fashion trends of the future; I don't see myself ever not using scarves, at least sometimes.

Listy's idea about tying a red one to a black patent retro bag is what sparked my thoughts.

Do you see scarves drifting out of your style as they inevitably will do on the fashion pages?

[Cougar]

I have not used scarves my whole life until the past 2 years. Everyone else seemed to wear them well but I thought I looked hideous in them.  Why? Anyway, I really enjoy using them now and do like to add them in.

[ILuvLucy]

I love scarves as well. A lot of times when I go to wear one though, I end up removing it.  I really like how they look on everyone else, so I keep trying.  And I keep buying when I see a color(s) that I like at a good price.  But, they have to be just the right width and fabric.  I don't like when they're too bulky - I have to consider my height. 
 I'm still searching for a perfect blue scarf.   

[Styyna]

Come to think of it, I don't have a perfect blue scarf yet either. I will know the shade when I see it. So many tend toward aquamarine or steel blue and I want a true blue that reflects the blue in my blue-gray eyes so that they pop a little.

[SusieQ]

I love scarves as well. A lot of times when I go to wear one though, I end up removing it.  I really like how they look on everyone else, so I keep trying.  And I keep buying when I see a color(s) that I like at a good price.  But, they have to be just the right width and fabric.  I don't like when they're too bulky - I have to consider my height. 
 I'm still searching for a perfect blue scarf.   

Could not have said better myself. 

[Styyna]

I'll go along with difficulty finding affordable, lightweight scarves for warmer weather. I'm also not very skilled yet at wearing them loosely. I need to look up one of those sites that illustrates 101 ways to wear a scarf.

In the winter, since we heat our home with a wood stove, we can have chilly spots, especially if I forget to throw a log on. Any scarf feels good about then.

And in our cold climate, if I'm not already wearing a scarf as part of my outfit,  I mix and match them with whatever coat I've chosen for that day's weather and, again, warm is good.

[cara4art]

I don't see scarves themselves going out of style ever - it's how one wears them, and what type, that makes for a stylish look or not. Personally I love scarves, mostly the oblong ones that I can use as a hip wrap(if the fabric is on the thin side)or looped around the neck European-style for warmth with style. I don't usually go for the square ones myself. The second-hand stores have been good to me around here - I've picked up a number of great scarves for just $2-3 each. At that price I can indulge LOL!

[Styyna]

I'd say you can indulge and such a worthwhile indulgence. I can't count the number of times I've seen a woman whose outfit turned my head and, after careful thought, I realized it was a scarf that pulled it all together and made the difference between OK and eye-catching in an attractive way.

I have a question for all scarf lovers: How do you store them? I have lots that languish in a box as I can't find a way to display/hang them that isn't in the way. In my closet they just get lost due to poor lighting and a small closet so things tend to get crammed in. Do we have any creative solutions to storing/displaying them?

[makinalist]

I think scarves look wonderful on other people, but I have not yet found the confidence to try them.  Add in my tendency to be overly warm, and it's a recipe for disaster.  My mother has been pulling out scarves she kept from the 60's and they do look nice on her.

I am wondering, now that I think of it, if scarves look best on people with shorter hair or those wearing their hair up, at least.

[ILuvLucy]

I have a question for all scarf lovers: How do you store them? I have lots that languish in a box as I can't find a way to display/hang them that isn't in the way. In my closet they just get lost due to poor lighting and a small closet so things tend to get crammed in. Do we have any creative solutions to storing/displaying them?

Most of mine are draped over a hanger, like you would a pair of slacks - in my closet.   

[Cougar]

Lucy! I can now take them out of a drawer and hang them!

[christinedenice]

I LOVE scarves and have kept every one I've ever had since the mid-60's. The ones in current rotation are the longer, larger ones. I store those by folding them into rectangular shapes and clipping them to skirt/pant hangers, then hanging them (arranged by color) in a section of the closet. The older scarves are folded and stored in a closet drawer, and I rarely wear them because they are out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

[Cougar]

Oh, I forgot. I got rid of "regular hangers. So hangers with lots of add-on clips would work.

[Styyna]

Oh, I forgot. I got rid of "regular hangers. So hangers with lots of add-on clips would work.

How about hangers with clothes pins? That's how I hang my bras up to dry.

[makinalist]

You can get sets of plastic clips that go on regular hangers.  They would work for your scarves, I'm sure.

[LemonMyrtle]

I have a question for all scarf lovers: How do you store them?

Mine hang organically on a row of coat hooks on the back of the bedroom door, along with a rotating set of hats, my winter and summer dressing gowns and anything else I fling in that general direction.

I think I've just come up with a New Year's resolution to be less organic.

[Styyna]

Mine are organically stuffed in a box with the exception of 2 that I've been wearing nonstop.

I have no more room in my closet and we have folding closet doors that don't lend themselves to hanging things on them.

Maybe I can figure a way to hang hooks on the wall for them so they become mult-functional, serving as storage and making a pretty statement on the wall somewhere. If I only hung up seasonal scarves that might work. I could test the idea with those removable 3M hooks first to see if I like it. (I'm making this up as I write. Thank you for "listening" to me thinking "out loud.")

Now where did I stash those unused hooks. . .

[cara4art]

Since I don't have a huge amount of scarves, I just hang them on the hooks in the closets.

[Styyna]

I don't have a huge amount of scarves either. But I also have few and very small closets so that's why I'm looking for storage ideas. No room for closet hooks here, that's how small our closets are. I'll have to make art out of them on my wall.

[SusieQ]

I don't have a huge amount of scarves either. But I also have few and very small closets so that's why I'm looking for storage ideas. No room for closet hooks here, that's how small our closets are. I'll have to make art out of them on my wall.

That's a great idea!  Maybe some in bundles and some hanging.  That would be pretty, imo. 

[SusanG]

I have less than a dozen scarves (which I rarely wear). They're folded up and staggered in a small drawer in my dresser. I look at them occasionally, but always feel they're too "dressed up" to wear around the house!

[cara4art]

IMO, it's better to have a few scarves that one likes and really wears, but that goes for just about anything LOL! I live in an apartment too, and tend to be pretty strict about what I have. If I get something, often something else has to leave. If one doesn't do that, stuff in general just accumulates. At first one doesn't notice it, until one day one says "WHERE did all this stuff COME from?"

[Cougar]

Well, you know what I have wanted for years and have never acted upon it! I want to get one of those "accordion" hangers ... hmmm ... you know, you can expand and collapse the frame and it's got all these knobs on it? Makes lots of knobs/hooks. I want to put it on a bedroom wall to hang things on.

[makinalist]

You're talking about those hangers that boys put all their baseball caps on, aren't you?  My DS used to have one hanging up in his room.  Wonder what I did with it?

[Styyna]

We had those accordian-like knobby things in our cloakrooms for hats and mittens in elementary school. I know what you're talking about.

I think I'm going to look for pretty hooks to mount on the wall to hold my scarves. I don't have lots of scarves so I don't think it would be very expensive. Maybe I could even find some inexpensive coat hooks and add little flower or lipstick motifs to them.

Ooh, look what I found on Amazon.com for only $12. I think I found my new scarf hanger!

Edit: Went to order and price has jumped 50% to $17.98 so I guess I'll wait a while.

[Styyna]

Here's the expanding thing I think, only this one is for coffee or tea mugs.

http://www.amazon.com/Fox-Run-Expanding-Beechwood-Coffee/dp/B0000Y7ZKE/ref=pd_luc_sim_02_02_t_lh

[cara4art]

I like that expandable wooden hanger - very clever, and looks homey too!

[Cougar]

Yes, that's the thingee! And i've seen them used for hanging necklaces, too. I think I'm overdue to get this as it's been on my mind for years but I've never acted on it.

[Styyna]

Amazon has lots of those wooden expandable racks.

[makinalist]

And you can hang all your baseball caps on them!

[Styyna]

Found another, similar to the first that I liked. This one could be hung vertically, horizontally, or even diagonally.

[SusieQ]

I'll have to check out amazon and one of these. I think you can hang almost anything on them.

[Styyna]

I've read of people using these kinds of holders for everything from jewelry to kids' clothes to towels in the bathroom. I think they are very versatile and I enjoy using wall space practically as well as attractively.