Colorful Silk Scarves

Italian Flair June 2003 by Patrick Demarchelier Couture Carrie BlogBuilding colors into your wardrobe with scarves can give you more flexibility than working with multiples of colorful pants and tops.  Building up your wardrobe with the basic staples such as fitted black or neutral trouser pants, tailored jackets, cargo shorts, leather handbags, neutral tunics, metallic or leather footwear is one way of having professional outfits while adding the touch of color in your accessories and jewelry.  A camouflage beige palette will give you the allowance wearing a number of hues of color that will catch the eye which wouldn't be possible unless it was summer time.  Flashes of violet, emerald green and orange and pink can be seen in classic Hermes scarves that can be worn classically around your neck, as a belt or on a hand bag.  Add some color through colorful scarves in the winter, and complement your pastel clothes in the summer with fabulous printed scarves. (Read More.....)

Emilio Pucci Scarves

Silk Scarves 2Silk Scarves 1The world famed fashion designer Emilio Pucci studied and political science and was a bomber pilot in WWII before finding his place in fashion design.  His first designs were for the Reed College skiing team.  Designing sporting gear became second nature to him as he was a talented sportsman, who swam, skied, fenced, played tennis and raced cars.  In the winter 1948, Pucci's designs were photographed for the famous magazine Bazaar, and caught attention of many American manufacturers which wanted to produce them.  He went on to open up a a haute couture house and produced a swimwear line in 1949, and moved on to bright and bold patterned silk scarves.   Pucci's labels success lead him to create silk dresses where many celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe,Sophia Loren and Jackie Kennedy wore.  It didn't end there, Pucci designed complete outfits for Braniff and Nasa between 1965 and 1977, and had a political career in addition.  (Read More.....)