Travel Light - Add Scarves Or Reversible Collars to make four long weekend outfits - by Angela Lansbury

 

Contrasting Colours

This lovely contrast of black enlivened by a green jacket was worn by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sussex,  near beautiful Brighton in West Sussex on the coast south of London. England. I am specifying London,  England, because when I lived in the USA PR people from US cities later wrote to me using London in the address - and my post (mail) was delivered to the nearer London in Canada.

Contrasting Collars

Back to the point about the green and black and contrasting collars. I was thinking that if you or I wanted to buy or make a jacket or blouse with a contrasting collar, one could save sewing time with a detachable collar. 

Fastings For Detachable Collars

Velcro might scratch your neck or delicate fabrics underneath. So I would choose an alternative fastening, ideally small snaps. Snaps is the shorter American word, for fasteningsd which in the UK are called and sold as press studs.(Without available snaps, you would have to make do with buttons and buttonholes, or ribbons.

A Sewn-On Scarf Or Cravat

You could also make a detachable collar using a scarf. Or add a neatly pre-tied and sewn together cravat. Sew press studs underneath on one side for getting into the garment.

Multiple Outfits Made From Changing Collars

For a change of outfits on a weekend away, a blouse or jacket could have two colours of collar. With a second blouse with the changeable collar, you have four outfits. All black, all green, black with a green collar, green with a black collar.

Simple Scarf Addition

If this seams too much work, just take four different scarves to wear over a white blouse or black tee-shirt. A fancy pin will upgrade the outfit for evenings. Or a pretty scarf ring.

Identifying Photos From Clothes

That gives you four outfits, for the benefit of others, or to identify photos. All black was Friday. All green was Saturday. Black with the green collar was Sunday. Green with the black collar was Monday..

You. could alternatively wear each different outfit on successive weekends or successive summer or winter holidays.

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