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FASHION PICKS: SCARF SWAG

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Guys are stepping up their accessories game and rocking scarves hard this season. This trend is pretty evident if you look at all males in entertainment - Kanye of course (who started the trend on the black carpet), Omarion, Lupe Fiasco, and Jay-Z are some of the guys who like to add a scarf to their look.

I noticed some time ago when David Beckham showed his scarf swag, letting folks know that this trend isn’t all for the ladies. I think the look is a go and shows that guys can be a little versatile with their wardrobe.

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(L to R: ASOS, both scarves URBN )

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(L to R: ASOS, both scarves URBN )

Here are a few I found online, mostly at ASOS and Urban Outfitters. They have some of the basic patterns and skull scarves you may see a lot of. If you’re the alpha male that wants to step it up with some designer scarves, visit fruition for some vintage, yet hot Gucci, Chanel, and YSL wrappers.

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1.

BrittanyBeauty

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I think that shit is ugly but it wouldnt hurt to give it a try tho

2.

blk dds

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Scarfs are all the biz.

Jay and Mario and whomever that is in the pick next to Mario are rock’n it to the hilt.

3.

guccigirl

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

different!

4.

blackisbeautiful

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

@ 2

Yep Scarves are the biz right now! I love them though

5.

Ms.Dyme

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

There isn’t really much that men can do with fashion so the scarf swag…..why not. They can only express themselves in so limited ways through clothes unless their gay/drag queens lol.

6.

Talkin_Now

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Noooooooooo !!!!

7.

Dame

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Go Jay my boo I am not feeling to scarves look to each it’s own

8.

CHOCOLATEKISSES

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I don’t like the scarf around the neck. It looks GAY.

But I like how Lupe is rockin’ his. It doesn’t look all that bad.

9.

BEAUTY Q.T.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I like the way that Mario rocked the scarf. But Jay and everyone else in the top row look like some bandits - Definately NOT HOT.

10.

Talkin_Now

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

They look like bandits getting ready to pull a job.

11.

JUJU

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I DONT LIKE THA SHIT
PLUS MEN BEEN WEARING SCARFS FOR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12.

hustlez

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

all pictured are suspect, no real hood figga would be caught dead……

13.

blk dds

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Oh thats Lupe?!

I thought that was a young, old Wesley Snipes……my bad. I do like how he is wearing that scarf.

I love to see a business man in a scarf with an “overcoat” on. HOTNESS!!!!

14.

Intrigue216

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

i’m with #8, I think the look is gay but I think Lupe looks good in it. Omarion looks super gay they way he is cheesing. Mario got a bed sheet wrapped around his neck.

15.

MrsThreatt

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

That ish looks GAY! Though not as gay on Lupe for some reason…

16.

Fine N Mellow

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

LoL I’m feeling the scarf look on Lupe, the rest .. the jury is still out on that.

17.

mrs sands

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Oh Mr. Fiasco!

18.

MS TRUTH

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I guess guys necks get cold too.

19.

MS TRUTH

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Looks corny. would rather a nice fleece, wool or cotton scarf on a dude. they are one step away from wearing ascots.

That is GAY

20.

natural mystique

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Why, why, why and where do these trends come from?
(straight) Men don’t need this sort of embellishment- it makes them look feminine.
Btw- Jay could play Andre Leon Talley if ever a role comes up, lol.
Omarion looks like a ghetto Taliban member.

21.

Nicole

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I got the pink one in the middle. I been rockin them things since the spring. I love my scarfs I got like 5, lol.

22.

Simone

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Noboby can rock it like Kanye though. Jay look like he bout to trail to Sadi Arabia or something

23.

1prettyb

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I like the idea of a guy accessorizing in a masculine way. This could totally be an upgrade for some guys that wear the same old thing day in and day out…the basic polo and jean/slack combo. I think that it’s time that guys get something new to add to their wardrobes and everyday attire and the fact that it’s simple yet noticiable makes it even better.

24.

crisy

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

THE SCARF TREND IS NOT BAD BUT THEY SHOULD KEEP IT SIMPLE CUZ THE SCARFS DONT REALLY MATCH THE OUTFITS ,(STRIAGHT MEN) GUYS ,IF U GONNA WEAR THE SCARF ,KEEP IT SIMPLE OR YOU’LL END UP LOOKIN GAY OR LIKE A DRAG QUEEN!
BUT APART FROM THAT THE SCARF IS CUTE ,IT GIVES MEN MORE OF A CHOICE OF WHAT TO WEAR OTHER THAN PLAIN WHITE T’S N JEANS
I LIKE IT AS LONG AS THEY DON’T GET TOO CARRIED AWAY

25.

Nikki

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I don’t think it looks gay at all. why do fashionable dudes have to look “gay”? I dont understand the logic behind that but whatever. I think they look nice. You know what I think looks “gay”? Dudes who 3 years ago were wearing baggy jeans hangin off their asses and are now rockin tight ass nuthuggers that hang off their asses. lol wearing a trend from head to toe with no individuality is “gay”.

26.

bill

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Men need to be very careful with the fashion style that they are attempting to emulate.

Those particular scarves pictured above are very homosexual looking.

It’s one thing to wear a solid color scarf underneath you overcoat, worn in a masculine fashion (worn around the neck with NO outlandish display)

The scarf’s pictured above are too loud and worn in a gay like manner.

Real men are not trying to draw attention to themselves.
We just blend in.

27.

Val™

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I am not feeling the scarf swag on Jay, Omarion or Kanye. It looks too….I dunno - ride ‘em cowboy John Wayne’ish.. lol

I do however; like how Mario and Lupe are wearing theirs. *two thubs up* :-)

28.

Ms. TANNA

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Nobody rocks a scarf like my man Kanyeezy! But DAMN! Lupe is close! Little nerdy ass. OH I love him!

29.

bill

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

The word Man and Accessory should not even be in the same sentence…
MEN don’t wear accessories.

that’s sounds very gay….Men steping up their accessory game.

30.

Val™

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

thumbs*

31.

MS TRUTH

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

GO OUT AND GET MARIO CD. YOU WILL LOVE IT.

32.

sunofmoon22

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

This is why I try to stick to what is familiar, not a single one of these brothers look right rockin those scarfs, it just looks ridiculous!!!

33.

kzinger

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

they are gay women wear scarfs like that not men.

34.

Tiffany,

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

BOW WOW BOO LOOK SUPER EXTRA GAY

35.

Knuck

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Bill, I think ur overdoing it.. lol

I do think the way they are wearing them and the style of the scarves SHOWN are feminine.. Its not cute to me.. They may as well carry a purse or whatever (some probably already do i.e. the “bookbag” thing[Kanye])

However, men STAY accessorizing, whether it b a skull cap, fitted cap, chains, watches, WHATEVER.. All that ish is for decoration purposes only most of the time.. I’d be surprised if half of these watches on these dudes even work…

36.

Gem

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I know Common and Dre 3000 and Johnny Depp and others have been doing it for years and I know the dadny boy trend in the UK was Kanye’s influence but it doesn’t change the fact that Kanye is such a big personality and the B-boy meets coffeehouse look is so HIS THING… everybody pictured is basically rocking Kanye’s style…This is that man’s style…it’s like everybody got wardrobe from the “Can’t tell me nothing” video or something…I can’t believe they’re so demonstratively copying…I don’t like these new things we’re doing with fashion…men never wore trends lol it’s really absurd if you think about it…men are such sexist vile pigs but they look like a liter of little bitches in heat for Kanye lol

37.

Jessica

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

its pretty gay looking to me… move on to the next trend *sigh*

38.

blindangel

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I vote No! i’m all for guys with fashion sense. but the line between males and females are beginning to blur

39.

msfabolous

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

No brainer, my man Mario….I barely looked at the others…Lol….

40.

Joshua

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Some of y’all don’t know what you’re talking about obviously. And Andre Leon Talley has been rocking the hell out of scarves for forever. Kanye is just catching up; so sorry; no Kanye did not start this and neither did David Beckham.

What is gay about a scarf? A bandana is just a bonifide scarf. I have the gun one from Urban Outfitters in the black and white and the checkered one that Mario is wearing. I love the scarves.

41.

I Bet You Want Say Something!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Bill just mad that he ain’t got no scarf swag…It ain’t for everybody you know!

LOL

42.

FOXXX

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Gansta and stylish…I love it!

43.

msblknasty1

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

all a bunch of bitches ….. esp jay a camel wiff a skeletal scarf on eww big nose and lips ewwwwwwww larry johnson must have given him a hickey

44.

Gem

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

“Some of y’all don’t know what you’re talking about obviously. And Andre Leon Talley has been rocking the hell out of scarves for forever. Kanye is just catching up; so sorry; no Kanye did not start this and neither did David Beckham.”

First of all, you don’t want to use Andre as an example for anything that’s not supposed to be gay…that’s first…the man wears ceremonial robes (which are “bonified” dresses, essentially).

As for the Kanye thing…I never said he started it, in fact I was clear in showing examples of men who have been wearing scarves for years BUT Kanye certainly IS the first to blend the bohemian, street, and high end looks. His style is neither hood nor white-collar…and it’s not puerely bohemian…it’s all three and he’s the first to do that in such a demonstrative (and quite literal) way. I’ll put it this way…every one of those outfits above are replicas of Kanye’s “Can’t tell me nothing” look…

45.

I Bet You Want Say Something!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

@ GEM

So what you think Fubu shirts were?

What you think throwbacks were?

What do you think Adidas with the fat laces was about? (OLD SCHOOL)

Button downs and Ones?

Pea coats?

Timberland Yukon/Nubuck/6 inch boots?

Dude rocking one gold, other platinum or white gold Jesus pieces was?

Do I need to go on…

We live in a world of trends and whats hot…

And there is nothing feminine about a trend…Get over it.

46.

Stony

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Okay, no problem with the Scarfs. They actually look cute I mean attractive on some. But as long as men don’t start wearing those damn skinny jeans like Omarion had on 106. Please men, “real men” don’t do it. And I don’t want to hear shit about you’re secure with yourself if you can rock it right. Right my left ass. Ain’t nothing cute or attractive about a man in skinny jeans.

I thought dude was looking at my ass, guess I was wrong. But don’t get me wrong if you swing that way, you can rock those skinnies, they do look good on “h.y.d” But for all my men who are hetero - -please say no when your stylist or even the dumb girl in the mall suggests its the hottest thing.

“hated it” (in my in living color voice)

47.

Nikki

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I’m with Joshua and Foxx. I don’t get what the big deal is about a scarf. its a friggin scarf! My dad’s been rockin those checked scarves with the fringe (that the arabs wear) since the 80’s. It’s catchin on now but it looks hot and you can wear it so many different ways. I really don’t like how sexuality and fashion seem to be interchangeable. A man wears a scarf and suddenly his sexual orientation is up in the air. wtf is up with that? everything isn’t meant to be pigeonholed. cant a scarf just be a scarf and be left as that?

48.

concretelooper

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I like the longer scarfs better, the short scarfs look like they belong on canines….

49.

Bobbito

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Gay is a man wearing skirts, headbands as tube tops and pink lipstick with glitter eye shadow. Not a scarf? How does a scarf homo up the whole outfit? These aren’t hot pink silky scarves. I wish people stop labeling things they aren’t feeling as gay it’s so immature.

50.

jones

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I agree with the statement @26 tone that shit down.If a brotha got to wear a scarf check the classic Billy Dee Williams scarf swag.

51.

JUDAH

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Lol @Bill

I think that this “swag” thing is going a little too far, especially since most of these rappers have been turned out, so why should they be seen as paragons of fashion for men? How come when Da Brat has on jeans 5 sizes too big; an oversized white tee, with timberland boots unlaced, she isn’t a “swag” icon for females, lol? I just find it entertaining how much men, especially black men, are encouraged to embrace their “feminine side” by the mainstream and a sizable amount of black women. If you speak against or even about it, you’re “close-minded”. I guess the ultimate goal is to have men and women walking down the block indistinguishable from each other.

52.

JUDAH

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

All that being said, I don’t think scarves on men have anything to do with homosexuality, it’s just the spirit that surrounds many of these “trends”.

53.

HDIZZLE

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Damn black folks got to “keep it real” all the time to the point where we can’t have trends becuase anthing other then a hood attire is supposedly gay. I think the majority of people in here dont know what the hell their talking about truth be told becuase thats why they in here commenting on, instead of setting trends.

We dont always have to play it safe especially scince people dont have an issue with hood niggaz wearing pink like that shit is cool to do , I’mma wear a scarf if i feel like it.

54.

Nikki

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Judah I hear what you saying. I dont think the scarves on any of the dudes pictured above looks “gay”. All I see is a scarf around a mans neck. I don’t see a rainbow checked scarf with ponies and dandelions tied on the side like a sarong. Checks and a simple print. I have to agree the the faddishness of some of these trends is what does it to me. Like I said before, we have dudes who were rockin baggy jeans go to these slim fit nuthuggin skinny jeans and its like where did that come from? People who wear things to stand out regardless of what everyone else is doing is wassup. folks who blindly follow trends no matter how stupid and contradictory to the last trend is so lame and unoriginal. I wish it would stop.

Hdizzle wear ya scarf and eff anyone who dont like it. they can kick rocks. lol

55.

Scarves

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Don’t know about Kanye, but June Ambrose BEEN had Jay rocking scarves OFF the red carpet. He rocks ‘em dressed up and how you see here. I prefer dressed up.

56.

cat4everrr

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

i’m impressed

57.

sheneice

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

MARIO, LUPE AND KAYNE ROCKED THERE SCARVES THE BEST

58.

foxxy380*RIP PIMP C

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Sorry but I NEVER liked scarf’s on men. What’s next? Mini-Skirts for men?

59.

gg boo

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Yall are too much! It’s a friggin scarf! I was thinking the exact same thing as #50. Billy Dee was doing that ages ago and I know there were probably some before him. And Billy Dee was the manliest of men back in the day. Trends come and go, then they come back again. It’s nothing to get all homophobic about. I could see if they were accessorizing with a chain of pearls and a tiara or something!

60.

Gem

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

#45
I think there’s a difference between “trends” that emerge as a result of high-end designs (because high-end collections dictate the styles and sorts of clothing available in low-end stores) AND “trends” that emerge as a result of someone interpreting the former sort. For instance, gray is a trend this season and ankle booties and tuxedo jackets and appliques and bulky sweaters and knits and bucket hats and swing jackets and voluminous skirts…ahhhhh soooo much more…and all these are trends because they reflect the entirety of designer collections for the season. They are trends in availability and sort, then. They are NOT, however, trends in that they reflect the way…say..Patricia Field might have assembled a sweater with knee socks and booties for the “Carrie Bradshaw” character. That’s the difference from where I’m sitting… You can interpret all these things available to you in different ways. There is no reason you should pretend a certain individual’s interpretation of all these items is a “trend” because we all know that another person is not likely to choose exactly from a sea of infinite possibilities…
And, of all the things you listed, the button-down and sneaker trend is the only one that qualifies as a “trend” in the sense that someone wore it, everybody liked it, and emulated him…and that is what I don’t like (especially since it was contrived image from Jay Z’s female stylist for his transition to “businessman”). The rest are merely what were available in stores…

61.

i am daSexiest MAN Alive.....

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

i swear everything you people post on here people say its gay…

WHY DOES EVERYTHING U DONT LIKE HAVE TO BE GAY CUZ U DONT HAVE THE BALLS OR THE SELF ESTEEM TO WEAR IT?

be for real peeps..its just a damn scarf…and its fuckin winter time…get a life

62.

i am daSexiest MAN Alive.....

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

and for BILL…who made u the person to go to to determine what a real man is? i would hate to see u dressed at work..u prolly look a mess..wanting to blend in…

thats whats wrong with the world today..everyone wanna be just alike..go kick rocks somewhere

63.

Gem

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Let me say this and I’m done (because I really don’t care…this topic was just near the top) I AM NOT a small-minded person…I SUBSCRIBE TO NONE OF THOSE ‘THUG/HOOD’ NOTIONS OF HOW A BLACK MAN SHOULD LOOK/DRESS. And, I should have been careful in my initial post…it was just that I was flippantly posting because it was a new topic.
ANYWAY, while I don’t buy into absurd generalizations, I also WOULD NEVER date anyone UNLESS her were an individual and that means even in dress… I WOULD NEVER date a guy wearing an entire outfit he saw on TV: in a video, in a movie, or otherwise… NO (thank goodness the guys I date would never EVER indulge even the notion of some uniform of extraordinariness or something, though…).
But, again…YES it was interesting, Kanye’s interpretation BUT NO IT IS NOT interesting (and NO IT IS NOT ATTRACTIVE) everyone’s basically wearing Kanye’s thought (just as it was NOT hot when everyone wore the button down with sneakers, Jay Z’s stylist’s thought).
Ultimately, though, my initial point was NOT that a scarf is gay BUT ONLY that wearing another person’s brain is lame!

64.

I Bet You Want Say Something!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Like somebody said earlier folks were wearing scarves before Kanye…So if I get my scarf swag on I’m being like Kanye…

And what do you wear? Cause in so many ways you are bitting your style off of somebody…And that would make you the pot calling the kettle black…

65.

blk dds

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

‘Gone head switch the style up, and if they hate, let’em hate and watch the money pile up’

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

‘Cuz the whole world loves it when you make bad sound, and the whole world loves it when your in the news, and the whole world loves it when you sang the blues’

Aint that the truth!

66.

Ali

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

I could swear that lupe started the trend, because I saw a picture of him wearing a scarf around neck like in 2006 :P on magazine..

67.

Gem

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

#64
It’s not the scarf, but the entire look…as I said we’ve seen it in rap videos for years…Andre 3000 and Common have been wearing scarves in videos for years…neither of their styles is reminiscent of Kanye’s. Because the man’s done a very peculiar thing, combining things that many believe diametrically opposed…Even Pharrel hasn’t combined them in the same way… Kanye’s look is at once bohemian, street, and high-fashion. The most Pharrel ever did was combine high-fashion and street…never bohemian. Will.I.Am didn’t even combine all three elements.
The point is, ultimately, NO TWO people will choose alike in a sea of possibilities.

As for me, I’m more inner-directed in dress..sure, I have things that other people I know own because, as I said, designers dictate what will be sold in stores and shops from Neiman Marcus to KMart and I am not rich, I don’t buy couture (I design accessories, though). BUT it is my own interpretation of these things that makes my style my own. I’m into timeless pieces too…solids, muted colors, cotton tops and dresses, tube skirts, and of course vintage items… But, ultimately, I believe we all know the otherness of our ideas…we’re all responsible for our own individuation…and we know when we’re being celluloid.

68.

juicyb16

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

NOW THATS HOT & SEXY!!!!!

69.

cee

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

fuck you haters scarves are the shit, kanye kills it each time you hatin ass niggaz probably still rocking fillas and fubu and baggy ass jeans with an outfit of a total of 30 dollars that scarf you’re talkin about around their neck (especially jay’s) cost more than 3 of your favorite outfits put together, porverty is a horrible thing and hating is a disease anyway.

the dudes looking pretty good, omarion looks like a sweet faggot all the time so I pay him no mind but yeah the scarf look is a go, get it boys

70.

annaya-michelle

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Oh no hate it hayte it haayyyttte it stop it rite nowww lol nooo!
no no no

muffler good, granmami scarf awful Dammit n, dat aint gangsta :-) at ALL
dammit no jus no

71.

Silky

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

They all look Gay-er than a three dollar bill! Leave tha scarves alone fellas! EEW!

72.

Silky

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Who gives a rat’s azz about these candy azzes with scarves! Can someone please bring back sexy leg warmers for women PLEASE!

73.

augusta

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

i’m sorry, but this is a trend that is strictly for us ladies.

74.

JSCENE

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

Okay, jay, omarion and ye, i’m seriously gonna need you to unwrap the scarves and step away….that shit looks gay and confused as hell. You went over to france or paris and seen this trend, please leave that shit right over there where you found it (gay parie)….doesn’t matter who you are, you are not going to make this a popular look over here among any “real men.” Please quit it.

75.

JSCENE

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 /

@72

Girl, you missed the leg warmers crazed! That was brought back at the beginning of the year, end of 2006…where were you? I think you missed that window, but if you hurry, i think you can still get away with a few of them, they have some attached to boots - too cute….get on it.

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