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How to Wear a Shawl Is Easier
With Season's Large Selection

Cotton shawl, 'Sublime Mexico'

How to wear a shawl is a perennial Internet search question.

Let's face it: shawls and scarves move around. No matter how nicely draped when you leave home, it is not going to stay in place.

The first rule for wearing your shawl is to lighten up. Assume slippage and develop your insouciance.

A shawl or scarf can turn a day ensemble into garb for evening out, so mastering a few basic styles can be a step in mastering how to build a wardrobe.

It's easier to know how to wear a shawl when you can find one to complement every outfit and every mood. This delicately embroidered shawl, right, in cool gray cotton is available at Novica. It is shown in a simple cross-pattern across the front. Arm movement will be limited, as the shawl will bunch or slip if arm movements are extreme. Click on photo to learn more or order this product.

Novica is a green business that maximizes the money earned by artists and artisans from around the world.

Silk shawl, 'Shirred Lilac'
Left, a shirred silk shawl is shown flung around the neck. It is interwoven with gold threads to add subtle highlights. Elastic threads achieve the interesting, ultra-modern shirred effect. The color is perfect for spring through summer.

This stunning color might be worn with gray, beige, some shades of green, blue, white and off-white.

Looking for something more practical? See Fashion After 50's suggestions for fashionable, versatile jackets and blazers.

Pashmina shawl, 'Blue Sky'
Pashima wool shawls have been popular for several years. This one adds a touch of silk (30% to enrich its luxury feel. Alternatives for how to wear shawl are maximized when the shawl is as big and beautiful as this one.

The designer is Sayed Izaz Hussein. You may click on the photo to learn more about the history of pashima or to order this divinely blue wrap.

Blue is such a versatile color, you might continue wearing this one throughout winter. It would be stunning with a black coat, suit, or sweater.

For a dazzling selection of hundred -- literally hundreds -- of shawls, many handwoven or with handcrafted details -- from around the world, please visit NOVICA a partner of the National Geographic and a supporter of the The Global Compact, a U.N. initiative for social justice in business.





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