vera scarves — for you and your home!
I recently bought myself a new trenchcoat for springtime, and since have been fantasizing about all the colorful Vera scarves I can tie around my neck to go with it. There’s a collection of them available at Auto, $80 each, reissues of the line’s classics of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I know they’ll look fab with my mac, but I can’t help but thinking about how beautiful they’d be as décor. In fact, as the original Vera catalog pointed out, why not hang them as a gallery on the wall? The new reissued ones from Auto are worthy of professional framing, but if you find any while searching around bins at the flea markets, or on eBay, where they are usually about $10, you can be a little more creative. You could stitch them together in an gorgeous silk curtain or twist them together to form a pillow. — Angela M.
March 6th, 2007 at 10:40 am
I have been sporting one of these I found at a thrift shop for 8 years! I had no idea it was a phenomenon!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:15 am
I picked one up at a thrift store several years ago, too, and used it to upholster a little bench.
March 7th, 2007 at 4:04 am
I’m happy to have a hand-me-down Vera from my mom, who received it as a gift in the ’70s. It’s lovely and so beautifully crafted – it still looks new and fresh today.
March 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
oh no, the cat is out of the bag! now the ebay prices will skyrocket. but hopefully people will wear them as well as decorate with them…
March 8th, 2007 at 2:03 am
My best friend was paying more like $2 for Vera scarves on ebay a few years ago.
I found a nice Vera blouse in a thrift store last year, which I was just planning to sell, but the paint on the front buttons chipped in the process of me trying to get a small stain out of the blouse & ready it for sale. The hem also came down. If you find the vintage stuff, be nice to it – I only washed it on my washer’s “hand wash” cycle, which has been fine for cashmere sweaters and the like. The washer has no agitator. The blouse only cost me a few dollars, so I wasn’t upset that it took a hit, but if someone pays a bit more for one on ebay, they should probably be warned to just handwash in a basin with as little agitation as possible.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Why not frame Vera scarves (one each) in glossy painted frames? Very Pop art, no?
March 12th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Ha — I was going to say the same thing as Lexy! I have one myself (same color scheme, even) I’ve been meaning to frame. There’s a book out called Decorating on eBay that has a whole section on framing handkerchiefs–more inspiration.