La Chasse, le Sport, et la Ville

Egyptian Art Deco Jacket

Hand-beaded lurex jacket with Egyptian motifs, 1922-25.

Interesting sunglasses

Although these fetching specs would likely make me look a tad too much like a mad scientist from a bygone fascist regime when combined with my particular facial features and blunt haircut, I do think that on the right person, these would be absolutely smashing.

sunglasses

Holland Esquire

Holland Esquire

Tweedland

Repeating foxes

I can't find the source for this image, but it's too nice not to share.  

            

Gretchen Fenston

This lady has style for miles! Not only is she a milliner of the highest calibre, her personal fashion sense is magnificent:

Gretchen Fenston

Needlepoint Loafers

Can you even believe how exquisite these needlepoint loafers are?

Pomegranate Seeds

Bangle Watches

Gorgeous watches from the Metropolitan Museum shop:

Chevron Motif

Egyptian Goddess 

Medieval Quatrefoil

Fob Bracelet

A charm bracelet made from watch fobs:

fob bracelet

Hermes Scarves

Feast your eyes on this: the most mind-bogglingly thorough conspectus of Hermes scarves! I could waste a lot of time sifting through these archives... (I do wish the creases had been smoothed out of these specimens prior to their being photographed, but that's just me being nitpicky.)

Pasadena Wingtip

Now that is what I call a fine looking shoe!

G.H. Bass & Co.

Vintage Ralph Lauren

You really can't go wrong with some vintage Ralph Lauren:

In Praise of Scarves

Living in a Northern climate, the scarf is a positively indispensable article of winter attire. When Jack Frost is relentlessly nipping at one's nose, it is of vital importance to have some type of defence. Since the full-face balaclava, although terminally practical, makes one look like the perpetrator of some nefarious misdeed, it is really not a reasonable choice for day-to-day wear. Therefore we call upon the scarf to shield our tender visages from the season's cruel bite.

Aside from its protective properties, a scarf can also add a spot of flash to an otherwise dreary ensemble. Versatile coats are more often than not in rather plain shades of navy, grey, camel, or black, and are well suited to being paired with a pop of colour around the neck. Scarves are also an easy way to change the mood of one's outerwear look, allowing the same basic coat-hat-glove combo to go from sharply elegant to playfully absurd in one blissfully simple step.

pencil scarf

And, of course, the way one ties a scarf can also add an element of flair. Options range from the casually droopy:

to the smartly prim:

In short, the scarf is well poised to be your dearest companion as winter drags on and on and on. Useful and stylish, the scarf truly is your neck's best weapon in the fight against both blowing snow and sartorial boredom.