How to Style Scarves in the Summer - and then in the Fall

There are a lot of fun and fabulous was to wear a silk scarf around your neck, but sometimes summer is too much for even the most delightful scarf.

We are just coming off a September heatwave, so let's go ahead and talk about styling during those last hot and humid days of the season - and how to wear your silks a few weeks later when the temperatures drop.

Chinese American woman with long black hair falling behind her shoulders. She's wearing an oatmeal-colored short sleeve sweater over a white blouse and holding a midnight blue silk bandana in front of her by opposite points, so it falls into a triangle.

 Our silk bandana in September's Midnight colorway.  Photo courtesy of Denise Van Photography.

 

A go-to hot weather option for squares and rectangles is always to wear them in your hair instead.  It makes a lush and distinctive statement - plus it keeps your hair off your neck.

Two photos of a Chinese American young woman with long black hair and long bangs, wearing a shell pink square scarf as a headband in one and as an oversized bandana around her neck in the other.

 Our large 35x35" square silk scarf in Shell Pink (the color for October). Photos courtesy of Denise Van Photography.

 

 Two photos of an Afro Cubano woman with loosely coiled black hair in a high bun, wearing an off shoulder black blouse. She has an evergreen silk scarf wraped widely around her head and tied in a ruffled knot at the top, off center in one photo and wrapped closely around her neck in the other photo.

 The 14x72" rectangle silk scarf in Evergreen (a winter special order color).  Photos courtesy of Odette Photo+Art

 

Two photos of a Chinese American woman with long black hair and bangs falling behind her shoulders. She's wearing an oatmeal-colored short sleeve sweater over a white blouse. She's wearing a midnight blue silk bandana as a headband in one photo, and tied around her neck in a triangle in the other photo.

Silk bandana in Midnight.  Photos courtesy of Denise Van Photography.

 

On the other hand, if you're not being roasted too badly, sometimes it is just a matter of styling loosely (made all the easier if you have a few of our scarf magnets to pin the looser look in place) instead of closely.

 

Two photos of an Afro Cubano woman with shoulder length, loosely coiled black hair tinted red and thick rimmed glasses, wearing a black t shirt and black jeans. She has a long crocus purple silk scarf draped over her shoulders in one photo and wrapped closely around her neck in the other photo.

 The 14x72" rectangle silk scarf in the February colorway, Crocus.  Photos courtesy of Odette Photo+Art

 Two photos of an Indian woman with long black hair and a black blouse. She's wearing an emerald green square silk scarf tied loosely around her neck with the tails trailing down her front in one photo, and wrapped closely around her neck and secured with a scarf magnet in the other photo

  35x35" square silk scarf in Viridian (May's color). Modeled by The Crimson Lens Photography and photographed by her daughter, @amoonstruckphotographer.

 

Two photos of a white woman with wavy brown hair. In one photo she's wearing a blue jacket with a purple silk infinity scarf wrapped twice, loosely around her neck. In the other photo she's wearing a sleeveless light purple top with the infinity scarf wrapped three times, closely, around her neck.

11x76" silk infinity scarf in Moody Purple (a past special order color).  Photos courtesy of Dorothy Beam Photography.

 

And for those days when it is too hot or humid for scarves, period - because yes, I absolutely admit they happen! - well, you know.  There's always earrings *winks*

Collage of earring close ups. Sapphire drop earrings worn by Afro-cubano woman with hair tinted red, amethyst drop earrings angled a little to the side over purple silk scarf, and pearl earrings laid flat against rose pink silk scarf.

Sapphire, Amethyst and Pearl earrings. Photos courtesy of Odette Photo+Art and Denise Van Photography.

 

Warmly (I know, right?),

Clare

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