Today we’re liking this pleated scarf from Johnston & Murphy. It’s a great basic to keep in your office, if only because — in a pinch — you can use it to mimic a blouse and raise the neckline of a dress that, perhaps, is lower-cut than you originally thought it was. It’s not a perfect fix, but is far better than going home to change. (Full disclosure: We had to do this the first time we wore a DvF dress to the office.) It’s $38, available in both white and black. PLEATED SCARF
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low-cut dressses,
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How would one fashion a blouse out of a scarf??
I wound up stuffing the scarf into the dress so that it looked like a V-necked collar of a blouse. Again: Not ideal, but will do in a pinch.
Interesting idea, I just don’t know if I could do it in a way that didn’t look like I had tried to pad my front. I did manage to fashion a pashmina into a skirt once, though. A few years ago I ripped the seam right out of the back of my dress, so my rear was hanging right out for all to see. Luckily I had a pashmina in the office, which I used to make a skirt to wear across the street to buy a pair of emergency pants.
I’ve done this when wearing a jacket–a rectangle scarf crossed over in front and secured by the waist of my hose. Looks like a silk blouse with a V neck–nice. Hollywood tape or some other would make it more secure. Or a brooch.
Didn’t one of the designers do that exact thing on Project Runway last season? Ran out of time and had no blouse, so tucked a piece of fabric under a jacket! It looked fine (though I think I recall him/her being booted off for it).
Regardless of whether the average woman would be able to fashion a blouse out of a scarf, I still think this one’s adorable. Scarves are a great thing to wear to this office or on the weekend; they add a unique touch to your outfits. Here’s a collection of scarves I like I a lot:
http://www.what2wearwhere.com/blog/post/2010/03/12/Loquita.aspx
Not to be a b***h but am I the only one who has noticed people linking to their own blogs/advertisements lately? It is bizarre.
It doesn’t bother me in a case like Rebecca’s. Clearly, she wrote up something interesting about scarves which is on-topic here and rather than re-type it, posted the link.
I wish I had a post on my blog that discussed these sorts of links, so I could meta-link my thoughts here…
I agree. I don’t have a problem with people linking to their own blogs if they wrote about something similar/on topic, but just say “I wrote about this at my blog too…” I don’t like when people, intentionally or not, refer to the link as though it is a third-party site. It seems underhanded.
I’m going to be in DC this weekend. Any suggestions on things to do/sites to see other than the standard DC stuff? I love the monuments, museums, etc. – and plan to see them – but would love suggestions for other fun events happening this weekend.
Check Daily Candy DC edition (the weekend guide posting is Thursday), the Going Out Guide on the Washington Post and the City Paper (free weekly comes out on Thursday).
The DCist blog has great coverage of the local arts scene: http://www.dcist.com/
Eastern Market is fun– there are lots of places to eat (I love Montmartre and Peregrine Espresso) and you can walk around the flea market afterward.
Also, if Shakespeare is your thing, I highly suggest seeing Richard III or Henry V at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC. The two plays are in repertory until April, and both are fantastic.
Great! Thanks for the suggestions.
The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage has daily(!) live concerts. They’re only 1 hour long (from 6-7pm). And casual and free. Perfect pre-dinner activity.
Check out their website for the show schedule.
Also, the Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum are slightly off the beaten path and are great museums with a beautiful and calming atrium. Again, free.
I once tied a silk scarf around my neck (bib style – with triangle in front) and tied the wrap blouse over it. That helped raise the neckline of the blouse. But the scarf has to be thin/silk so it does not look like you padded your front. Not sure this one would help in this case.
maybe corporette can do a how-to on various ways to wear/tie a scarf?
Check the BrooksBrothers website. They have loads of info.
Hermes, too.
http://usa.hermes.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PlayTimeView?storeId=10202&catalogId=10052&langId=-1
The Hermes site is fantastic! They have 2 60+ page guides to tying scarves which I have printed and hanging in my closet for when I want to wear a scarve but need some inspiration on how to tie it.
Corporette did do a feature, in fact: http://corporette.com/2009/07/23/reader-mail-how-to-wear-silk-scarves/
In the comments are a couple links to awesome tutorials.