The Merits of a Neckerchief

There is a woman at work who, although I don't speak to her often, I find difficult to get on with. You could say our personalities are opposites, or even the only thing we have in common is our job. Then today she decided to wear a red neckerchief...

Now these aren't the most hideous things to grace our fashionable world but it made me wonder... why?
They are too small to provide any warmth and kind of look like they have been shrunk. If she had a cold neck then wear one of the bigger pashmina scarves, they even come in an array of patterns to match outfits and moods. If she was wearing it for decoration then why not a pretty necklace, or a 'statement' necklace. The choices are far more varied than wrapping some old rag around your neck. It almost looked like her husband had tried to gag her (I don't blame him) and it had fallen down!

In conclusion I see no real benefit to these particular items. They're about as useful as the human appendix and largely only appear on Gok Wan makeover shows, where they should stay as far as I'm concerned!!