The Everything Scarves
Some of you may already have one or more of these, maybe you got them from us this summer on Shakedown, or maybe you bought some in one of our previous drops where they started as sarongs for PITS. But since then we’ve seen that they can be so much more than just a pool coverup. I hardly leave home without one, and I realized that you can look through almost any photos of me in the last couple of years, and it’s like an Easter egg, where’s the scarf? I’m either wearing one in some way, or sitting on one, or it’s hanging on the rail. It would be a noticeable as Linus’ blanket if I didn’t have a different one for every day. And upon reflection, they may totally be my security blanket, I wrap it tight around me when I need a hug, and I love to fidget with the edges, rolling them in my fingers in some sort of self soothing stim behaviour. OMG I’m doing it right now!
Seriously, they have more uses than an Acme anvil. When the sun is searing me, I use it as a light coverup, if my seat is too hot or cold, (or the ground), I sit on it, if it gets breezy, it’s just enough to warm me back up. If you need a cover your lap when you sit in a skirt, or to save a space for someone, or wad it up and gag someone who won’t shut up, it’s always handy. When it was super hot on tour, we wet them and slapped them on our shoulders to instantly drop our body temperature to a tolerable zone. So far I haven’t been able to stain one, but don’t take that as a challenge. There are so many ways to wear them, I made a creepy collage for you, and even that doesn’t include the whole sarong side of them. Alas, it was too scary, I couldn’t post it, it looked like my stalker’s art therapy project. But you can look up YouTube videos that show you 34 amazing different ways to wear them, then as soon as it’s over you’ll only remember one, kinda, (but well enough to execute it? Better bookmark that page.) Did you know if you wave one around suggestively while you dance, you are instantly transformed into a siren, hypnotizing everyone with your flowy grace and shimmery seductiveness? Try it and see. And please take a video! You’ll either be amazed by how You Still Got It!, or I hear there’s sometimes a need on the internet for some fresh humour.
They are perfect for travelling, you can fit 10 of them in the space of one pair of pants. You could wear the same thing every day, but with a different scarf and no one would notice you didn’t change your clothes. But still change the panties, ladies, and not just in case you’re in an accident. They never wrinkle, (back to the scarves, this isn’t about wrinkly undies), they wash in any cycle, and go in the dryer, or hang them, whatever, they’re totally flexible. They can dress up your most boring work clothes and allow you to express your Deadheadiness in acceptable ways in polite society. They can give even track pants and a tee shirt that sultry flair, and you know that’s how Stevie Nicks wears her track pants around the house.
Now I have a whole drawer full of pretty, pretty scarves, and a deeper appreciation of my grandmother. I know she was right, my outfit isn’t complete without one. It’s also a perfectly reasonable solution for my inability to ever find a moment that isn’t a little too hot or too cold. I know now why every woman in every historical painting had a scarf of some sort, even the naked ones are usually holding one, that’s how useful they are. Really that’s all you need in life, a handful of nice scarves in a variety of colours to add a little personal style to everything. It’s like the towel in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but just less absorbent and way more acceptable to wear around your neck in public without creating a panic.
They’re $25 each. The bad news is that sadly I have to charge for shipping on these, sorry. The good news is that you can combine the shipping and get as many as you want for the one shipping fee, (all to the same address), and you know the holidays and travel season are coming up. I know, if you’re a Deadhead, it’s always travel season. I’ll put full pics of them all up on our FB group, which of course I’m sure you’re a member of. If you want to see more than the ones on display here, you know I have a file with 6,000 more patterns to choose from, send me a message and I can give you more options, but be warned, it will be hard to pick if you step into the foyer of my obsession.
