How to tie a stole on a coat beautifully?

Initially, a long and wide rectangular openwork knitted fabric with an admixture of down was called a stole, which was to be worn on the shoulders or on the head. A modern stole is the same rectangular piece of fabric, it is also a wide and long scarf, the material for which can be a wide variety of fabrics: from chiffon to fur.

A stole is a universal thing, it is self-sufficient, that is, it can also be thrown over a dress. However, with a coat draped beautifully over the shoulders and chest, the stole can transform your look from simply pretty to sophisticated.

In order for the stole to demonstrate its full potential as a luxurious thing, it is advisable to choose a coat with which it is planned to wear it either with a high stand-up collar, or without a collar at all. Of course, if you tie a stole, then it is the line of the shoulders, neck and head that is accentuated. However, the color or print of the stole should emphasize the whole image, and not draw attention only to oneself, or vice versa, disharmonize with the general style.

To tie a stole beautifully is not so difficult. Watch the video for a demonstration of the process.

• The easiest way to demonstrate the beauty of a stole print is to tie it with the most ordinary loose single knot on the chest, gently smoothing the cloth over the shoulders and back.

• The method is not much more complicated - it is to fold the stole in half, thread the folded ends into the resulting loop, pull the knot to the neck, and drape the shoulders with the ends.

• If the stole is monochrome, then you can imitate snood with it. Having previously slightly twisted it, wrap it several times around the neck, and tie the ends of the resulting fluffy roll and tuck it inward.Another interpretation of the collar-collar - tie the ends of the stole and make an eight out of it, and already folded in half, put it over your head.

• A stole made of light, airy fabrics can be tied around the neck with any tie knot. You will get a spectacular design, especially if the stole is one-color.

• If your stole is not very thick and has a nice print, then you can make a light but graceful knot. Fold the stole in half and place it over your shoulders. On one side, you will have a short end with a loop, on the other, two long ones. Now you should thread the ends of the stole into the loop (do not tighten it while doing this, but even loosen it slightly, then twist the loop into a figure eight and thread the ends of the stole into the newly formed loop again.

• A thin chiffon or silk stole is great for wearing on your head. Just wrap your head around it like a bandana and tie it tight at the back, leaving the ends hanging down your back. Greetings from the roaring twenties, jazz and charleston times.

• Another option for wearing both a thin and a denser stole on your head is also very simple - make a kind of hood out of it, throwing the ends over your back. In this case, you will receive a loose head cover. If you are afraid that the stole will fall off your head, then try to tie it like a scarf, wrapping the ends around your neck and securing them with a knot at the back. Stylish sunglasses, convertible, long ends of the stole fluttering in the wind. A picture from a movie.

• You can make a scarf and a headdress from a thin stole at the same time. To do this, wrap your head with a stole so that the ends are at the back, cross them, wrap your head again, crossing the ends now on the forehead and send them back again, guiding along the top of the head. You should have a kind of oriental turban with long ends that can cover your neck.

• It will be interesting to look at a gauze or chiffon stole, thrown over the shoulders and draped in front under the style of a coat. So they wore them in the days of Jen Eyre.

• The most beautiful option is to cross the ends of the stole on one shoulder and throw one of them behind the back, and distribute the rest on the chest in beautiful soft folds, accentuating the print of the stole. The same method is perfect if your stole is made of fur. In this case, you can fix the stole with a beautiful brooch or decorative pin.

• You can wrap a stole around your neck and tuck it inside your coat.

• If your coat has a belt, then the tippet draped over your shoulders can be tucked under it. Spread the hanging ends over the entire width of the coat to showcase the beauty of the stole pattern.

• Even if your coat has a collar, English, apache, turn-down or other shaped cut, but you really want to appear in a stole, do not give up your intention. Lift the collar, throw the stole over your shoulders, lay it nicely, if desired, secure the ends with some decorative element or pull it in a knot and lower the collar over the stole. You can leave the back of the collar raised for a more elegant look.

• Together with the same coat model, a stole tied in the following way can look quite impressive: take the stole in your hand, squeezing it, wrap it around the neck so that its short end hangs from one shoulder (approximately to the chest line), and from the other - a long one. With the long end we wrap the neck again, pulling up the stole as needed (if the collar is not bulky, then it can be over the collar, otherwise, lift the collar and place the stole under it), then we take it by the very tip and fix it over the other shoulder. This will create an elegant drape.

If you have opted for a stole as a stylish accessory for your look in general, and a coat in particular, then take a little time, watch a video that clearly demonstrates how to tie a stole beautifully, and practice in front of a mirror in creating only yours. individual style.

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