Khaki ethnic ikat square bandana scarf with gold details

Large 120 cm khaki ethnic ikat square scarf with gold prints

This 120 x 120 cm square scarf takes the bandana-scarf vocabulary scaled up to a daily-wear format (which Promod, Pull&Bear and Maje have all published in printed silk over the last decade) and translates it into the warm khaki-and-ivory palette that traditionally lives in the safari-boho wardrobe. The deep khaki viscose ground is printed with ethnic motifs in the ikat tradition: rows of diamond-and-rosette repeats in the centre, with the diamond outlines rendered in gold metallic ink and the inner fills in ivory and pale ochre. Two geometric ikat borders frame the centre in pale grey with darker green over-print, the colour shift typical of the resist-dye ikat technique. Hand-knotted corner tassels in green and gold finish the perimeter. The 120 cm format is the size at which the scarf works as a neck wrap, a triangle shawl or a hair-band, sized for the safari-style wardrobe rather than the city black-coat wardrobe.

The safari-and-boho take on the bandana-style square

The khaki ethnic scarf has a different reading from the black version: it lives in the safari-and-boho register that runs from Anthropologie and ME+EM through to Mara Hoffman, the wardrobe that lives around a canvas trench, a linen shirt, a denim skirt and a leather brogue rather than the city-black-coat wardrobe. Worn folded around the neck under a canvas safari jacket, the khaki tone reads as a natural extension of the jacket. Folded into a triangle over a white linen shirt for a summer-into-autumn day, the gold ikat print catches the eye without disturbing the otherwise calm palette.

Styling: canvas trench, linen shirt, denim skirt, leather brogue

Canvas trench + folded neck wrap: the canonical safari-leaning daily wear. Linen shirt + triangle fold at the chest: the summer-into-autumn pairing where the gold ikat lifts the white. Denim skirt + bow at the neck: the festival-influenced weekend pairing. Leather brogue and corduroy trousers + draped over the shoulder: the menswear-borrowed autumn look. Other scarves: square scarves, four-sided scarves, scarves.

Materials and care

Fabric: 100% viscose, lightweight and fluid, hand-applied gold metallic print for the diamond outlines and the inner ikat detail, screen print in ivory and pale grey for the borders. Hand-knotted green and gold corner tassels. Care: hand wash cold or machine wash on a delicate cycle inside a mesh laundry bag, avoid bleach, iron at low temperature on the reverse if needed, do not tumble dry.

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