Hand-made Portuguese embroidered scarves from Vera Viana

My father recently made a documentary about one of the summer festivals in the Portuguese region of Minho and I was mesmerised by the beautiful embroidered fisherwomen's scarves. They're made by hand and so they tend to be very expensive and difficult to get hold of, even in other regions of Portugal. So thank heavens for Vera Viana, a new online shop selling beautiful hand-made embroidered Portuguese scarves and shawls. Whilst they're not the brightly coloured, busy and lavishly tasseled originals, they're still beautiful in their own, very modern, right. You have to order by email rather than paying online on their site which is irritating but the charming staff speak fluent English so take a look!