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Here’s why it’s time to bring the scarf print back into your wardrobe

Get with this vintage-inspired trend

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When Richard Quinn, winner of the first ever Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, showcased his fall/winter 2018 collection in London, it was all anyone could talk about. Quinn’s show was attended by none other than the Queen herself, who sat next to fashion royalty Anna Wintour—a front row image that made it to every fashion enthusiast’s social media feed. Quinn’s riot of prints—florals, polka, animals—all clashed in unholy harmony, but not without acknowledging the Queen’s love for scarves. Held together in a dress, fashioned into trousers or simply worn as headscarves, it was a telling of the season ahead.

Iconic Italian fashion house can be credited as being the starting point of the obsession with scarf prints. The ’90s era Versace, under the helm of the late founder Gianni Versace, created the house’s signature by fashioning second-skin trousers and shirts in the house’s instantly recognisable logos and colours. Given the current obsession with the decade, it’s no surprise that Versace’s fall/winter 2018 collection looked into the house’s archives to revive the look.

Marine Serre, winner of the 2017 LVMH Prize, also took the scarf and showcased a plethora of ways to wear it, apart from its predictable avatars as a headgear or a dress. At Serre’s fall/winter 2018 show, the billowing swathes of fabric were draped onto rash guards, styled as earrings and also converted into bags.

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Richard Quinn, fall/winter 2018

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Versace, fall/winter 2018

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Marine Serre, fall/winter 2018

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Street style from Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2019

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Street style from Milan Fashion Week spring/summer 2019

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Street style from New York Fashion Week spring/summer 2019

Fashion enthusiasts have been on the trend since it was spotted on the runway during the spring/summer 2019 shows. Swishy printed skirts paired with solid T-shirts or all-over patterned dresses—the vintage-inspired look is having a moment. Would you prefer to invest in a scarf-printed halter top and pair it wide-legged jeans, or pick an archive-print bum bag from Burberry? Or perhaps to relive the trend in all its glory, go with a statement pair of printed jeans by Versace? Pick your favourite from our edit below.

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Buy now: Bag, Burberry

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Buy now: Dress, Boutique Moschino

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Buy now: Dress, Diane von Furstenberg

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Buy now: Dress, Topshop

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Buy now: Suit, Asos

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Buy now: Jeans, Versace

Now Playing: September 2018: Behind the scenes with Radhika Nair and Saffron Vadher

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