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Scarfjacked; When a fashion statement becomes more of an incomplete sentence.

Friedman, Sally
Jewish Exponent
03-02-2006
I am staring at myself in a department store mirror trying not to laugh. I
am decked out in what the sales consultant (not "salesperson," please...)
has called a "must-have accessory." In my ignorance, I would simply have
called it a scarf.

This gauzy, flimsy object, which looked absolutely wonderful draped around
the neck of a mannequin, looks absolutely absurd on me. It loops and sags
where it shouldn't. It gaps where it should hug. And because I am small, it
has given me the appearance of a child drowning in dressup clothes.

The sales consultant now eyes me warily. Clearly, I am not her ideal
customer. I'm a very far cry from those perfectly coiffed, ...

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