such comfortable wool fashion accessories to wear to the movies, church suppers, Grange meetings, the theater and the senior prom. Here is a collection for daytime and evening wear in easy, knit, crochet and hairpin lace stitches. Mix your colors or match them. Stoles are the fashion and, of course, they look so much prettier if you can say “I made it myself”.
Woven, Not Printed: A Paisley Shawl from 19th Century Paris
Earlier this week, I was admiring the many beautiful printed designs on silk and rayon scarves offered up in the book Scarves. They were printed designs and for some reason when I saw this long shawl on 1st Dibs, I assumed it was printed too. How else could they have used so many colors in so many intricate patterns? The answer is a jacquard loom using 8 different colors. See the last image for the back side of this shawl where the non-dominant colored threads are hidden behind.
They date it to around 1860, so from the Second French Empire. Paisley patterns, borrowed from India, were already fashionable then. While we often see stoles of 6 feet in length and a foot and a half in width today, this one is a whopping size. Almost 5 feet wide and more than 10 feet long. So long that you wonder if anyone actually wore it-- I know I would feel swamped by it, even if it is indeed thin--or if it was used to drape over a sofa instead.
You can find it here: https://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/clothing/coats-outerwear/long-french-paisley-shawl-polychrome-center-circa-1860/id-v_6601412/
The classy Pashmina Shawl manufactured in Kashmir keeps people the warmest.
Exotic India has hundreds of various shawls and scarves for sale. These items express the diversity and glamor of Indian fashion — all imbued with the sumptuous colors and depth of meaning that are its trademark.
Snuggle-friendly wraps and throws hand knitted with ❤ to be loved for years. #lavanyacoodly #merino #wool #throws #shawl #stoles #love #knitted #swaddle #warm #cozy #winterfashion #mode #moda #handknit #bespoke #custommade (at Franklin Street Shops) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmSQfOevKvs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
In love with this random guy who had a lock slapped on his storage unit for not paying its rental and not only did he ignore management and took his stuff out without paying, but also chose to steal the lock itself and send it to the LockPickingLawyer along with a confession letter