Adding scarf to rigify boy

Hello
I am a hobbiest who has a model of the little princess, as per the film / book. The model has a standard rigify rig attached to a single mesh of the whole body. Around his neck is a long aviator style scarf that swirls and flaps in the wind which is a separate mesh object.
Firstly, I am trying to work out how to attach the scarf around the models neck so that it follows the rest of the rig? Should the scarf, which is a separate object, be a cloth sim or animated via a rig. I figured a rig might be easier, but I am not finding much on the Internet about how to attach rigs etc?
As mentioned earlier, I am a Newby so I am looking from a simple solution.
Any advice would be most welcome