Tours de Cles

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This week's scarf theme is "Mixing prints and patterns", a real design challenge.

One that lets me combine two passions, flowers and silk. The theme also provides a much needed push to get out of work garb and into something more sartorial for Sunday.

I usually let the scarf's pattern do the talking. For the theme I paired two favourites of mine, a flowerprint shirt and my souvenir from Paris, Tours de Cles cashmere/silk shawl. The name refers to the keys laid out in a circular pattern.

Corner detail with medor studs and eloborate key

Flowerprint shirt, cream trousers

Etoupe belt

Herbag pochette in the right shade of red

For me this challenge only worked because the colours are matching. The cream of the trousers is a perfect match with the shirt and also one of the background colours of the shawl.

The red is bright and cheerful and hopefully not too much. The neutral belt is in etoupe, the vermillion one did not even leave its box. And not a bracelet in sight because there is already so much going on.