So I was getting ready to leave the thrift store when I decided to poke around in the women’s scarves. I found I believe 3 authentic Hermes scarves & these 3 other ones I want to show you. I mean considering I paid $.50 a scarf and I have already sold the Hermès scarves well over $200 apiece so I’m not too worried if these three aren’t anything special it would just be kind of cool to figure out what they actually are! For some reason whoever was the previous owner decided to only remove the tags of three of them…All 6 scarves were all bunched together when I found them so I am just assuming they all belong to the same person. Anyways I was hoping maybe you guys could possibly figure out/Already know the origin of these scarves!
Vintage Designer Scarf?
- Thread starter Deebowins
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Circa Vintage Clothing
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Hi Deebowins and welcome to the forums.
We can't offer authentication services here: best to take to an expert for that, so they can see the item in person, but what I can tell you is that all the quality designer scarves that I've seen have been made of high quality silk, usually a silk twill (eg Hermes) and feature hand-rolled hems. There are differences between brands of course, but if you look for those two signs, you're off to a good start.
I can see that at least one of your scarves had a machine sewn hem (the first one, possibly the second too: I can't see the hem in the third one) and that the presence of a 'silk' label is not necessarily proof that a garment is silk as it's easy to buy a label and sew it in. If you're not sure about the quality of the fabrics, I recommend taking them to a shop that sells silk and they will be able to easily tell.
One of my silk tests is to feel the temperature of the fabric: silk feels cool and synthetics feel warm.
We can't offer authentication services here: best to take to an expert for that, so they can see the item in person, but what I can tell you is that all the quality designer scarves that I've seen have been made of high quality silk, usually a silk twill (eg Hermes) and feature hand-rolled hems. There are differences between brands of course, but if you look for those two signs, you're off to a good start.
I can see that at least one of your scarves had a machine sewn hem (the first one, possibly the second too: I can't see the hem in the third one) and that the presence of a 'silk' label is not necessarily proof that a garment is silk as it's easy to buy a label and sew it in. If you're not sure about the quality of the fabrics, I recommend taking them to a shop that sells silk and they will be able to easily tell.
One of my silk tests is to feel the temperature of the fabric: silk feels cool and synthetics feel warm.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply back to me I greatly appreciate it! I guess after just joining this forum the smart thing to do probably would’ve been to introduce myself before rushing in to making a big random post about silk scarves haha!
Have a good morning/day/evening & thank you again
Have a good morning/day/evening & thank you again