In Europe in the 1970s and '80s, one often saw motorcyclists in leather jackets with white silk scarves, aping the airman's insouciance, and this look has become associated with bohemianism.

Keira Knightley is my new girl crush after watching her play Helen Webb on Black Doves ... Helen Webb's yellow scarf is instantly recognisable As the show's design team made all the pieces ...

Manchester United are well known for playing in red and black or white ... The United faithful began donning yellow and green scarves to protest against the Glazer family ownership.

Members of the Democratic Women's Caucus wear white for woman's rights at the State of the Union address. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) ...

When conservative bloggers went on the attack this week against Dunkin' Donuts' latest ad, they focused on the stringy, white and black scarf draped around pitchwoman Rachael Ray's neck.