I attended a recent estate sale. This unusual woman had an eclectic collection, from shabby chic, Mid Century, to Asian influences to VERA. There were so many items that had never been opened or used. I personally have a small collection of the early neck scarves / ties / headbands. I see them rarely mentioned. I'm not even sure what to call them.... lol. They are small, narrow and all are titled. At this estate sale I found a new one! What a find! and fun! This one is called Twinkle and I think in the photo below one can tell why....
But it did not stop there.... found in an original Bullock's Wilshire box, still wrapped in hot pink tissue paper ( I at first thought it was Schiaparelli...) a pink scarf, but when I peeled back the tissue paper and found the tag it read VERA!! Of course, we all know her history with Bullock's. What a pretty scarf in a bright hot carnation pink with white lining. Lovely. I thought, " what a pretty color", nice long scarf or better yet... a wrap. It was not until I got it home and removed it from the box that I realized it was not just a scarf or wrap, but it had a hood!! A hood? The first picture that came to my mind was a scene with Marilyn Monroe or Grace Kelly in a cute little sports car convertible with this pretty thing wrapped around them... I started researching hooded scarves by Vera, but could not find a thing, just a couple pieces of clothing that had hoods. So again, another seemingly rare Vera Neumann piece. And as with a large variety of objects found at this estate sale...it was in unused condition. I have included some pictures but it was hard for me to photograph using Toni my mannequin, but I think you get the idea....
This hooded scarf can be found at my Etsy site here
