Hi Silkies! How have you been? Sorry for being MIA (again) but I was away on a Thanksgiving destination vacay and was a bit busy trying to get my life back to regular working order when I came home. I'm sure you all know how it is! If you're in a part of the world that celebrates Thanksgiving, happy belated turkey day.
So we are officially in the home stretch for the holidays and I thought I would show one of the vintage holiday scarves I have. My fascination with this scarf began when I was deep in the throes of collecting and I became fascinated with jacquards. This was before H issued the tattoo scarves that many of us have. I wanted to see the pattern woven into the silk that everyone talked about! So I considered many...luna park (love carousels), napoleon (bees -
), Les Fetes du Roi Soleil has fireworks - my head was spinning. I needed to see and own a jacquard! So after careful consideration (haha), I decided on Joies d'Hiver. I loved the ice skating people and the costumes they are wearing in the scarf. Luckily, there are many for sale on evilbay. It must have been a super popular scarf when it was issued because there is no shortage of this design on the reseller market. But I wanted one in good condition and finding one is not that easy because it's vintage and well - I'm sure the owner has worn it. And I was and still am a bit nervous to wash it. Has anyone tried? Will the dye run?
So I zeroed in on a cw and and found one that looked like it had been well cared for. When it arrived, I was overjoyed! I'm usually not a vintage scarf gal, in fact I prefer the more modern designs, but this scarf is so charming. In it, there is a man helping a woman put her skates on (seriously, don't think I have seen this happen at the rink ever). I have only seen a man help a child put on skates but not their adult GFs or wives. And there is a ice-skating group of two men on either side of one woman and skating with her. Perfect - two guys for every girl. And ladies dressed in full-on poufy dresses skating. I think I could actually benefit from this kind of skating outfit because if I fall on my rump, I'll be well padded. LOL. I love the trees in the corners with snow on them and I love the ice skaters interwoven in the silk. They are so pronounced and stand out alot which I love. So whenever I move and the light reflects off the scarf, the ice skaters interwoven into the silk stand out. I don't have many "vintage" scarves in my collex, but this ones a keeper. Whenever I look at it, I'm transported back to a different time. Nobody in the scarf is skating and looking at their cell phones!!
So with this scarf and the navy border, I gave up trying to wear navy with it along time ago because most of the time, the navy top I have on clashes with the wide navy border in the scarf. So I usually just wear a black top with it and I think it works fine. There are so many different shades of navy and it's just too hard trying to get it right with this scarf. I can actually tie this scarf so it's more subdued and all you really see are trees. But I think it's more fun to show the ice skating gals in the corners so I usually just go with an old-fashioned bias fold secured in the front with a scarf ring or knot.
And it helps that the green in this scarf picks up on my malachite kelly. So here are some pics for your viewing pleasure. I know many of you have this scarf and if so, by all means, post it! I love seeing the other cws and it will help us all get in the holiday mood. And sorry again for the black bars in my photos. It's actually quite frustrating because I have to take screen shots of the originals on my phone because tPF is still telling me my original files are too big. And the screen shots are much poorer quality and look a bit dingy. Argh. Very frustrating.
- but I have some other nautically themed ones that will come with me on said cruise!
At first, I thought it was two ladies but it's actually one lady and one man and I'm wondering why he is wearing a feather head accessory!