A Little Theatre in Silk

Written By Aubrey Kurlansky

Some days call for a little theatre. A scarf becomes an oversized bow, a sculptural headpiece or a sweep of colour against a tailored coat. In these imagined scenes, miniature horses join the breakfast table and patterns travel from cloth to walls. Yellow gives way to orange, then blue and magenta: nine studies in colour, proportion and a sense of play.

Model wearing a yellow patterned silk headwrap and matching coat, standing behind a breakfast trolley with a miniature horse in an ornate yellow room.
Model wearing sunglasses and an oversized yellow patterned silk scarf headpiece beside a miniature horse, egg and silver teapot.
Model in an orange suit and patterned silk headscarf at a breakfast table in a vibrant orange interior.
Rear view of a model wearing an oversized orange patterned silk scarf bow beneath an equestrian statue in an ornate orange courtyard.
Model in a blue suit wearing a blue-and-magenta patterned silk scarf, seated in a magenta armchair beside a miniature horse.
Model wearing a blue-grey coat and oversized orange patterned silk scarf bow between two decorative horse statues against an orange wall.
Model wearing an orange patterned silk headwrap and sunglasses at a breakfast table with miniature horses in a richly coloured orange interior.
Model wearing a yellow patterned silk scarf draped over her head and shoulders beneath a bronze horse statue against a golden-yellow background.
Model in a black dress wearing an oversized yellow patterned silk scarf bow beside a bronze horse statue on a decorative pedestal.

Explore Horses on Parade, Yellow Ground, the silk scarf behind these playful studies.

Aubrey Kurlansky https://www.aubreykurlansky.com
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