Blue shades zigzag scarf with gold details

A long zigzag scarf in layered blues

Three blues do the work here: a pale sky tone, a clear mid blue and one close to navy, stacked in tight chevrons across the whole piece. The gold is not a block of colour but a thin gold line slipped between two points of the zigzag, so it catches the light instead of filling the print. Step back and the pattern blurs into something closer to water. Up close, the angles stay sharp. It is a graphic print rather than a floral one, which is why it holds its own against a plain outfit.

Wear it long, doubled or looped

Left hanging straight down the front of an open coat, the full run of the zigzag stays visible and the eye travels down with it. Wrapped once with both ends loose at the front, it sits closer to the neck without adding bulk. Folded in half and pulled through its own loop, it stays put under a collar on a windy day.

Keep it loose whichever way you tie it: pulled tight, the chevrons break up and lose their rhythm. If you want to compare prints, you will find the other long printed designs in the same section.

What it sits well against

Blue is rarely the difficult colour, and this one is a range rather than a single shade, which makes it easier still. Over raw denim, the paler tones come forward. Against camel or oatmeal, the gold line takes over. On black, the darkest chevrons dominate and the scarf becomes the only colour in the outfit.

If you would rather have something shorter, to fold and knot close to the neck, look at the square format and how it folds.

The scarf, point by point