There was a time (somewhere between the years 2004 and 2007) when people collectively decided to drape floss-thin, knee-scraping bits of fabric around their necks. These ineffectual scarves telegraphed a casual lack of concern about a person, and trickled down from the runways of Chloé spring 2005, Marc by Marc Jacobs spring 2004 and Hedi Slimane fall 2005.
Kate Moss was particularly into the look: a cursory search through Getty Images will reveal hundreds of images of the model cavorting around London with silk things knotted at the chest like a charming Left-Bank babe. See also: the diaphanous scarf she wore in Paris last night with a strawberry-dotted blazer and high-waisted trousers. That length of chiffon will never keep a human warm.
Too often associated with ascendant Disney stars in weird newsies caps–see: Hilary Duff and Ashley Tisdale in the mid-Aughts–the skinny scarf is being rehabilitated by a new wave of designers old enough to have lived through the first iteration of the trend. Aaron Esh, Derrick and Ferragamo’s Maximilian Davis styled several of their spring 2025 models in these flimsy reams. I just hope Seán McGirr is confident enough to revive Alexander McQueen’s own skull-printed iterations.
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