The Vintage Scarf Buyers Guide Shaun Brown on 7th Jul 2021 The Vintage Scarf Buyers Guide. For a relatively small outlay a vintage scarf can be a great way to either enhance a vintage outfit, or to add a bit of individuality and colour to whatever you are wearing. They can range from purely decorative to something for the coldest winter days, but I’m going to focus on what to look for when buying a particular type of scarf that falls somewhere in between. There’s a particular type of scarf that grew in popularity in the first half of the 20 th Century in the UK, a short length that would tuck under an overcoat collar ,inside a tweed sports jacket or even under a crew neck jumper that offered the patterns and colours that a cravat or ascot did ,but added some warmth and practicality too. They had a revival of sorts in the early sixties with Mods adopting them into their wardrobe and then again with the Mod revival in the late seventies and with the popularity of vintage collectors an