Unique Handmade Silk Scarves and Shawls ? The Perfect Keepsakes

by aranarth

It is sometimes not very hard to see how the title of the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus came about.  In some ways we truly do seem to come from different planets.  Take those truly memorable occasions in life, for example.  Ask a man what he remembers about the day and he will most likely regale you with all the tiniest details of the football game that his favorite team played in or, at the very least, where they were ranked in the league.  Even if the occasion was many years ago though, often what a woman will remember is what she was wearing at the time.

Throughout the course of our lives, many of us like to horde away treasured keepsakes to remind us of those really special times.  We might have a box or a chest where we keep all those precious items of sentimental value and which we peek into from time to time to keep our memories alive.  Sometimes we tell our stories to our daughters and hold on to these items so that they can be passed on to them in later years.

Although these personal treasure troves often contain items such as photographs, letters and pieces of jewelry, typically they do not include any items of clothing, other than perhaps our own wedding dress.  Despite that clothes are what many women remember most clearly when they look back, when they reach the end of their useful life or simply go out of fashion, they are discarded, and yet these are some of the most personal mementos and the ones which our children dearly wish that we had kept.  The practicalities of keeping what might be bulky or space-consuming articles of clothing, however, often mean that we have no choice and so, whilst the item itself might be remembered, the true look and feel of it is lost.

First dates, weddings and anniversaries are, for women at least, some of the most memorable occasions in our lives, along with prom nights, graduation parties and so on.  These are also the occasions when we put enormous care and effort into choosing what to wear and want to look at our most elegant and sophisticated.  They are all also occasions when sumptuous handmade silk scarves and shawls are commonly used as a stunning pièce de résistance to top off the perfect outfit and, while we may not be able to hold on to the rest of the outfit forever more, the scarf or shawl can be kept as the perfect souvenir.

It is surprising just how evocative an item such as a women’s silk scarf or shawl can be.  Just to touch the soft fabric and see once again the strong colors can transport you back years to the time when you first wore it and to all those happy memories.  If you have an occasion coming up that you know already that you will want to treasure far into the future, then choose your precious keepsake in advance and either wear it once and then pack it carefully away, or bring your stunning silk scarf or shawl out for future memorable events so that it will be able to tell hundreds of stories in the future.