The Silk Scarf Journal

Silk Scarves as Investments, Properly Understood

Silk Scarves as Investments, Properly Understood

A silk scarf can be beautiful without being collectible, and collectible without being wise to buy at the wrong price. This article looks at silk scarves as long-term luxury objects...

Silk Scarves as Investments, Properly Understood

A silk scarf can be beautiful without being collectible, and collectible without being wise to buy at the wrong price. This article looks at silk scarves as long-term luxury objects...

The Ghost in the Weave

The Ghost in the Weave

Elena Ward, Textile Historian & Curator of Fashion Archives"Silk scarves offer a unique window into personal and cultural memory. Their softness belies a rich complexity of symbolism, status, and sensory...

The Ghost in the Weave

Elena Ward, Textile Historian & Curator of Fashion Archives"Silk scarves offer a unique window into personal and cultural memory. Their softness belies a rich complexity of symbolism, status, and sensory...

Silk Scarf Quotations, Properly Read

Silk Scarf Quotations, Properly Read

Some fashion quotations endure because they are clever. The better ones endure because they name a truth. The silk scarf has inspired both kinds, from Audrey Hepburn’s remark on feminine...

Silk Scarf Quotations, Properly Read

Some fashion quotations endure because they are clever. The better ones endure because they name a truth. The silk scarf has inspired both kinds, from Audrey Hepburn’s remark on feminine...

How to Wear a Silk Scarf

How to Wear a Silk Scarf

A silk scarf is one of the most adaptable objects in dress, but wearing it well depends on proportion, placement, fabric behaviour, and occasion. This Thackray guide explains how to...

How to Wear a Silk Scarf

A silk scarf is one of the most adaptable objects in dress, but wearing it well depends on proportion, placement, fabric behaviour, and occasion. This Thackray guide explains how to...

How to Wash a Silk Scarf

How to Wash a Silk Scarf

Silk rewards care, but it does not require panic. This Thackray guide explains how to wash a silk scarf properly, when to choose hand washing over dry cleaning, and how...

How to Wash a Silk Scarf

Silk rewards care, but it does not require panic. This Thackray guide explains how to wash a silk scarf properly, when to choose hand washing over dry cleaning, and how...

What Size Should a Silk Scarf Be?

What Size Should a Silk Scarf Be?

The right size for a silk scarf depends less on abstract rules than on how the scarf is meant to be worn. This Thackray guide explains what size a silk...

What Size Should a Silk Scarf Be?

The right size for a silk scarf depends less on abstract rules than on how the scarf is meant to be worn. This Thackray guide explains what size a silk...