THE ALUMNI SCARF

Our take on the classic academic scarf in a post-grad colourway of black and brown.

The college scarf as we know it owes its form to wartime rationing. University sporting societies and clubs had been wearing knitted team colours since time immemorial, but the outbreak of WWII meant all knitting yarn was earmarked for the war effort. The scarf supplier to Ede & Ravenscroft was left in a bind with unfilled orders for Eton, Cambridge and other venerable institutions. The novel answer came via tearing long strips of Saxony wool, a flannel like twill, and sewing them together vertically in a manner akin to traditional flag making. This piece of simple innovation remains the norm to this day.

Our version pays tribute to my dad's past as a teenage beatnik and is dedicated to graduates from the School Of Life. Playing the 'gutbucket' bass in a trad jazz band in the mid 50s, Sylvester Snr paired one with a Royal Navy issue duffle coat, despite leaving school at 16 with no alma mater. We have taken colours at the grown up end of the spectrum with a double rail of rich chocolate brown lifting the sombre black.

Individually handmade in a small workshop in England, available now for shipping from the 10th November.

- Made In England
- 100% Saxony Wool
- Traditional length (180cm x 25cm)
- Dry Clean Only

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