Everyone wants to stay warm during the cold winter days.  The dropping mercury levels bring scarves and neckwear into action.  Heavier knitted and woolen wraps replace lighter chiffon and silk scarf.

As the cold weather casts its spell scarves for women as well as mens scarves become an important dressing accessory. This lose piece of garment also become favorite gift items during the winter season.

Designers seek interesting scarf patterns for neck as well as head scarves.  Labels such as Aquascutum and Louis Vuittion add interesting scarves to their ready to wear collection. In addition to cashmere and pashmina,  fashion gurus seek newer and improved fabrics for style and convenience.

Being a person of this nature and walking around the picturesque streets of Paisley I feel like preserving every scene through my digital camera.  The sublimity of nature and its untamed qualities remind me of the presence of the Almighty.

Downloading the pictures on my laptop and browsing through them casts a magical spell reminding me of all the lovely sceneries.

One picture amongst my album is quite different and unique.  It is of a paisley I once saw on a scarf in a small boutique.  This is the best picture among my collection as it is congruent with the name of the town, Paisley.  I wish I had bought this cashmere paisley shawl but don’t remember the location of the shop.

Having a passion for scarves and putting my thinking hat on, I plan to monogram the paisley onto a chiffon silk scarf and keep it as a souvenir from my trip to Paisley, Scotland.  I have lots of silk and cashmere scarves but none would be like my paisley silk scarf.

My black scarf with a paisley monogram would be my breath taking piece of art and might one day make me famous like William Blake.

No doubt, scarves are mostly shawl wraps of different knitting pattern used as head or neckwear to stay warm in the cold or light weight silk scarf to accessorize and outfit during the summers.

However, new and contemporary ways of utilizing the scarf include wearing it as a skirt and as a poncho.

A scarf simply wrapped around the lower body can work as an excellent skirt.  Likewise, scarves draped around the shoulders and pinned at the center can take the form of a poncho.

There garments are easy to craft and can be made with scarves of different size and material.

Square and rectangular scarves make good skirts and sarongs.  Whereas, longer and oblong once are more suitable for ponchos.

All types of material including cashmere, pashmina, cotton chiffon, woolen and silk scarves work equally well  for this style.  Be it tartan, paisley or mission all styles seem admirable when a scarf of either is worn as a skirt or a poncho.

Although scarves are used all around the year still the ones for summers and lighter weathers are slightly different as their main focus is accessorizing.  The fabric used in these is mostly silk, chiffon, cotton, satin, lace and other sheer materials.

Scarves and wraps come in various different sizes and styles.  They can either be plain, multicolored or printed.  Various dying techniques such as tie and dye, screen printing, hand painting and block printing make each individual piece a masterpiece.  Similarly, numerous different ideas on how to wear a scarf add style to your existing dress collection.