collar scarf

Crafted by hand, this modern design depicts horizontal waves that embrace the scarf. Shades of steel blue and gray are accentuated by white as Vinita adds a touch of silk for sheen.

Fabulous color makes this dazzling scarf unforgettable. By Vinita in Thailand, the crinkled textile combines purple, fuchsia and pale gray in tie-dyed patterns. A touch of silk adds elegance to the design.

Fabulous in blue, green, and gray, this scarf is designed for bold elegance. Vinita designs the crinkled rayon and silk blend scarf with tie-dyed patterns.

This scarf from Thailand's Banlue Lueruang is designed to accessorize with daring elegance. It is sewn by hand with a lustrous rayon and silk blend creating a ruffle effect in cool green.

Crafted by hand, this modern design depicts horizontal waves that embrace the scarf. Dark and light olive green and ochre are accentuated by white as Vinita adds a touch of silk for sheen.

Fabulous in brownish green, purple, and pink, this scarf is designed for bold elegance. Vinita designs the crinkled rayon and silk blend scarf with tie-dyed patterns.

Fabulous color makes this dazzling scarf unforgettable. By Vinita in Thailand, the crinkled textile combines blues with aqua greens in tie-dyed patterns. A touch of silk adds elegance to the design.

Woven by hand, three strips of traditional West African kente cloth become a colorful scarf. Deborah Osei Boakye continues her grandfather's craft with this extraordinary design. Each strip of kente cloth requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. Each color has its own meanings in Ashanti culture, and the patterns themselves are carefully chosen symbols, which a master weaver develops and names. This design is named Nsatsia, meaning "fingers" in the Akan language. Its motifs suggest interlocking fingers from both hands.

By Vinita in Thailand, this generous shawl is woven of a seductive rayon and silk blend. Luscious brocade flowers appear in white on white.

Woven by hand, traditional West African kente cloth becomes a colorful scarf. Rachel Armah presents a traditional design known as Edwene Si Edwene So. The phrase means "double wisdom as special as gold" in the Akan language. Each strip of kente cloth requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. Each color has its own meanings in Asante culture. Green is fertility and new harvest, gold is royalty, black is strength, aging and spirituality, and white is purity.

In colors of kelly green, maize, and charcoal, zigzags, geometric patterns, and small stripes decorate this Ghanaian shawl. Akoma of West Africa presents this scarf, which is handwoven from a rayon and cotton blend to create three strips of kente fabric that are sewn together.

The intricate texture in this handsome kente cloth shawl is inspired by beach pebbles. Designed by a fisherman around 1898, its name means "pebbles of the shore are hard to crack." The tiny blocks of pattern represent the thoughts of that ancestral craftsman. Handcrafted by the Gobah Tengey-Seddoh Family, this extraordinary double weave textile is one of the most difficult patterns to achieve. These expert weavers use traditional looms and a cotton blend.

Each strip requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. Strips are generally three to four inches wide and seven to ten feet long, and the length of time it takes to complete one strip varies by the complexity of the chosen pattern. The simplest use mostly vertical, or warp patterns, and an experienced weaver can make several of those in one day. But patterns with nearly all weft (horizontal thread) patterns, where the warp design is hardly visible, can take up to four days to complete an individual strip. Each color has its own meanings in Asante culture. Green is fertility and new harvest, gold is royalty, black is strength, aging, and spirituality, while white is purity. The patterns themselves are carefully chosen symbols, which a master weaver develops and names, often to honor people, historical events, or proverbs.