54-56 cm
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ESCAPE SCARF | THE ÆGEAN SOFIYA ISTANBUL | Map
| HATS & CAPS | SMALL | MEDIUM | LARGE |
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56-58 cm |
58-60 cm |
CHEST/BUST WIDTH
With arms relaxed at the sides,measure around the fullest part of chest/bust.
WAIST WIDTH
Measure around natural waistline, where your trousers waistband will be.
| MEN'S SIZING | SMALL | MEDIUM | LARGE | X-LARGE |
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chest/ bust |
105-107 cm |
109-112 cm |
115-117 cm |
120-122 cm |
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waist |
84-86 cm |
89-91cm |
94-96 cm |
99-101 cm |
Escape Scarf
THE ÆGEAN SOFIYA ISTANBUL
Greece/Turkey / Yugoslavia / Bulgaria / Romania / Albania - 1951
During the second war, the British army created a secret organisation called MI-9, in charge of providing the pilots with escape maps.
Christopher Clayton Hutton, a RAF skilled pilot, developed a set of objects for that purpose. The escape scarf being the most iconic object of the set.
Printing military maps on silk scraps then on rayon presented several interests: providing information to the military about their area on an easy to conceal map, hard wearing and quietly unfold able.
Authentic vintage scarf from 50`s/60`s – Not a reproduction.
To have soft hand, wash ups scarf by hand.
- 100% Rayon
- hard wearing
- dead-stock product
- hand wash only – in cold water
- 105cm x 67cm
