Always finding something new on lab du temps! Good catch! I hadn’t gotten around to checking mine as this month I alternate between my 2 winter holiday scarves and Cashmere/silk ones.
Scarves Scarf Of The Day 2019 - Which Hermès scarf are you wearing today?
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Can’t believe no one has showed Savana Dance yet this week.
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and mousseline stoles
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and mousseline stoles
This is fascinating, @xincinsin . I would love to see a "water sleeve" dance with the rippling sleeves. I wonder if it's available on YouTube?I'm going East today for dancing
When I was an itty-bitty girl, I worked in a souvenir shop. Amongst the goods on sale were a series of silk paintings showing dancers from China's minority tribes. While packing house for my mum's move earlier in June, I came across the two I purchased all those years ago.
This dancer from the Yi tribe wears a pleated skirt. This tribe hails from the same general vicinity as the Miao tribe, so I'm not surprised that their skirts look an awful lot like the one in Cents Plis de Miao.
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The other painting is of a dancer from the Tibetan tribe. Do you notice those flowing sleeves? There is a whole school of Chinese dance technique based on (literally translated) "water sleeves". As the dancer twirls, the flowing fine fabric will ripple like water. You can see the similar long sleeves in the two dancers in Galop Volant.
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Dancing needs music. I'm sure these musical apsaras in Nikko are swaying along with the tunes from their lute and dizi.
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And geishas of course undergo training in all the fine arts, including dance. Yes! I bought a grail this year!
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Which scarf is the last one? I see that you've identified it as a grail, but I'm not familiar with it.
Gorgeous. Thanks for the photo!Thank you for letting me blabber on about all sorts of trivia.
@Cookiefiend and @Karenska, this is Geisha, also known as Japon, one of those scarves with no name. It was a grail for me but not on any particular wishlist. This is the type of design that I hope for but don't wish for, IYKWIM. The H fairy gave me quite a few unsought-for grails this year
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SOTD is - again - a bit of a stretch.
Tourbillon means whirlwind, but think of when you see the autumn leaves dancing in the wind. So beautiful, as is this changeant moussie.
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(I didn’t really catch the colors in today’s pic, so this last one is to show that better - thanks for indulging me!
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This scarf is so gorgeous!!
They are both lovely!
Everyone was waiting for you, oh Queen of the Moussies!
(Love that 70 too!)
Thank you so much, it’s truly an astonishing changeant!
Good catch.
And they all look terrific on you!
thank you!
Thank you!They are both lovely!
Everyone was waiting for you, oh Queen of the Moussies!
(Love that 70 too!)
Thank you so much, it’s truly an astonishing changeant!
SOTD is - again - a bit of a stretch.
Tourbillon means whirlwind, but think of when you see the autumn leaves dancing in the wind. So beautiful, as is this changeant moussie.
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(I didn’t really catch the colors in today’s pic, so this last one is to show that better - thanks for indulging me!
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Wow, just wow!!
Oh wow. Did not even think of Savana Dance! Good one!!
What a gorgeous rich color!SOTD is - again - a bit of a stretch.
Tourbillon means whirlwind, but think of when you see the autumn leaves dancing in the wind. So beautiful, as is this changeant moussie.
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(I didn’t really catch the colors in today’s pic, so this last one is to show that better - thanks for indulging me!
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Bravo! Love your changeants!SOTD is - again - a bit of a stretch.
Tourbillon means whirlwind, but think of when you see the autumn leaves dancing in the wind. So beautiful, as is this changeant moussie.
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(I didn’t really catch the colors in today’s pic, so this last one is to show that better - thanks for indulging me!
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Poor dear Iflola ...
Have fun! That monkey is definitely a reluctant partner in this dance
You could give this video a go. It's rather OTT - the sleeves are super long for dramatic effect. And most Chinese operas have water sleeves wielded usually by some heartbroken actress
Thank you!
Thank you - the photos don’t do it justice!
Bravo! Love your changeants!
Poor dear Iflola ...
That monkey is definitely a reluctant partner in this dance
You could give this video a go. It's rather OTT - the sleeves are super long for dramatic effect. And most Chinese operas have water sleeves wielded usually by some heartbroken actress
Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing the video too!
Bravo! Love your changeants!
Poor dear Iflola ...
That monkey is definitely a reluctant partner in this dance
You could give this video a go. It's rather OTT - the sleeves are super long for dramatic effect. And most Chinese operas have water sleeves wielded usually by some heartbroken actress
It’s a wonderful video ... thank you. Amazing how they’re able to control all that fabric, in rhythm to the music, and synchronized!
Bravo! Love your changeants!
Poor dear Iflola ...
That monkey is definitely a reluctant partner in this dance
You could give this video a go. It's rather OTT - the sleeves are super long for dramatic effect. And most Chinese operas have water sleeves wielded usually by some heartbroken actress
Just loved watching that! This plus your previous post created a fab’ tutorial. Is it too silly to note that the animated Mulan wore water sleeves when meeting her MatchMaker?
SOTD is Cadre Noir featuring vignettes of the elite teachers & their mounts from the French National Riding School, the École Nationale d’Équitation. The Noir comes from the black coats worn by the riders. Such advanced horsemanship truly creates a dance; especially when several mounts are involved.
Of course I love the horse illustrations in this, but am also loving this particular perfect-for-the-holidays green and contrasting hem (which I really ought to highlight better next time)
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