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Elegant style icon wardrobe essentials: Grace Kelly in Headscarves

27/9/2019

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In her Hollywood years, Grace Kelly had made only 11 films, then left her movie career to become the Princess of Monaco, at the age of 26. But her career as a style icon, had just started.

There are not many women who can inspire the floral print of scarves of one Italian fashion brand Gucci and made a handbag of another French couture house eternal like Grace Kelly.

On screen in Hollywood or off screen in Monaco, Grace Kelly almost always looks elegant, sophisticated and graceful, and one of her secrets is to carry a scarf with her, big or small, patterned or in solid color, and wear as a headscarf.
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Elegant style icon wardrobe essentials: Audrey Hepburn’s headscarves

23/9/2019

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Audrey Hepburn as a timeless style icon, has created countless classic look both on screen and off screen, with only a few basic items like black dress, ballet flat, Capri pant, together with accessories like earrings, scarves and sunglasses. She loves to use scarves as headscarves, not only in films like Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade, Love in the afternoon, but also in her own life, whether walking on the street, riding a bicycle, at the airport or in the airplane, even on her wedding day when she married the Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti.
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Silk series I: characteristics of silk

22/9/2019

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Silk is one of the most elegant and versatile fabrics, which can be used for making dresses, blouses, skirt, pants, as well as accessories like scarves, shawls. But it also is famous for being difficult to handle. Here are some of its chacteristics.
Elegant fabric silk crepe de chine red
Red silk crepe de chine
  • Composition: The silk fibre is chiefly composed of 80% of fibroin, which is protein in nature and 20% of sericin, which is otherwise called as silk gum.
  • Strength: Silk as a fibre, has good tensile strength, which allows it to withstand great pulling pressure. Silk is the strongest natural fibre and has moderate abrasion resistance. The strength of the thrown yarns is mainly due to the continuous length of the fibre. Spun silk yarn though strong is weaker than thrown silk filament yarns.
  • Elasticity: silk fibre is an elastic fibre and may be stretched from 1/7 to 1/5 of its original length before breaking. It tends to return to its original size but gradually loses little of its elasticity. This would mean that the fabric would be less sagging and less binding resulting in the wearers comfort.
  • Resilience: Silk fabrics retain their shape and have moderate resistance to wrinkling. Fabrics that are made from short – staple spun silk have less resilience.
Elegant fabric silk crepe de chine burgundy
Silk crepe de chine dark red
  • Drapability: Silk has a liability and suppleness that, aided by its elasticity and resilience, gives it excellent drapability.
  • Heat Conductivity : Silk is a protein fibre and is a non-conductor of heat similar to that of wool. This makes silk suitable for winter apparel.
  • Absorbency: Silk fabrics being protein in nature have good absorbency. The absorptive capacity of the silk fabric makes comfortable apparel even for warmer atmosphere. Fabrics made from silk are comfortable in the summer and warm in the winter. Silk fibre can generally absorb about 11 percent of its weight in moisture, but the range varies from 10 percent to as much as 30 percent. This property is also a major factor in silk’s ability to be printed and dyed easily.
Elegant fabric Silk charmeuse red
Silk charmeuse red
  • Cleanliness and Washability: Silk fabric does not attract dirt because of its smooth surface. The dirt, which gathers can be easily removed by washing or dry cleaning. It is often recommended for the silk garments to be dry-cleaned. Silk fabrics should always be washed with a mild soap and strong agitation in washing machine should be avoided. Silk water – spot easily, but subsequent washing or dry cleaning will restore the appearance of the fabric.
  • Shrinkage: Silk fabrics are subjected only to normal shrinkage which can be restored by ironing. Crepe effect fabrics shrink considerably in washing, but careful ironing with a moderately hot iron will restore the fabric to its original size.
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Silk chiffon red



  • Effect of Heat: Silk is sensitive to heat and begins to decompose at 330° F (165° C). The silk fabrics thus have to be ironed when damp.
  • Effect of Light: Silk fabric weakens on exposure to sun light. Raw silks are more resistant to light than degummed silk.
  • Reaction to Bleaches: Silk, like wool, is deteriorated with chlorine bleaches like sodium hypochlorite. However, mild bleach of hydrogen peroxide or sodium per borate may be used for silk.
  • Reaction to Alkalis: Silk is not as sensitive as wool to alkalis, but it can be damaged if the concentration and the temperature are high. A mild soap or detergent in lukewarm water is thus advisable.
  • Reaction to Acids: Concentrated mineral acids will dissolve silk faster than wool. Organic acids do not harm silk.
  • Affinity for Dyes: Silk has good absorbency and thus has good affinity for dyes. Dyed silk is colourfast under most conditions, but its resistance to light is unsatisfactory.
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Silk noil Red
  • Resistance to Mildew: Silks will not mildew unless left for sometime in a damp state or under the extreme conditions of tropical dampness.
  • Resistance to Insects: Silk may be attacked by the larvae or clothe moths or carpet beetles.
  • Resistance to Perspiration: Perspiration and sunlight weakens and yellows silk fabrics. The silk itself deteriorates and the colour is affected causing staining. Garments worn next to the skin should be washed or other wise cleaned after each wearing.
Elegant fabric silk georgette red
Silk georgette red
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Elegant style icon wardrobe essentials: Jackie Onassis Kennedy’s headscarves

18/9/2019

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In her White House years, Jackie Kennedy remained forever in the collective consciousness of American an elegant and dignified a young, elegant and dignified First Lady, with her sleeveless shift dresses, boxy cropped jackets, white gloves and pillbox hats. As the wife of the richest Greek tycoon, Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s style changes dramatically to that of the jet set with Capri pants, fitting t-shirt, over sized sunglasses.

But one thing never changes in her style: the permanent silk scarf she uses as headscarf, worn with dresses, suits, trench coats as well as sportive t-shirts.
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