Bon Appétite, Win a Hamper of East India Goodies

This month’s Competition ~ Win a parcel of Goodies

At Liberatti Scarf Rings and Sprezzatura, we love colour, silk scarves, Scarf Rings and stylish living ……And we are celebrating a new year and the opportunity to switch up to new flavours and fragrances. This month send us your ideas and suggestions and in return we are offering the chance to win a delicious hamper full of sensational flavours.

Simply email us with your favourite flavour or fragrance i.e. My favourite flavour is Gunpowder Tea… and you're in the draw. We'll compile your suggestions and share in a future blog post. Bon Appétite, Nicola

Hamper Includes: Enter Here by 28th Feb 2017

East India Company 

• Earl Grey Milk Chocolate Thins – Biscuits
• Directions Blend Fine Black Leaf Tea
• Butter Short Bread with clotted cream
• Indian Spices Thin Biscuits 

And other goodies: 

• Coffee Biscotti from Deseo
• Cantuccini from Deseo
• Sweet Pebbles  iOS white and Rhodes red - 
  (Greek Cherries in amarena syrup)

Enter Here

The Liberatti AW16 Neckwear Report

The Liberatti AW16 Neckwear Report

It’s finally here for you, our dear friends and customers.

We have collected and curated some beautiful seasonal looks and directions to inspire your daily dressing. There are many wonderful and easy ideas that can be instantly embraced, such as fixing a stylish cravat with a glamorous brooch, or tying a scarf at the ankle! I hope you enjoy, please feel free to share with friends and we welcome comments and suggestions for the next edition.
Please click here or on the images below to open the Liberatti Scarves & Neck Wear Report AW 16 and here is a sneak preveiw below…

IT’S A THING: POCKET SQUARES

Pocket Squares are a defining element in Sprezzatura for the gals so today we explore women’s growing love affair with pocket power.
BTW Sprezzatura refers to that oh-so-stylish European gentleman’s ability to dress with effortless style and combine colours, layers and textures.
These small silken treasures  come in a range of colours and patterns from bright paisleys to clean-cut spots, and we enjoy them all. 

According to iconic men’s style magazine Esquire: ‘The pocket square, sometimes cotton but often silk, usually patterned but also popular in plain hues, has been part of a man’s wardrobe since the days of Richard II’.  

It went by different names back then – a handkerchief being the first that springs to mind. And of course the pocket square often enjoyed deep symbolic meaning, but above all it was an expression of the wearer’s individuality – a flash of colour or fabric which proudly declared:“This is who I am, today.” A sentiment we at Liberatti ascribe to throughout our collection. Take a peek at Liberatti Pocket Squares here. 

A pocket square immediately transforms an outfit from pedestrian to contemporary…
chic, elegant, serious…or whatever you want it to be.

Add a pocket square to business suiting for a power play.

For a more casual look, combine garments in solid hues, (colour blocking) with a dash of colour in your breast pocket. The pocket square is definitely a secret we time-starved women should embrace. Perfect for a light lunch and retail therapy, the pocket square undeniably adds polish.

For women the style opportunities abound. There are many ways to style pocket squares and we will be covering  a wide variety of popular styles in upcoming posts including how to tie in patterns, scarves and scarf rings.

Meanwhile you can start by thinking about choosing a pattern to complement but not match your jacket and other accessories. Consider a fold which suits the image you want to portray – the square fold is the most professional, while the puff is casual, fun and a little flouncy. Fold to match your mood! Above all, have fun. Shop Liberatti Pocket Squares here. 

A tailored suit, as shown below, calls for a folded pocket square that sits flat in the blazer pocket.
Very sleek!

Try new styles like adding a pocket square to a dress or chic pyjama suit. Being bold is half the fun.

My favourite author and style inspiration Donna Tartt explains her penchant for sprezzatura when interviewed by Migrant Book Club  www.themigrantbookclub.com

– she says that she was a tomboy as a child and had no interest in conforming to others’ expectations of how a girl should be.
– she still feels funny about “women’s costume”: ‘To really put on high heels and a frilly dress, do you know what I’m saying? It seems kind of… comical.’
– she has a long-standing love affair with men’s suits. Her college friend and writer Bret Easton Ellis remembers that while they were at Bennington College in Vermont, they would go to a party and everybody would be wearing black and she would show up ‘dressed in a seersucker suit, cigarette in one hand, gin and tonic in the other’.
– she is “perpetually dressed-up”: “If you went to her room at 4am, you’d find her sitting at her desk, smoking a cigarette, wearing a perfectly pressed pocket square and white shirt buttoned to the top, collar studs, trousers with a knife crease.”

Have a stylish week!

Nicola Liberatti.