A circle scarf is one of those articles of clothing that you buy with perceived potential but end up wearing it around your neck a couple of times and that’s about it.

When I was in London last year, I got not one, but two large circle scarves because the lady who sold them to me convinced me it could be worn as a dress, a skirt, halter top, a vest, a blouse and more.

She showed me how to contour the scarf into these creations, I brought them home and I haven’t worn them once.

In the mean time I’ve forgotten all the ways the nice shop lady showed me to wear them.

I got a grey cable-knit circle scarf from Joe Fresh, but it never got cold enough to get much wear from it.

So the other day I was watching Lifetime’s Coco Chanel movie when I saw this;

A cable-knit circle scarf as a vest!

What a simple, doable yet brilliant idea!

I tried it and I loved it.

Initially I thought it would be constricting, but it’s not.

It’s just like a vest, it stays put and it’s warm.

I wonder why we don’t wear looped scarves like this anymore.

I was watching Emma on PBS (Masterpiece Classic) and one of characters also wore a looped scarf as a vest, but this time it was a lighter and softer fabric.

An aside: Emma has some very beautiful costumes

…flowy gowns, gorgeous hats, trailing ribbons and the boots worn by Jonny Lee Miller’s Mr. Knightley was nice!

I’m inspired to wear ribbons as belts this summer.

Wearing:
Cable-knit Circle Scarf: Joe Fresh Style
Shirt: Banana Republic
Pants: H&M
Shoes: Clarks