Gosh - the week has flown by and I have not contributed as much to the forum as I have wanted. But today, I have found some time and wanted to showcase another scarf.
I was cutting some feather charms yesterday and was reminded of a shawl I love with feathers in it. The story of this 140cm CSGM shawl is rather funny. After reading Unos thread for that season, I did not have any intention of trying it on at the boutique. I had even seen some pictures of this design purchased by others laid out on a bed or floor. The design and name of the shawl just didn't appeal to me and I didn't think it I would like it. Sous L'egide de Mars? A scarf about the armor worn by princes? Hmmm...I was not swooning. I don't know about you but when I see these exhibits at museums, I typically breeze through this section. I appreciate the work that goes into the armor of yesteryear and marvel at how heavy and hot the poor guys wearing them must have been, but that's about the height of my appreciation.
So one afternoon, I saunter into the boutique and my SA runs over and says they just received a beautiful new shawl design and she has set aside a cw she thought I might like. So I'm all excited and then she says it's the shawl about armor called Sous L'egide de Mars. Thud! My heart sank. Not that one! I'm not interested in that one. So I ask if she has anything else new (at this point, I was going to the boutique like twice a week, I know...seriously...I had it bad) and she said no. So since I didn't want to waste a trip down to the boutique, I agreed to try it on just for fun. She brought it out and opened it up in its entirety and held it out flat to show me. Hmmm...still not thrilled. But hey, I had already committed to trying it on and I didn't want to disappoint her. So she folded it for me and I flung it around my neck and then looked in the mirror. Instant LOVE!What the heck just happened? I thought I was going to hate it? I didn't even like it when she held it up for me. I've thought about this many times and decided it's Hermes magic. There is simply no other explanation.
But logically, here's my explanation. The scale of the design gets lost when you look at this scarf several feet away. The delicate feather details and the funny people in the little circles just kind of blend together. But then, when it's worn and the design is close to your face, the scarf transforms because you are now looking at it much more close up and all these little details that blended before, now pop out! Wonderful! My favorite part of this scarfare the blue and gray feathers at the top. I love those corners to death. I'm sure they are pure fuzz by now because I almost always wear this shawl in cowboy with those corners showing. But I can't help it. Those feathers make me so happy.
So I'm not sure if you passed this one up but maybe take another look at it? I see it on eBay from time to time and I'm often tempted to buy a back-up shawl in the exact same colorway to use when this one wears out. And it's often for a good price because it does not photograph well. Seriously, when you take an aerial view of this scarf, I think it is one of the most unphotogenic Hermes scarves/shawls I have ever seen. But worn and appreciated close-up, it's so gorgeous.
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Oh no!!! What have you done? I had zero interest in the shawl until you posted it. I can totally see where you are coming from not being interested and then falling hard. Hermes magic. It's lovely. I like your feather charms too.
