Scarves Hermès Scarf Identification

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momasaurus said:
Does anyone have the booklets or the info from 2004 and 2010? I have an addiction to La Vie du Grand Nord and have been adding to my collection. I'm just wondering which CWs are original and which re-issues (90 silks). Thanks!
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If you look at the scarf threads of 2010 in the forum all (or at least most) of the cws should be on there. I also have a feeling there is a LVdGN 'club' thread, not sure if it made it to the Club House though
 
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Can anyone id this 90 and who it's by please? :flowers:

I don't have it and I can't read what it says on the bottom of this pic
 

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I did my favorite local consignment shop a favor this afternoon & identified this Dimitri Rybaltchenko carré for them. Because his signature on this scarf reads "Rybal," they were understandable confused... and, to be honest, so was I!

Apparently this scarf was released in 1986. (Don't know if it was re-released.) So this means that Rybaltchenko has been designing for at least 30 years... do I have that right?

From the images on the HCSI database I am astonished at the diversity of his designs. Compare Clips to Sous le Cedre, for example! (Gotta say, I prefer Sous le Cedre, but to each her own.)

I haven't been able to learn much about the man himself, though: his training, his background, even where he was born. Does anyone have a source you can point me to? Preferably in English?
 

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Rybal is Vladimir Rybalchenko's signature, not Dimitri's. Previous generation. He was Philippe Ledoux's nephew. His designs are much more classic than Dimitri's. You should be able to find most if them on HSCI
 
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sophieg said:
Rybal is Vladimir Rybalchenko's signature, not Dimitri's. Previous generation. He was Philippe Ledoux's nephew. His designs are much more classic than Dimitri's. You should be able to find most if them on HSCI
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Oh! Thank you so much, sophieg! I was wondering why this design was so different from the others I had seen on HCSI... this explains it!
 
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On La Vie du Grand Nord , it is from 2003 not 2004. This is heresy LOL: 3,457 scarf dating databases all give 2004 as the date. And they are wrong?
LVDGN was the 2003AW WINTER themed scarf. There are several reasons behind saying this:
1.In the early 2000s, H issued EXACTLY one Winter/Xmas/Cold themed scarf in each fall collection. The WINTER scarf was often absent from the booklets. It was the last AW scarf to hit the stores in about Nov of each year, not in Aug with all the rest. It was the last to be manufactured for the season, and probably not produced in time to be photographed for the booklets. Noel au Fbg is in the 2004AW booklet and was the 2004AW WINTER scarf.This is a rare case where the winter scarf appears in the booklets.
2. The ref nbr for LVDGN falls squarely in 2003, it was the 2003AW WINTER scarf. It is not in the booklets.
Why did Noel au 24 make the booklet & not LVDGN? My guess: Noel has a WINTER theme but also an Hermes (logo) theme. Prior to about 2004, H did not put caleches, 24 Fbg, Hs, logos on the scarves but that changed in the early 2000s. Scarf design became heavily promotional. Noel au 24 Fbg had a prominent place in the booklet due to be being a promo scarf, where LVDGN has no obvious theme connection with Hermes.
So, in conclusion LVDGN is from the 2003AW collection , but of course would have been in the stores in Jan 2004. Technically it is not from 2004.
No one has to agree with me ...
To be continued ...
 
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