best scarves

The colours of the Amazonian spring merge to create this wondrous piece, reuniting the best of Peru's high-quality textile creations. Artisan Raquel and Gregor work on a traditional loom to create this soft scarf made of baby alpaca blend yarns. Fuchsia, purple and yellow hues form the accessory, whose fringes and stripes imitate the exotic beauty of the vibrant rainforest.

The colours of the Andean spring merge to create this sublime piece, gathering the best of Peru's high-quality textile creations. Artisan Raquel and Gregor work on a traditional loom to create this soft scarf made of baby alpaca blend yarns. Green, yellow and purple hues form the accessory, whose fringes and stripes imitate the radiant beauty of those magnificent mountains.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente is woven by hand in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of blue, pink and cream. The scarf's width allows it to double as a shawl.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

This stylish men’s scarf designed by Peru’s Celinda Jaco bestows an air of elegance upon the winter wardrobe. Yarns of an alpaca blend intertwine to form a resplendent tapestry in a mesmerizing green hue adorned with lovely stripes in grey and black. Lightweight and soft, the fringed scarf guards against the cold with a warm embrace, unveiling a harmonious duality of comfort and grace.