Styling Silky Scarves

Saving the World, Two Scarves At A Time

I had these two scarves in my closet and wanted to venture out and find new ways to wear them. I usually don’t wear scarves and plus its one million degrees out (definitely not exaggerating) so it’s not exactly scarf weather. My aunt gave me this LV scarf but its been sitting in my closet for the past six months and I wanted to get some use out of it. I love the print on the Dior scarf (thrifted at a flea market) but I can never show off the print when I wear it as a belt/neck tie so I came up with different ways to style the scarves in order to get more wear out of them.

Some styles I’ve seen before and others I just played around with until I got something cool and secure. I’m not trying to a nip slip – but hey, if that’s your style, then do you. If you need some help on tying your scarf into a dress, I would trying Googling “ways to tie a toga” to get better, step-by-step instructions!

My inspiration while styling the scarves was, “What would I wear if I was thriving, living my life and minding my own business?” It inspired me to be creative without boundaries. Also, re-wearing the clothes you have is good for the Earth.

Did you know the fashion industry is the second largest polluter in the world? It contributes to landfill waste, pollutes water sources with harmful chemicals and takes advantage of developing countries with low labor wages and poor working conditions.

I’m not trying to sound preach-y.

Narrator: She’s going to sound preach-y.

But it’s good for the environment and your wallet to reuse what you have, find new ways to style and revamp your clothes. I’m definitely not sitting on a high horse when I say this. I’m saying this as someone who has always loved fashion and shopping but noticed that I had harmful and unsustainable shopping habits. I used to go shopping almost every other weekend, buying into trends I didn’t need and wearing it *maybe* once.

It’s hard when there’s a new product, trend or sale every time you refresh your Instagram feed. It also doesn’t help that it just looks so good on the model. Your brain starts to wonder about how good you’d look in it, the places you’d wear it to and the poses you’d do for that *perfect pic*. You get so lost in that Insta dream that you don’t even second guess if you need it. That’s the magic of ~*marketing*~. Trust me, I have a marketing degree. We know your behaviors, shopping history, interests, income, etc. and we use it to subtly* manipulate you into buying shit you don’t need ☺ Shoutout to Facebook, Google and just about every other platform you use for selling your data!!! But I digress.

I’m not saying you have to thrift everything and never shop at fast fashion brands ever again but I just want to inspire people to reuse the things in their closet, rethink their impulse buys and reduce their consumption of fast fashion.

ask yourself these questions before you buy

How many times are you going to wear it?

Be serious. Don’t say you can wear it to a party if you know damn well you don’t get invited to any parties.

Is it good quality?

Does it feel nice or cheap and like it’s going to be ruined after one wash?

Is it worth the price?

If you think it is, then refer back to question two again for safe measures.
And do you need that $40 top? Do you realllllyyy???

Could you thrift something similar to it?

Remember when Kanye came out with distressed t-shirts and charged like $300 for them? LMAOOOO okay I know what I said about quality but I promise you can get the same quality, homeless look for cheaper. If I’m going to splurge, I want it to be something that’s unique and has good quality.
I respect designers for the artistic concepts and quality clothes but I’m not going to feel bad for thrifting/making something similar if it helps reduce waste and save me from bankruptcy.
Another reason for high prices is because of good marketing and branding. For example, Urban Outfitters clothes are usually cheap, Forever 21 quality but because of good marketing and branding, they can charge $70 for it and that’s standard for them.

Do you have something similar in your closet?

If this is your sixth white t-shirt, then put it down and walk away now. I meant it!! Keep walking.

Could you see yourself wearing it in a six months? A year? A week?

This can be tough because taste can change and you can’t fully predict what you’ll like in the future but it gets easier each time you ask yourself this. That’s another reason why I like thrifting. I won’t feel as bad if I end up not liking a $2 shirt after a month and I can re-donate it.