Like that middle eastern scarf even Markham now sells… the neckerchief has been threatening to become a global street trend for a while now. It’s been spotted lurking at London Fashion Week for a year or two apparently and has been picked up by global fashionistas from Brazil to uh South Africa (pic above from Be Kind Collective). As further proof you just know its a trend when someone writes a blog dedicated to it check out neckercheifvalhalla.blogspot.com. As the site rightly points out (see below borrowed from their blog) they kind of look better on girls than guys (unless your a cowboy perhaps). Be careful with this one people.
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August 1, 2008 at 7:47 am
Thesis at Joburg Fashion Week «
[...] also run a shop in Soweto selling other local designers. Couple of trends to note. Yup there is that neckerchief thing. And the tartan shirt – tartan is a bit of a micro-trend with the joburg/soweto fashion kids (see [...]
August 10, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Avril
It’s not really a trend is it??
It was cool when Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone, James Dean wore it,
And even Karl Lagerfeld that still wears it.
And Vivienne Westwood thinks it’s a must have for certain occasions…
Think it a verily good accessory, only a few can really pull it off… all three pictures you have shown looks fab.