Waiting with bated breath to see what treasures you'll find, lala! (Well, actually it's close to midnight here and I'm in bed. Totally expecting to squeal when I get up and see what you and the pup have found!)
Scarves Hermesmatic - worth a try? Please post your opinions and before/after photos of scarves
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I think this is what Les Bles looked like before the dip dye:
I also ended up getting a dip dyed Lalbhai despite my phobia of little people on scarf patterns. I think they washed the original colorway with fuchsia but the final color turned out to be a dusty rose color.
Here’s the Suite et Poursuite that was washed in the green dye before they had problems with the green dip dye washing machine:
And the Les Armes de Paris washed in blue dip dye that I bought for a friend:
I don’t think I will try this at home because I actually enjoy my manual hand swirling scarf washing process, but according to the SAs, these Hermesmatic dyed scarves are meant to be machine washable. H is trying to appeal to an audience afraid of silk.
I also ended up getting a dip dyed Lalbhai despite my phobia of little people on scarf patterns. I think they washed the original colorway with fuchsia but the final color turned out to be a dusty rose color.
Here’s the Suite et Poursuite that was washed in the green dye before they had problems with the green dip dye washing machine:
And the Les Armes de Paris washed in blue dip dye that I bought for a friend:
I don’t think I will try this at home because I actually enjoy my manual hand swirling scarf washing process, but according to the SAs, these Hermesmatic dyed scarves are meant to be machine washable. H is trying to appeal to an audience afraid of silk.
They had a La Vie Sauvage du Texas scarf by Kermit Oliver hanging on the first wall that was dip dyed. In this case, the dye took too well and the scarf was so dark that you couldn't see the design. The only shape I could make out was the buck; couldn't even see the Longhorn. Quite unfortunate because this is a highly collectible scarf pattern and it's a shame that now it looks like a blank slate.
When I get my scarves back, I will share before and after photos. At the last minute, I ended up letting them dip dye my Sieste au Paradis scarf in the orange/rose vif/violet color way....I'm a bit nervous about that one.
When I get my scarves back, I will share before and after photos. At the last minute, I ended up letting them dip dye my Sieste au Paradis scarf in the orange/rose vif/violet color way....I'm a bit nervous about that one.
Best of luck with that, hope it transforms into something even more beautiful
Well hat has made feel sooo much better since I just washed my silver DD La Danse du Cheval Marwari in the washing machine after not having good results with the usual hand-wash.
lol be the blow by blow recount Lala and so glad you made it up heer! Your choices are fabulous! Love the S et P. And the Les Bles just glows like a furnace with the DD! The Lalbhai is sublime!
I’m so glad you made it to the pop up shop! I’m waiting anxiously for DH to bring mine home from Houston this weekend. I’m sure yours will look beautiful. When I was there, the lady with the pink hair seemed very thorough in reviewing all the scarf submissions, even if she wasn’t in on the discussion. I chose the denim blue dye for a scarf in mostly beige and etoupe, thinking it would end up a dusty blue. She pulled me aside while I was shopping and suggested pink because blue would turn the scarf mostly olive.
I don’t recall having the option of green dye, but I do remember seeing the Suite et PourSuite in Green, and it was beautiful. Your pink Les Bles scarf is stunning. My favorite part of the event was finding all of these designs that I’ve only seen on eBay hidden amongst the hanging scarves.
Did it turn out ok? These feel extra soft having come out of the washing machine. It’s a nice change to the typical crispness of silk twill. Oh, it’s funny because the ladies doing the colorations were truly color specialists, not Hermes SAs, so when I went to pick up my scarves today, I giggled when I saw what they wrote down on my claim ticket to describe each scarf. For Paperoles, someone wrote “Cinderella scarf”; for Aloha, it said “tropical trees”; and for Sieste au Paradis, it said “weird trees in mountain”! Made me smile.
Oh I can relate to your experience with the pink hair lady! Another colorist was helping me with my scarves and had recommended denim blue for my pastel yellow Aloha scarf. The pink hair gal cut right in and said, no way, has to be pink. I said, ok, I defer to you all... lol! Clearly, she has a thing for pink! Ha ha.
What I heard about the green dye was that something went wonky with the machine so they pulled it as an option for this particular event. I’m not sure what the technical explanation is for wonky but oh, well.
I had seen pictures on the web of other Hermesmatic Pop up shop events where the scarves were returned to their owners in a cool looking Hermesmatic pouches so I was a little bit disappointed that mine were returned to me in only a brown paper bag.
So here are before and after photos of the scarves that were dye washed in the “special” washing machines. Left side is the “before”; right side is the “after”.
I think it’s hard to capture the dip dye color in a photograph; they look richer in person than on my iPhone camera. The Aloha scarf is definitely an improvement for me... I got this scarf in my early 20s before I learned what a color wheel was and the whole spring-autumn versus summer-winter thing. Paperoles is also an improvement for me — it really turned out to be a denim blue like the pink hair lady said it would be and even though it’s not very colorful, I think it will be very easy to wear. I have mixed feelings about how the last scarf turned out...in part probably just because I didn’t have a problem with its original coloration like I did with the others. Like the Aloha scarf, it was washed in fuchsia. The most interesting and unexpected result was how the fuchsia wash ended up making the blue tree branches really pop out of the scarf. They remind me of Bleu Electrique!
I think it’s hard to capture the dip dye color in a photograph; they look richer in person than on my iPhone camera. The Aloha scarf is definitely an improvement for me... I got this scarf in my early 20s before I learned what a color wheel was and the whole spring-autumn versus summer-winter thing. Paperoles is also an improvement for me — it really turned out to be a denim blue like the pink hair lady said it would be and even though it’s not very colorful, I think it will be very easy to wear. I have mixed feelings about how the last scarf turned out...in part probably just because I didn’t have a problem with its original coloration like I did with the others. Like the Aloha scarf, it was washed in fuchsia. The most interesting and unexpected result was how the fuchsia wash ended up making the blue tree branches really pop out of the scarf. They remind me of Bleu Electrique!
the pink really did make those tree branches stand out nicely!
And yeah- I can understand about the Aloha. That color combination is something I would find hard to wear in the original, but the remake is much easier to wear. The denim is definitely easier to wear if you lean towards denim and it helped color in the large white area that is probably what made the Paperoles problematic for you.. Blue's are often a big problem for me, unless they are very dramatic blues.
That's lovely!
It was soft when bought but as someone else said the DD silk v usual twill are different to start with. I think your twills for DD will have been in a very high temperature wash to set the dye. I'm sure my bought-as-DD had been similarly treated at some stage but I just washed it inside a knotted white pillow case and on 20 degrees so not quite the risk.
Feeling the 'peachy' texture of a DD, I'm pretty sure someone at some stage had put some of my vintage scarves through a hot wash. 1950s Plumes and 1960s Selles a Housse both have that very soft and slightly 'fuzzy' texture of a DD (sadly they both had flat-ironed hems too).
i am so jealous of everyone who got to go! i totally had my dates mixed up! 
my houson SA was there and had a blast! the SM said it was the most successful pop up hermes has had and hermes is considering opening a store in austin! it was a great way to introduce the brand to a new demographic 
my houson SA was there and had a blast! the SM said it was the most successful pop up hermes has had and hermes is considering opening a store in austin! it was a great way to introduce the brand to a new demographic