You can always buy it from h.com and return it if you don't like it. Or as I say, there's always another CSGM it can be exchanged for...
Scarves Ode to the Cashmere/Silk GM/Tri Shawls
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You can always buy it from h.com and return it if you don't like it. Or as I say, there's always another CSGM it can be exchanged for...
Gorgeous, Hermesick, what a beautiful collection!! Swooning here.....I would never say that you shouldn't have more cashmere. You have made beautiful choices, with shawls for every season. Why should you change anything? Well done!!
Here are a couple of tactics I've used, if you are in the mood..
pierina2, a very belated but heartfelt thank you for your advice on analyzing one's collection. I had emailed this post to myself and finally had the time yesterday to go through my silk collection and follow your steps. It not only made for a lovely Sunday to play with my silky babies but was incredibly helpful in identifying the handful of silks that just do not make my heart beat fast. And the iPhone selfies I took with each scarf are so revealing - there are those scarves & GMs that make me grin like a fool, and others that did not even elicit a smile. The latter bunch are the ones that definitely need to find a new home. My two-year H anniversary is this May so I am still a newbie but quickly learning what makes me the happiest, what colors and patterns look better with my coloring/hair/etc. -- and I now see that with each new collection, there will definitely be many pieces that capture my heart so I do not need to "hoard" every shawl/scarf that I see in the boutique. In any event, this exercise will hopefully help me continue to grow my collection in a more thoughtful way. Many, many thanks!
i think your observations are very interesting, bjostone! i'm certainly no expert on h pinks either - for years i only wore blues....
In the last year or so it does seem that there have been more pinks that are either brighter fuchsia or more coral, than truly pink? I don't see that many shawls in person so would love to hear more from anyone interested.
Here's an old thread from 2008 with a bunch of various pinks:
http://forum.purseblog.com/hermes-shopping/09-22-08-cashmere-shawls-pics-my-sa-359953.html
for fun here's a collage of 'pink' cashmere shawls that i had pics of, some more successful than others. Cooler, fuchsia pinks don't work, nor do the slightly grayed or browned old rose pinks. :cry:
****note, i never had all of these at once, it was a gradual process as i figured out what worked.***
row 1:
sorry, the pale baby pink kachinas came up twice to balance out the grid! But it's a favorite.
Tendresse feline - very warm, peachy pink.
Marwari - a bit dull. Old rose pink.
Les danses des indiens - soft warm pink, incredibly flattering.
Cavalcadour - really flattering pink coral, very close to rose jaipur
row 2:
tropiques - great deeper coral pink.
Grands fonds - towards fuchsia for the border, bougainvillea warm pink interior makes it work. (plus turquoise. :d)
paperoles - true pinky pink.
Kente - pink with some lavender.
La femme aux semelles du vent - border old rose with a touch of brown in it? Pretty peony pink in the border.
row 3:
carre en carres - left section is bougainvillea pink again, pale rose pink for the bdeg interior.
Lujo criollo - stronger bright fuchsia pinks.
Marwari - rose indien, intense and fuchsia.
Parures des maharajas - same.
holy moly!!! Wonderful pink collection
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then you should pay it forward and contribute to the thread
You're exactly right seton. That's been a useful thread for me too. I should just post every GM I've ever been able to take a picture of. A vrey good friend wears completely different colors and maybe she'd let me post hers too.
Thanks for the nice comment about the pinks. Don't I wish I had some to try again! But deep down I know they didn't work....
pierina2, a very belated but heartfelt thank you for your advice on analyzing one's collection. I had emailed this post to myself and finally had the time yesterday to go through my silk collection and follow your steps. It not only made for a lovely Sunday to play with my silky babies but was incredibly helpful in identifying the handful of silks that just do not make my heart beat fast. And the iPhone selfies I took with each scarf are so revealing - there are those scarves & GMs that make me grin like a fool, and others that did not even elicit a smile. The latter bunch are the ones that definitely need to find a new home. My two-year H anniversary is this May so I am still a newbie but quickly learning what makes me the happiest, what colors and patterns look better with my coloring/hair/etc. -- and I now see that with each new collection, there will definitely be many pieces that capture my heart so I do not need to "hoard" every shawl/scarf that I see in the boutique. In any event, this exercise will hopefully help me continue to grow my collection in a more thoughtful way. Many, many thanks!
Oh I'm glad that you had fun with this, kittyHawk, and that is was useful to you. Aren't those selfies a hoot! The facial expression alone on some of mine so clearly says "What on earth were you thinking???"
This looks like a wonderful season coming up, so hopefully yo'll have room for a few more goodies.
Thank you again, to everyone, including memo, BritAbroad, purselover888, Hed Kandi and Katel. (Katel, speaking of yummy - your avatar Kelly! 
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textile my dear, you do have me pegged correctly as a 'blue' girl trying out pink - that's why the retention rate is so low, don't know what I'm doing yet! Though clearly I cannot wear fuchsia and should just admire it on others. I think you're correct, perhaps the pale pinks of FW 2013 were a warmup for SS 2014?
chincac - I haven't done this for the blues, it would be a fun exercise.
Just finished consolidating all the pics from 2 computers onto Picasa so it's easy to move them around and do the collages now. Perhaps I am scared to look??
You're very welcome, etoile! Hopefully I'll learn something from this too.
Nope, sadly no Marwaris for me, Maedi, even though the pattern and the horses were so wonderful. Think I've tried four colorways so far and they all looked better hanging over a chair than on me. Perhaps it will return in another format some day!
Glad that you're feeding the birds so well and hopefully being snowed in hasn't gotten too tedious yet.
Karensrealestate - I'm in FL too, about an hour north of you. Wasn't that chilly weather we had a few weeks ago fun? Cashmere shawls were actually necessary to go outside.
)textile my dear, you do have me pegged correctly as a 'blue' girl trying out pink - that's why the retention rate is so low, don't know what I'm doing yet!
Though clearly I cannot wear fuchsia and should just admire it on others. I think you're correct, perhaps the pale pinks of FW 2013 were a warmup for SS 2014?chincac - I haven't done this for the blues, it would be a fun exercise.
Just finished consolidating all the pics from 2 computers onto Picasa so it's easy to move them around and do the collages now. Perhaps I am scared to look??You're very welcome, etoile! Hopefully I'll learn something from this too.
Nope, sadly no Marwaris for me, Maedi, even though the pattern and the horses were so wonderful. Think I've tried four colorways so far and they all looked better hanging over a chair than on me. Perhaps it will return in another format some day!
Glad that you're feeding the birds so well and hopefully being snowed in hasn't gotten too tedious yet.
Karensrealestate - I'm in FL too, about an hour north of you. Wasn't that chilly weather we had a few weeks ago fun? Cashmere shawls were actually necessary to go outside.
Thanks so much bjostone.
It was pretty easy, lots of fun and hopefully educational. It made me consider why certain shawls worked or didn't and theoretically will make me a more effective buyer. If you can stand it, here's another grouping of the pink/red GMs that I have now. I didn't realize that they all have a significant amount of off-white or beige which goes with the hair. Except for the Grands Fonds bright pink border and the red Fleurs et Papillons they're all on the pale/medium end of the pink spectrum. These shawls still give me a thrill when I take them out of their box and there are no doubts when I wear them. That was my goal.
ps - guess that new pink Coup de Fouet giant silk falls into these criteria.
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I just received my bamboo CDC from an H angel and wanted to post it with my existing GMs so you can see how easily this color coordinates with things u may already have... Not just the new stuff being released for Spring 2014... LOVE IT!!!!!
Thanks so much bjostone.
If you can stand it, here's another grouping of the pink/red GMs that I have now. I didn't realize that they all have a significant amount of off-white or beige which goes with the hair. Except for the Grands Fonds bright pink border and the red Fleurs et Papillons they're all on the pale/medium end of the pink spectrum. These shawls still give me a thrill when I take them out of their box and there are no doubts when I wear them. That was my goal.
ps - guess that new pink Coup de Fouet giant silk falls into these criteria.
these are sublime, pierina! what size do you make the thumbnails for your collage? I need pointers!
chincac - I haven't done this for the blues, it would be a fun exercise.
ohhh..yes..please post pics of your blues!! i bet it would be amazing..
Thanks so much bjostone.
If you can stand it, here's another grouping of the pink/red GMs that I have now. I didn't realize that they all have a significant amount of off-white or beige which goes with the hair. Except for the Grands Fonds bright pink border and the red Fleurs et Papillons they're all on the pale/medium end of the pink spectrum. These shawls still give me a thrill when I take them out of their box and there are no doubts when I wear them. That was my goal.
ps - guess that new pink Coup de Fouet giant silk falls into these criteria.
So yummy, thanks for sharing! I love these pale/warm pinks, too!
