Plain white scarf

What the crinkle does to a plain cream scarf

Flat fabric in a single shade can look lifeless. This one does not, because a fine crinkle runs through the whole length: the lines sit in every direction and meet the light at different angles. Tilt the scarf and the cream shifts between pale and warm, with no pattern doing the work. Neither a length nor a width is listed for this model, so the photograph is the clearest indication of how much fabric there is.

Raw edges, left to fray

No hem, no binding, no stitched border. The edges simply stop, and the threads have worked loose into a short, uneven fringe. It runs along the bottom of both panels and down one of the long sides, which is why that side reads softer than the other.

Easy ways to wear it

One turn round the neck is enough; the crinkle holds its own volume, so there is nothing to pull tight. Left alone, the ends settle at slightly different lengths, which looks better than levelling them. Across the shoulders it behaves more like a light wrap, fringe to the front. For another colour, a print or a different shape, browse women's scarves by colour, print and shape.