Alrighty, I know everyone might be a little scarfed out, but I thought I’d offer a few final warnings before you and your fashionably{?} covered neck venture out for a photo session.
As a gentle reminder, I intentionally mentioned venturing out into photo session, NOT the public at large. If you want to head to Home Depot in workout tights, a lumberjack flannel and a pashmina, then go for it.
This post is to help save your from yourself when negotiating/bribing family members during the Pre-Family Photo Clothing Smackdown. {This is when the adult female involved in pictures hauls out carefully selected and possibly prayed-over clothing options before the family and they all yell “NO!” before they’ve even seen the goods.}
To be honest, this can be a touchy subject, because the possibility of dear blog readers having committed one or more of these scarf mistakes is high. Heck, I’ve committed them, because no one wrote a blog about good fashion sense to save my husband and I from a Delightfully Denim engagement photo look back in 1998. Someday, I’ll post pictures.
Let’s all put our overly-sensitive selves aside, hold hands, and agree to move forward in fashion harmony. I could remain horrified at my engagement photos starring an over-sized denim shirt with button covers (OH YES I DID), or I could laugh, realize I was not the only one showcasing that look {SEE? You’re all under the bus with me!} and move into 2011 with grace and dignity.
And a well-styled scarf.
Warning #1: Everyone in the photo doesn’t need to wear a scarf
{I desperately want to mention something about not having a fluorescent light as the focal point for your picture, but I feel confident that Chris will steer clear of office-cubicle ambiance.}
The other risk the family runs with multi-scarfing might even scare Ebenezer Scrooge:
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Warning #2: Your scarf is not a noose.
I can see that this would be a cozy look for the streets of New York City in January, but not for your photo session.
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{via Pinterest}
Make sure the scarf is a part of the overall look and feel of the photo, so viewers don’t wonder if you coiled a yacht rope around your neck.
Warning #3: Your scarf shouldn’t be the center of attention.
It’s a fine line between taking a fashion risk that pays off and making a decision that your family will bring up for hundreds of years.
Even if you love the playing the piano and Peanuts is your favorite comic strip of all times, don’t say it with a scarf.
Same goes for pirate lore. Essentially, the bad men’s neckties of the 80’s have deported themselves to the women’s department in attempt to reinvent a career. Don’t assist them.
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If you look at the following photo and feel like it might be a possibility, then I say: GO FOR IT. You might be eccentric enough to pull it off.
If you are still unclear or want to see a lot more questionable scarves, check this out. (Disclaimer: Although entertaining, not all featured scarves are family friendly. Ahem.)
Warning #4: Keep that scarf out of your hair.
This is possibly the trickiest scarf tip because I know several people cool enough to actually wear scarves in their hair.
{And just for clarity’s sake, I’m talking about females here. I think it goes without saying that a guy in any type of head-covering scarf will resemble either a) Hulk Hogan, b) Jack Sparrow, or c) Willie Nelson.}
So maybe I should amend this warning to say: If you usually and successfully wear a scarf as part of an up-do or casual Nicole Richie thing, then go for it.
Otherwise, save your Scarf-in-Hair Fashion Risk for a day at the pool when you can abort mission after friends ask what’s up with the Aunt Jemima look.
Warning #5: Bandanas around the neck (as scarves) are best saved for hoe-downs
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Enough said.
I love bandanas, and every four or five years, they make a resurgence in some part of my wardrobe. {The neon green one I wore as a headband in the early 90’s still brings a tear to my eye.}
But generally, it ends up looking more like theme-clothing than a great photo session accessory.
Especially when guys start to get really daring:
Even the 2008 Teen Choice Awards unanimously agreed that Chris Brown was a fashion don’t. That said, I think more than just the bandana contributed to that honor.
Ok, so there you have it–five scarf warnings to heed next time a photo session looms in your future.
Are there more we forgot? Any other Delightfully Denim offenders that want to come clean?
Have a great, scarf-filled week:)
