Curved edge scarf in black and red from Shelley Siu from Singapore Shawl. Dress of the day 552.
I loved this scarf worn by Shelley, Shelley Siu, who was standing by her stand at the Tanglin Club Christmas Fair. The Christmas Fairs are wonderful. I always go there thinking that I have enough clothes and food and drink. Then I see something unique and irresistible. She was wearing this shawl, with the curved edge in contrasting black against red. The Shelley Siu story is interesting. She is the classic entrepreneurial Chinese lady. She started out a well paid trainer for big companies. (I wish I had known - my dream job - I could have asked her about that. She left that to train Singaporean ladies who had lost their jobs. But those in the older age group were not being taken on. So she looked at Indian and America where businesses starting up cannot afford shop rents and sell products from low cost wheeled carts. Which products? Scarves. Take a simple scarf, of good quality fabric, and add fringed or tassels or cut into shapes and make an elegant and expensive item. As m...