I have a crepe Madison Avenue. The silk is a bit lighter and more sheer and the feel has a bit of texture to it.
See you can see through it:
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I have a crepe Madison Avenue. The silk is a bit lighter and more sheer and the feel has a bit of texture to it.
See you can see through it:
Someone asked this question in the authentication thread, thought I would answer here instead. Yes the beige Aube is kinda muddy looking - the monochrome cw does not make the design pop, whereas a contrasty cw - purple & orange really makes you see the design. I love Aube but sold the purple / orange cw & kept the beige for the following reasons
The design is kinda kooky - what is it with all those new age crystals and planets ??? a graphic design, a very young design - too young ? to me the design + multi color contrasty cw was just too comic book
but the dishwatery beige cw downplays the kooky design just the right amount - just can see all the details - crystals etc, but they dont leap out and scream at you , very interesting design to stare at
So, if you love, love , love Peagas Pop & Minuit au Fbg - other comic book designs, then the bright cw is better, but if you want to down play the kookiness, go for a monochrome cw
That said, I kept my other contrasty cw of Aube - grape & turq
The design is kinda kooky - what is it with all those new age crystals and planets ??? a graphic design, a very young design - too young ? to me the design + multi color contrasty cw was just too comic book
but the dishwatery beige cw downplays the kooky design just the right amount - just can see all the details - crystals etc, but they dont leap out and scream at you , very interesting design to stare at
So, if you love, love , love Peagas Pop & Minuit au Fbg - other comic book designs, then the bright cw is better, but if you want to down play the kookiness, go for a monochrome cw
That said, I kept my other contrasty cw of Aube - grape & turq
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Thank you for posting this, MT!!
We are going to be twins on this one!!
I won the auction that I asked about in the authenticate thread. I LOVE this pattern [I run the gamut between comic-book designs and classic motifs! haha] and could not pass up the deal. I actually was not sure about the "dishwatery" beige LOL but seeing your pic relieved me a little...the pictures in the auction had awful lighting...yours looks a little more "sharp". It's amazing what proper lighting can do for a scarf! Thanks again, dear!
Awesome, I really love this beige Aube - to me it is versatile ... I dont own black clothing, I own magenta (or whatever) clothing, so, beige scarves are good !Thank you for posting this, MT!!
We are going to be twins on this one!!
I won the auction that I asked about in the authenticate thread. I LOVE this pattern [I run the gamut between comic-book designs and classic motifs! haha] and could not pass up the deal. I actually was not sure about the "dishwatery" beige LOL but seeing your pic relieved me a little...the pictures in the auction had awful lighting...yours looks a little more "sharp". It's amazing what proper lighting can do for a scarf! Thanks again, dear!
Dunno about picture quality, I am not that good a photographer, but I do photoshop - amazing how lightening a pictures does wonders, most pix are taken with inadequate light. Light is bad here in winter so I had to cheat, yesterday's photos all had a blue tinge that I removed. I try to get the colors right in the snap
Since you are an Aube fan, a bonus ! Was not sure anyone was interested yesterday , but now that I have an AUDIENCE !!! My other 2 Aubes - the mono teal & the crazy pink. The pink was photographed long ago before I got the hang of better deplying the folded scaarf for the photo, but perhaps it is more relaistic - the crystals and planets sometimes dont show
Still have not taken photos of my Turq & grape Aube - had to recharge the battery
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PS on why Aube is muddy ...
You can see best in the photo of the pink cw ...
The colors are not solid - they are shaded - this scarf was before ink jet printing so the shading was all done by hand on the screens - I LOVE that tidbit
I think the shading goes with the theme - Aube = Dawn
Nowadays they would not do all this hand work , and the colors would be solid / crisper - more like Roy Lichtenstein
You can see best in the photo of the pink cw ...
The colors are not solid - they are shaded - this scarf was before ink jet printing so the shading was all done by hand on the screens - I LOVE that tidbit
I think the shading goes with the theme - Aube = Dawn
Nowadays they would not do all this hand work , and the colors would be solid / crisper - more like Roy Lichtenstein
Thanks for sharing the others in your collex! That blue is especially stunning!!
I figured the beige would be the most versatile as I wear a lot of grey, olive, navy and tan. Almost NEVER black unless I'm wearing a tuxedo LOL.
I was actually surprised how often Aube can be found for a fair resale price. I would expect such an unusual design [like C'est la Fete] to command higher prices but perhaps this one never made it to grail status. Oh well, more for us 'hunters'!
Hi scarfies! Just a quick question about the 140 cm silk scarves. I have noticed they have a distinctive sheen compared to the other silks and a rougher texture, which I am sorry to say feels cheap to me. I just purchased one because I love the design and cw, but I am not sure I will keep it. Do they soften significantly with wear? Would washing or steaming it help? Having been spoiled by the luxe weight of the 90s and the softness of the 70s I just wish the 140s were nicer.
You refer to the light weight silk twills ? Called a summer twill 140cm ? Which I assume is about the same - maybe not - as the silk marketed today as twill plume on the web site
My experience with other brand light weight silks is as follows. I would not have dared wash an Hermes lightweight silk as much. Even after extensive washing, they never lose all the shine. They may get softer because the sizing has washed but by then they wrinkle a lot. Steaming has no effect other than to get rid of the wrinkles if you do not like them (some do). Steaming will not reduce the shine
A acid bath - vinegar - also helps to soften the scarves, it also supposedly fixes (stabilizes) the colors. It is just a DIY variant on a color catcher.
I do have an Hermes twill lave 140cm - which is no longer marketed , I think? It feels just like 90cm twill. I have no idea what lave was supposed to mean - it may have been acid washed since lave means washed in French
I have an Hermes dip dye 140cm which is yet another type of silk, at least as heavy as 90cm twill, maybe a bit heavier ? and certainly quite soft out of the box, as are the dip dyes in general
There was a 4th type of twill used in 140cms , I think. Some large size carres are marketed as carre geants, without saying anything about the fabric on the laminated tag . The caretag , of course, says 100% silk for ALL of the above scarves, any information about the fabric type is only on the laminated storetg.
Hi Marietouchet,
Thanks for making me love Aube! Never liked this design (maybe a function of my, ahem, advanced age) but I think the "monochromatic" CW is stunning! Please post a flat picture if you have it...
I will thank you very much!
I'm not MT but we are twins with this scarf. In the interest of helping her out, here is the beige Aube fully flat.
Thanks BostonJetSet,
Quick reply! Question: is it goldfish, like your picture? ...or more taupe like Marietouchet's?
The colors in my beige Aube photo are relatively good
Border is more beige than taupe
with Yes, there is Pepperidge Farm Goldfish - to use the exact Pantone name LOL - orange in there, and chalky yellow beiges too
The overall impression is yellowy - orangy beiges NO pinky beiges
Duhhhh
Fell asleep and never posted the flat photo of mine and was not sure which folded one I posted so here are all 3 pix
Now that I think of it, at that time, Hermes was doing chalky yellow a lot - they call it soufre which I think is misleading - to me sulfur yellow has a greenish tinge, and this is not a greenish yellow
And the brown has a hint of red in it
PS thanks for your photo BJS, i believe that to figure out the colors in a Hermes scarf that more photos are always better, this one has such a complicated camaieu - mnochrome batch of colors
Fell asleep and never posted the flat photo of mine and was not sure which folded one I posted so here are all 3 pix
Now that I think of it, at that time, Hermes was doing chalky yellow a lot - they call it soufre which I think is misleading - to me sulfur yellow has a greenish tinge, and this is not a greenish yellow
And the brown has a hint of red in it
PS thanks for your photo BJS, i believe that to figure out the colors in a Hermes scarf that more photos are always better, this one has such a complicated camaieu - mnochrome batch of colors
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As MT said, the more pictures the better as H scarves all change a fair amount under different light sources. The flat picture I posted seems a little dark but I feel as if MT's seemed a little pale. It all depends on the lighting. Here is a pic of me wearing it against a grey cardigan and grey tshirt so you have a reference point. 