THE ART OF THE SCARF

Notable within the last few years of International Fashion Shows, there has been an undercurrent of androgynous and gender-neutral trends permeating the industry. This can especially be seen in accessory design, where unisex pieces are now a mainstay of the fashion landscape.

Scarves, however, have an established history of transcending gendered style. A silk neckerchief can be as easily interpreted as the headscarf of a woman as it can be the cravat of a man. Design houses such as Liberty’s and Hermes have long embraced this, interchanging designs and prints within their male and female collections.
 
SisterLoves has created a series of luxurious printed scarves, all of which can be worn by both men and women. All our scarves are Made in England and printed on luxury fabrics including Crepe de Chine, Silk Georgette, Silk/Wool blend, and Silk Twill.

Across our five current collections, SisterLoves has translated the original artwork work of Tattoo Artist Vera Kudrina and Design Collective Smallwasfast, reinventing their original imagery into finished scarf designs.

This builds on the tradition of Artist-designed scarves, first popularized by the textile design house Ascher in the late 1940’s and 50’s. Their silk ‘Artists Squares’ featured the works of Andre Derain, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. What at the time was a novel integration of art and fashion, proved to elevate these accessories into collectable items, and indeed works of art themselves.

Throughout our scarves collections Sister Loves has aimed to create not simply beautiful, versatile scarves, but wearable pieces of art.

 

 

The Cities of the World Collection showcases the most famous fashion destinations in the world, subverting the idea of a souvenir into a wearable piece or art, which embodies the identity and captures the atmosphere of these cities.   

The Balloon Collection draws inspiration from the Industrial Revolution of Victorian England and the inception of aeronautical engineering. Pioneered by a handful of mavericks and explorers, this collection channels their spirit of daring and adventure.

The Darwin Collection features elaborate botanical-style drawings of beetles, moths, dragonflies and other insects, playing with scale and pattern to create beautiful and intriguing motifs. 

The Atlantis Collection featuring the hand-drawn illustrations by design collective Smallwasfast; the collection explores the idea and mythology of Sirens and creatures of the sea. The Atlantis collection comprises of four designs, which reflect the different natures and incarnations of the Sirens and Merfolk. Buoyed Up, however, explores most directly the androgyny and beauty of Mermen. 

The Celestial Collection engages with the mythology of ethereal beings to provoke a deeper understanding of beauty and spirituality in life. The artwork for this collection has been developed from early Victorian imagery depicting the majesty of the Gods. The designs also take inspiration from the Golden Ratio, also known as the Divine proportion, which refers to the hidden harmony and balance within the natural world.