Dr. Deborah Birx, the Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has been artfully wearing silk scarves well before they were decreed an acceptable alternative to face masks for the public.
The brainchild of Victoria Strout, a fashion-obsessed music marketing executive from Fort Worth, the account known as @has a simple format. Each post is populated with a slideshow offering various vantage points onto one of the doctor’s many scarves. The captions are straightforward, providing the date of the scarf’s appearance and, if known, its label. “Me and a couple of friends would watch each press conference and talk about Dr. Birx’s latest scarf,” says Strout.
So why does this all matter? Well, it really shouldn’t. Fashion for fashion’s sake seems a trivial thing to focus on right now, but there’s no denying its influence. Perhaps we find Dr. Birx’s scarves beguiling because we’re style starved. After all, there are no runway shows and red carpets to speak of. Perhaps it’s because Dr.
Throughout history, variations of scarves have adorned the body. It’s understood that beneath her imposing headdresses, Nefertiti wore a scarf. The Qing Dynasty’s first emperor used scarves to denote military rank . Other scarf-like textiles appear in the traditional Spanish mantilla and the fringed paisley shawl imported from India and highly coveted by women in Victorian England. But today’s iteration of the silk scarf is likely owed to Hermès.
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