This version is slightly cheaper, too. Beyond Paloma Wool pastels, a clear trend emerged: black-and-white scarves. The color scheme is tremendously popular for logo-mania scarves and prints this year.

Playing around with the concept, Black artist Nate Hill pinched a few nerves by wearing unclothed white women around his neck — literally! His photographic project is called “Trophy Scarves ...

Nate Hill, 36, said the controversial art project, called “Trophy Scarves,” is all about race. “It’s a satire on black men who like to see white women as status symbols,” Hill ...

with the scarf worn by both men and women. Yasser Arafat, who served for decades as the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was often pictured wearing the black and white keffiyeh ...