I consider myself quite an experimental dresser as I'll give most things a try. I don't stick rigidly to any one thing and some days I might feel like dressing head-to-toe in black whilst other days it's head-to-toe clashing prints. I like to think my style lexicon is pretty varied.
But there is one thing that never quite entered my wardrobe - scarves. Not the warm variety but the more decorative variety - those silky, shiny squares of fabric that seem to serve no obvious purpose. Queen Marie wears scarves all the time to add colour and print to her outfits and layers them up one after another but me, not so much.
However, the other day I found a vintage silk scarf, I guess I must have bought at some point, and shoved it on over my boring shirt and t-shirt combination and it made me think I might have too hasty to dismiss the humble scarf.
So I think perhaps I'll try and bring some scarves into my wardrobe.
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I might start with Milleneufcentquatrevingtquatre . There SS13 and FW13 prints are really rather spectacular, as is there simply shot lookbooks. I have actually featured these guys before I think.
SS13; IL Y A DES FLEURS PARTOUT POUR QUI VEUT BIEN LES VOIR - inspired by the universe of Henri Matisse.





FW13; Les Nuits De Pleines Lunes - is a collection inspired by the French filmaker, Eric Rhomer,
mainly his film 'Les nuits de le pleine lune' released in 1984. The
architectures, pictorial composition of its framing. The splashes of color
against a backdrop of shades of gray.





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I was also recently contacted by a Scottish textile designer called Emily Stewart who creates hand printed silk scarves under her label Emily Rose Textiles. Emily also started her email, "Hey Phil, I LOVE your blog Kingdom of Style...". Been called lots of things before, but never Phil.
Turns out she's quite the little talent. She doesn't just creates scarves she also makes gorgeous cushions. Emily Graduated from Gray's School Of Art in textiles and surface design in 2009.



In short, I'm definitely going to give scarves a try.
Queen Michelle
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