In love with Liberty

Mmm. Not the best pic to showcase my Liberty of London silk scarf collection, but you get the idea. Liberty is famous for its lovely prints, and though I have never found, say, a Liberty dress (my twin sis had one in high school that we lost track of over the years, for shame, as it was gorg), I have always been able to dig up the lovely (hand-rolled, I am quite sure) 100% silk scarves in the thrift shops.

I love the pretty colours and pattern on this one. I can't recall where I found it but it wasn't expensive. When I wore it one day at my former job, a colleague told me she had one just like it that she had acquired in maybe the 1970s, go figure!

The red one that was the first in the lineup was a gift from my sis, and it bears a cloth tag with the Liberty name on it. But more often than not, the ones I have found have the Liberty mark printed right on them - I am not sure if that indicates they are older or more contemporary, but I suspect the latter - anyone know? This one was a gift - in fact it used to belong to dear Minnie, who I have told you about in this little blog.

I found this one, a fave with gorgeous peacocks and flowers all over it - for maybe a buck at a junk store. It's in mint condtion though it lacks the registered copyright symbol - so is it a fake, I wonder? It doesn't have the same hand-rolled look to the edges, which makes me wonder ... but still, I love it.

I haven't washed or pressed this one as it's a recent buy, and it is the most costly Liberty scarf to date - $19.99 - but I loved the colours so much that I couldn't resist. Truly, it's not in the best shape as my others, but I have never seen a Liberty pattern quite like this (except recently, after I bought this one, on a fellow blogger's site, I did see some shorts in the same pattern!). I don't wear my Liberty scarves that often but I can see myself donning this one often as I AM a bit of a purple queen, doncha know ....