Good morning Scarflandia!
I wish everyone in the US a peaceful Memorial Day, and I send grateful thanks to the families who have suffered losses. In the UK, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee begins on Thursday - and I fully plan to participate with my scarves!
Without further ado, let’s start the week! May 29th - Gray’s Anatomy: In depth designs, true-to-life drawings
Gray's Anatomy is a reference book of human anatomy written by Henry Gray and illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter, published in London in 1858. It has gone through multiple revised editions and the current edition, the 42nd, remains a standard reference, often considered "the doctors' bible"
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Gray’s Anatomy is not just a dry and boring index, but a book of incredible illustrations and clear description, letting the beauty and grace of the body’s interconnected systems and structures shine.
This week, we’ll let some of Hermes’ beautifully intricate designs shine. We all know Hermes has so many beautiful, delicate, and truly lifelike scarves, both big and small… the other day, I had taken off my Clic Clac au Pois and it was lying on the bar, all innocent like. I sat down and marveled at the tiny details on that little slip of silk… how do they do that?!?
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View attachment 5414310I’ll start this Sunday with Petit Duc by Christian Renonciat.
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From the Hermes Story - “Petit-Duc was a famous carriage designed by Alfred de Dreux that Hermes has as its emblem. Christian Renonciat thought it would be a fun challenge to track down the original technical drawings from the period, analyze the mysteries of the structure point by point, and recompose the design in the manner of an engineer, complete with the diagrams and front, side, bottom and detail views. He clearly took as much delight in reconstituting the design as in listing the details of the equipage in deliciously old-fashioned language that evokes a lost world of leaf springs and kingpins.The spoked wheel is made of ash and hornbeam wood. The lacquerware is highlighted in fine strokes; the mud guards are almost calligraphic. By the mid 19th century the art of the cartwright and carriage maker was at its zenith. Beyond technique and usage, elegance was the watchword.”
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Lastly, we mustn’t forget the television program Gray’s Anatomy… If anyone finds Dr McDreamy… lemme know!
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Thanks for letting me ramble this morning and I look forward to seeing your detailed scarves, your lifelike scarves, the scarves that astonish you!
And our scarves to honor the Queen, the H scarf you happen to be wearing, and the scarf that makes you happy!
(Very humorous story from the Long Ago Days of Cookie - I very much admired an artist in my class, he copied illustrations from the Gray’s Anatomy book and they were astonishing. I thought ‘That’s the job for me too - medical illustration.’ Until one day our class went to a hospital for a field trip; we watched a nurse demonstrate giving someone an injection… and down I went - TIMBER! Medical illustration was not going to for me after all
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Happy Birthday!! 
I adore the corner vignettes and the center full of charming umbrellas and parasols...
I admired it on her and she was kind enough to point me in the right direction. Perfect for New Orleans as we have a tradition of parades featuring umbrellas. Here's a photo headed to a JazzFest event this spring!
I had zero H scarves 30 years ago… started 20 years ago and have very few photos
But I do try to wear a scarf every day no matter what so here are a few recent photos that fit our theme.
curtseying to you with gratitude for all of your Cheap and very Chic contributions. SOTD same as last week, different jewelry and different knot, but same old henley, one of my favs. Grand Prix du Faubourg MT slim. Toodles!
