the curse of the whitfields

the scarf...

it's the curse of the whitfields.

we just can't do scarves. as much as we try, scarves just don't work for us.

quite often i see people who look cool, effortlessly wearing a scarf which just 

ties the whole look together. unfortunately for us whitfields, we just can't do it.

not that that stops me from trying.

my appreciation of the japanese brand 'a bathing ape' has been well documented.

5 or so years ago they brought out some nice scarves in their signature apehead camo.

i was there the day they dropped.

quality stuff as ever from bape

i put the blame for this not working for me, on it being a little bit too short.

i think if it was a foot longer this would have a chance of not looking stupid on me.

two years ago i bought this scarf from selfridges

it's a quality piece of kit

made my missoni, you'd think the italians would know what time it is ?

but no... this also fails to work for me. the blame this time is on the width of the

thing. it's too wide... it makes it bulky.

last year in tokyo i went to loopwheeler to buy one of their famous fleeces.

look what else they'd started making...

hmmm... a scarf made out of two tubes of sweatshirt material sewn together.

it's a funny one. the material is outstanding, but it's a tube... a bit like a sleeve.

the details are all there, it feels good and it looks good...

until i wrap it around my neck !

i just remembered that i did a shoot last year with bad twin. when she turned up 

i was wearing this loopwheeler scarf. i opened the door to her and she looked

straight at it, no 'hello' or anything, she just looked offended and said "what is that ?"

so... winter approaches and i'm braced for another season of scarf related failures.

cold times.