Pre-configured scarf with built-in closure

A scarf comprising:

• a neck portion configured for positioning in use behind a neck of a wearer;
• a first end section and a second end section, the neck portion centrally positioned and connectedly extending between the first end section and the second end section;
• a first edge, and a second edge running horizontally opposite to and below the first edge of the scarf in an open position ready for donning, and a central longitudinal axis defined centered horizontally between the first edge and the second edge of the scarf in the open position, the neck portion including the first edge and the second edge configured for horizontally positioning around a wearer's neck in use, and the first edge, the second edge, and the central longitudinal axis of the first end section and the second end section of the scarf configured to align vertically downward in use along a front of a wearer;
• a channel sewn into the scarf along the central longitudinal axis, wherein a first draw-string and a second draw-string are captured within the channel and aligned side by side in the channel, the first draw-string and the second draw-string are confined to the central longitudinal axis of the scarf via the channel to gather the scarf along the central longitudinal axis, each of the first draw-string and the second draw-string extending between the first end section and the second end section and across the neck portion therebetween, and downward along a front of a wearer in use, wherein the first draw-string includes a fixed end portion and a free end portion between the first end section and the second end section, and the second draw-string includes a fixed end portion and a free end portion between the first end section and the second end section each of the first draw-string and the second draw-string are configured to be pulled in opposite directions along and confined to the central longitudinal axis of the scarf to form a gathered portion along a closure of the scarf in a front of a wearer in use;
• wherein each of the first end section and the second end section is configured to extend vertically downward below the neck portion and vertically opposite each other downward along a front of a wearer in use;
• wherein each of the first end section and the second end section has an attachment element concealed within, and wherein the attachment element of each of the first end section and the second end section is aligned with the first draw-string and the second draw-string along the central longitudinal axis and configured to form the closure between the first end section and the second end section and the gathered portion that extends downward along the closure in a front of a wearer in use;
• an inner side defined between the first edge and the second edge, and an outer side of the scarf opposite the inner side, wherein the inner side of the neck portion faces a neck of a wearer as worn, and the inner side of the first end section faces, contacts, and is connected to, one of the inner side and the outer side of the second end section at the central longitudinal axis via the attachment elements in a closed position of the scarf, wherein the inner side of the first end section and the one of the inner side and the outer side of the second end section are connected via the attachment element on in each of the first end section and the second end section to form the closure along the central longitudinal axis;
• wherein the scarf including the gathered portion along the closure is configured to appear, as worn, as a self-tied, gathered scarf around a neck and a front of a wearer in use.