It’s always a thrill to put another feather in your cap. Or an owl on your scarf. Or a miniature zebra on your stingy brim fedora. Born in Turkey with a design career that began in Istanbul, Asli Filinta has a natural endowment for the exotic. Her head toppers are anything but run of the millinery adorned with peacock feathers, baby elephants, and orchids in bloom lending a Daisy Buchanan goes to Casablanca whimsy to the average riding hat. Her scarf collection has fewer notes from abroad but no less panache. Filinta’s current environ of New York City has inspired hipster checked prints in bright purples, blues, and muted blacks and grays. Although not groundbreaking, they distinguish themselves from the average scarf seen on West Broadway, welcoming you to the urban jungle with applique lions and tigers and…owls. Oh my! Might be your response when you flip through the price tags, but turning heads was never a cheap trick.

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