When Is A Scarf Not A Scarf?

Today there are 96,012 listings for vintage scarves on Etsy.  Without the 'vintage' filter, there are thousands more.  There's so much more competition now than when I began in 2008.  A major problem are all the off-shore "handmade" scaves and blatant fake designer scarves that Etsy turns a blind eye to.  I don't have nearly the success that I once did, but it's a category I love and I can't help myself.

My friend Sunny of Luna Junction Vintage works her model's ass off with styling her garments and accessories.  She has inspired me to *attempt* to style my scarves in different ways to be more eye-catching.

For this extra long scarf,  I used a brooch as a scarf clip.  I gathered the scarf loosely and arranged the brooch at the shoulder being careful to not put holes in the silk fabric.


Then I played around with draping the scarf and came up with several more different looks.

  

This small Burmel scarf has a zebra theme.  

I folded it and threaded it through the pin back of another brooch and really like the effect.

Then I intertwined the scarf with a string of white beads and came up with a couple of different looks.

This large square Christian Dior scarf became a knotted belt.

A long, colorful Perry Ellis scarf became a sash.

An oversized square polyester scarf became an obi belt.

These are several more attempts at making necklaces.

Lastly, my attempt to turn a really large square scarf into a halter top.  I think I may need more practice!

A scarf doesn't have to be a boring piece of fabric that you stuff in a drawer and forget about.  It's one of those wonderful things that can be re-used, re-purposed, re-styled, re-imagined, and re-invigorated.