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My very best wishes to everyone for the New Year to all SOTD regulars, occasional posters and newcomers alike :party: .

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Scarves - Scarf of the Day 2021 - Which Hermès scarf are you wearing today?

continued from here THEME WEEKS for 2021 from TEAM SCARF MISTRESS Just for fun, each Sunday begins a new Theme Week. This year, we have some real treats in store! We have a full complement of scarf mistresses and GSMs for 2021 and I want to give a quick shout out and thank you to my fellow...
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The new theme commences tomorrow (3 Jan - whenever your time zone gets there) but there's no reason why you can't post earlier if you want.
 
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AnnaE said:
Thank you for such a beautiful intro!

I wanted to share something I learned only recently. I took up painting as a pandemic project, and I am in the process of assembling a palette. As such, I have been researching colors and pigments, and I finally learned the difference between purple and violet. Perhaps this is obvious to some of you, but it was new information, and I thought I would share.

Violet is actually a spectral color -- meaning it is a color of the rainbow. In the English-speaking world, kids learn the acronym ROY G BIV -- where 'V' is for Violet. (The abbreviation itself is actually somewhat controversial because the 'I' is for Indigo, a color many optical scientists do not recognize, but that is a discussion for another day). To make the matters more confusing, Newton initially called the last color of the optical spectrum 'violet,' then he switched to 'violet-purple,' then to just 'purple.'

So what is purple then? Purple is a color resulting from a mixture of red and blue -- and violet. In 'real life,' we often mix them up. Depending on the culture, purple can be seen as more 'red' and violet can be seen as more 'blue.'

One more art comment -- in 1874, the alternative Salon took place by the Impressionists. The thing that shocked the world the most was the color purple -- or violet. Violet shadows in particular were mocked by everyone. Prior to that, classic artists used Sepia, Van Dyke Brown, black, and similar colors to paint shadows. The Impressionists argued that the shadows are any color by black. Monet loved purple shadows -- his argument was that violet was the opposite of yellow, the color of sunlight, so it made perfect sense to use it as a shadow color. That is quite obvious in his haystack series (I got the attached image from Sotheby's).

It is interesting that the violet shadows are what the art critics latched on to -- but at the time, that was truly shocking! In painting like that, the Impressionists literally changed the course of modern art -- these days, no one is shocked when shadows are purple or water is yellow.
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Nice post, anna. I have really enjoyed your watercolors.
 
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Cookiefiend said:
Wearing Katie Scott’s first scarf for Hermès - Index Palmarum. Ms Scott is a freelance artist based in London, much of her work is detailed drawings of natural things, but there are some whimsical drawings of creatures too!
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Wow, Cookiefiend, I had no idea Index Pamarum tied so well, especially in this cw. I copied your picture here, I really liked the way the leaves and herringbone tweed pick up each other in design and in cw. One day I shall be your twin . ..
 
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Redbirdhermes said:
The very first scarf I ordered from h.com was La Folle Parade back in May, 2020. I was enchanted by the intricate and fanciful drawings of young French illustrator Claire Fanjul. Before ordering the scarf I checked out her website and I was fascinated by her drawings on ostrich eggs and ceramic skulls. I adore Hermes map scarves, and I have my fingers crossed that Hermes will adapt one of her whimsical maps into a future scarf. In the meantime, she keeps busy with her art and has exhibits in Europe and the USA.

My first h.com scarf took three weeks to arrive due to coronavirus restrictions, but this scarf has been a favorite ever since. I hope that this is the start of another successful collaboration between the artist and Hermes.

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Is there an upside down Starbucks mermaid in one of the middle picture? She's one heck of a designer for sure! BTW the Les Folies you have worn with the red jacket is divine. Mea maximum culpa I truly underestimated this scarf.
 
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Cookiefiend said:
Daimyō Princes du Soleil Levant - is my next mystery to solve.
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Daimyō was a title given to the largest of the landholding military lords ruling over a sizeable number of vassals (家人 kennin) from the tenth until the mid-nineteenth century. In the term, dai (大) means large, and myō stands for myōden (名田, lit. “name land”), meaning privately held land. Daimyõ were military landlords! They were the most powerful rulers after the Shogun.
Soleil Levant means ‘Rising Sun’
All of this means the scarf is Warrior Rulers/Landlords, Princes of the Rising Sun - NOW that’s a title!
(This of course is *very* condensed information I deduced from the website Japan Reference https://jref.com/articles/daimyo.28/)

But Daimyō, Princes of the Rising Sun is a lovely name that only lends to the beauty of the scarf with it’s eight sheathed swords decorated with various insignias of the Daimyō clans (of which there were 26!), cranes and the beautiful ginkgo leaf jacquard. The Ginkgo tree is a symbol for longevity and profound endurance (4 Ginko trees survived the blast at Hiroshima and are still growing today), as well as hope and peace. The word Ginkgo comes from the Chinese word yinxing meaning silver apricot.
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The crane is a symbol of Longevity, good luck and fidelity, as well as creativity and eternal youth.
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Lotus Flowers are symbols of purity, enlightenment, self-regeneration, and rebirth.
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Persimmon flowers are symbolic of kindness and longevity.
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Today’s mystery scarf is probably not so much of a mystery, but it’s what I’m wearing today - where might you find this wee cutie?
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So interesting and such a beautiful design! Your Daimyo pairs wonderfully with chambray!
 
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xincinsin said:
I have forgone a scarf today for my fave UFO tie Les Envahisseurs (The Invaders). Yep, H names its ties :lol:
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No designer name given, but I like to think that the tie designers have as quirky a sense of humour as the scarf designers. Apart from Henri d'Origny, Dmitri R and Benoit Pierre Emery also designed ties.

Dmitri R: Les Toits de Paris, day and night cws :angel: (one of my favourite H-excuses for buying 2 cws)
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Benoit Pierre Emery: Le Robinson Chic which features both his scarf designs as well as his tie designs.
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Where did you get that green sticker/pin with the UFO? I would like one for a friend. (sorry, OT).
 
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bunnycat said:
Filigrane it is! (I requested an emergency withdrawal from MrBcat's "Scarf Gift Vault" :lol: )


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The *subject* on the second one is definitely Indian Textiles. I think even with a full mod shot, this one is hard. You'd know it flat for sure....(extra hint- Caty Latham, and has the word "quilt" in it)

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I'm late looking at these posts, Tout en Quilt?
 
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eagle1002us said:
Where did you get that green sticker/pin with the UFO? I would like one for a friend. (sorry, OT).
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This one is a virtual sticker, but I've seen similar brooches on sale at some craft booths in my neck of woods. I think they print the image on shrink-plastic and then attach a pin to the back. Let me check online shopping sites and see if I can track one down for you.
 
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Living.la.vida.fifi said:
Aaah, thank you so very much! Funny thing is that, at first, I considered the red CW my least favorite... then, my eyes were opened to its beauty and now I feel it is the “best and most appropriate” CW for the design... Of course, there are a few out there that I covet, but I am quite pleased with my red
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Red is an intrinsically Chinese color. It's particularly important in their culture.
 
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xincinsin said:
This one is a virtual sticker, but I've seen similar brooches on sale at some craft booths in my neck of woods. I think they print the image on shrink-plastic and then attach a pin to the back. Let me check online shopping sites and see if I can track one down for you.
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Super! My friend collects space-age jewelry and I am quite fond of the concept, too.
 
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eagle1002us said:
Is there an upside down Starbucks mermaid in one of the middle picture? She's one heck of a designer for sure! BTW the Les Folies you have worn with the red jacket is divine. Mea maximum culpa I truly underestimated this scarf.
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Thank you, eagle. I found these examples of Claire Fanjul’s work on her Instagram site. This Starbucks logo was among them.
 
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