Scarves During Summer

Your Pashmina Has No Place In June, July, Or August

Posted by: Catherine Strawn Filed in: style, galleries
10:10AM, Wednesday August 5th 2009

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Katie Holmes Wears Scarf During Summer

We’re all for buying things in one season and wearing them into the next (and the next and the next if possible), but some clothing items should stick to the time of year they were intended for. These include turtlenecks in winter, flip-flops in spring and summer, and scarves whenever the thermometer reads at least below 65.

Today is the hottest day we’ve had in New York this year, and I saw a woman wearing a summer dress with a thick scarf wrapped tightly around her neck. Maybe she was covering a hickey, but she looked inappropriate. Isn’t the whole point of summer to not wear more than you have to? A thin cotton or silk scarf can work during this time of year if worn loosely or not in a manner that suggests your neck needs warming. Generally though, if you’d like to accessorize on a hot day, a scarf won’t make you look French, it will make you look idiotic. Pick a necklace, and save your scarves for when your neck actually needs to be kept toasty.

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kalibrooke
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 09:39 am: [report]

i’d have to beg to differ in VT; especially working in a building where they inexplicably turn on the AC full blast (75º is too hot you say? bah!). it’s all about the (easily shed) layers.

relright
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 10:14 am: [report]

I beg to differ as well. I generally run cold. Even in the summer. So a scarf that I can wrap around my neck quickly or even pull over my shoulders like a shawl.

Jro
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 10:27 am: [report]

I’m wearing a scarf right now (in August) but since it’s only 60 degrees here I guess it’s alright.

Catherine Strawn
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 10:45 am: [report]

If you’re wearing in a cool office or as a shawl with a dress on a chilly night, that’s one thing. Wrapping one that isn’t tissue-thin tightly around your neck on a warm day is another.

retro chic
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 11:10 am: [report]

Sometimes female celebs wear scarves for emergency cover, wrapping it around head and face with sunglasses – their stylists’ upgrade to the tired “incognito” baseball cap. Mainly the crime is some missed the tutorial on coordinating with their outfits in any season.

idiotfactory
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 01:56 pm: [report]

Just got back from Paris a few weeks ago and the girls are still wearing their scarves and short trench coats. Then again, I think the French obsession on this site is a bit much. Who cares? It’s just a scarf.

whatshesays
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 11:23 pm: [report]

agreed, I wear scarves through the summer and I like pashminas in place of a jacket at night

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