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The cooler weather that swept across Sydney last week had us all reaching for something a little more substantial to wrap around our suddenly bare and chilly necks.
And I don’t know about you, but along with it came another, somewhat less cosy feeling – how to wear my scarves and shawls with confidence and not in the same old boring way I always do.
How serendipitous then that Sophie and her team of lovely ladies at Mr Rose in Sydney’s Paddington had already pre-empted this annual arrival of style paranoia, and were ready to provide me with all the answers and more (and by that I mean champagne, home-made cheesy bits & crunchy chocolate sweeties – yum!).
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Last week they hosted a wonderful scarf tying evening in collaboration with the fabulous online store Hanker, who currently have a pop-up store on the premises until the end of May.
Whilst they have a fabulous range of neckwear themselves and Hanker is a scarf lover’s paradise (they stock Missoni, say no more), I took along my own beloved silk scarf from Spanish luxury mega-brand Loewe to get some tips on how to wear it with aplomb – well, to be honest, how to wear it at all…
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It is an old favourite of mine, bought about 15 years ago from the Loewe store when it was tucked discreetly in next door to the Louis Vuitton store in Castlereagh St (my very first stylish place of work).
If you look closely at the label you can see it comes from the ‘Ceramica Sevillana’ collection – although it was purchased about ten years before I actually visited Sevilla and fell in love with this art form of wonderfully, colourfully painted tiles & ceramics – and so I always consider it a nice sort of synchronicity that I was attracted to this particular design, with its rich blues and Andalusian fruits that represent Seville so well.
But enough of its beauty, for I must confess that I had worn it less than half a dozen times (yes, that’s less than six, not a good track record for such a fabulous piece!)
And so I seized the opportunity to change all this with some instruction on how to wear it with flair. Turns out I was folding it the wrong way and this was what was making it unravel and feel so thick and cloying around my neck.
But no more! I am now excited to try out my new folds and tying methods, and I even came away with three ideas for wearing it in my hair – which will be just perfect for the Spanish summer, and a fitting way to properly show off this gorgeous but terribly under-appreciated friend.
So thank you Mr Rose, because now I can get scarf styling! And of course if you have the same dilemmas don’t hesitate to pop in for some advice yourself – or just ask yours truly, their latest scarf disciple…
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Happy scarf & shawl tying!!
Rubi
