In the first week of October, Google reported that “Why Does Richard E Grant Wear A Scarf?” was the top-trending question among internet sleuths in the UK. The British national treasure may have been a self-confessed traitor on the second series of , but he remained eternally faithful to his accessory of choice: a checked Burberry neck warmer.

You might not expect Zoë Kravitz and Grant to have a huge amount in common – beyond a soft spot for a British accent – but it turns out that Harry Styles’s fiancée also has a thing for a vivid scarf. Last month, as the weather cooled in New York, she pulled her favourite soft purple scarf out of storage, pairing it with a black suede coat and second-skin knee-high boots.

Last winter, meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence was spotted wearing an almost identical style, giving frosty school-run chic in Manhattan, with a velvet-lined puffer jacket, a burgundy alligator Lady Bag by The Row and an iced coffee in tow. Lawrence is such a fan of the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-founded brand that, as well as the numerous Cadel coats, crossbody Crescent bags and Dune flip-flops in her arsenal, she’s been seen wearing the colourful, floral-embroidered cashmere shawls beloved by fashion’s most stylish twins, dreamt up by New Delhi-based Yaser Shaw.

Dakota Johnson, too, is a longtime devotee of the statement scarf, pairing her favourite winter warmer with black denim and leather. More recently, Kendall Jenner has been giving off-duty couple’s style with Jacob Elordi, dressed head-to-toe in The Row and sporting a wispy leopard-print scarf.

You get the fashion maths here. Timeless separates from The Row plus a personality-packed scarf equals perfect A-list autumn style. It’s a formula us mere civilians can replicate at home, too, with a retina-searing neck warmer courtesy of Cos, M&S or Toast, utilitarian outerwear and denim. And, just like Kravitz, you’ll be pulling yours out of storage winter after winter.