Scarves Scarf of The Day 2023- Which Hermès scarf are you wearing today?

[Marta_K]

My final wear of 2023 is Epaulettes de Gala twilly with the Mini Boucle twilly ring. We're just nipping out to a new cocktail bar in town...

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Violetkool, congrats on Epaulettes de Gala twilly, to me it deservs the Oscarf for the best twilly of 2023

 

[Jereni]

Dipping my toe into the Oscarf awards - I am going to start with Best Small Formats.

For me, Best Gavroche of 2023 goes to Lanternes, Concordes, et Ballons, and I have the illustrious @redheaddem to thank for bringing this scarf to my attention.



And Best 70cm of 2023 for me would be Au Royaume d’Helios. This is possibly the happiest scarf in my collection!

 

[Lavandula]

Happy Saturday, Scarflandia, and here is the last weekend of 2023! Time flies indeed!

I love this week’s theme as I almost exclusively wear cashmere 140 year round. Here is my latest addition to my shawl collection - Silk Mix by Elias Kafouros, which was issued as part of men’s collection in 2019.

Happy New Year everyone - may the new year brings us grail scarves and many fabulous opportunities to wear them!

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Your Silk Mix is gorgeous! I've not seen this shawl before and I'm in love with the colors. Running off to add it to my wish list!

Some archives of my Encadre CSGTs:
Coral/natural/cobalt
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Chocolat/blanc/rose
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And camel/gris/moutard, which is on the rehome pile.
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Great collection of Encadres @Karenska, they all look lovely on you, the camel/gris/moutard included. I'll bet it looks smashing against navy. I hope you find it a good home. I'm happy to be your Les Ailes twin

So... I was evidently being a bit dishonest... December scarf acquisitions turned my collection of seven 90 cm scarfs into a collection of fifteen!!! And I added my first Maxi Twilly (the pink Colliers et Chiens in the bottom of the second photo). I'm really going to have to cool my heels in 2024 - boo. But hey, I had some catching up to do. ...right?

Five years prior to December 2023 (bottom right is a 55 bandana; 4 twillies not shown):
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December 2023 Acquisitions (DA):

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To be fair, one of the DA scarves is a color correction - my first Petite Main was never worn (by me, anyway), so it'll be off to find a new silk lover. What I learned was: I cannot buy a pile of scarves expecting to send most back... DH is a terrible enabler!!!

I'm off to have a lie down and think about what I've done...

Congratulations @Mary Ann G, you've made such wonderful choices. You are proof that the H silk slope is indeed a slippery one. Enjoy the ride!

As promised, a collage of the blue + red CSGM in my collection. I am very fond of these, they are my workhorses!

Paisley Blossom, Three Graces, Patchwork Horse, and my newest: Jaguar et Colibri.
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And some bonus shawls in the blueway that I didn't share earlier:

Grand Theatre Nouveau
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Parures de Samourais:
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Peuple du Vent
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Thank you all for creating this space to share and marvel at these wonders. I've so much enjoyed seeing all the beautiful cashmere formats this past week, thank you to @Agrume for hosting and Happy New Year all!

Wow @EtsyBoss, you're knocking it out of the park with your gorgeous blues. You have a really great collection.

I’d like to thank @Agrume for a wonderful presence hosting cashmere week!
Here, some of my first and still beloved shawls…
First of all L’Arbre du Vent was my SOYD
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Today was definitely shawl weather outside but I’ve been hibernating all day at home wrapped in my favorite workhorse shawl: Colliers de Chien
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I think everyone here knows my obsession with Parures de Samourais… These were my first CWs of the CSGM which I acquired in quick succession of each other
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And, the only men’s shawl I own: Des Chevaux Sous le Capot
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All.So.Beautiful! @Living.la.vida.fifi. Picking myself up off the fainting couch now...

Thank you, @Agrume, for a fantastic week filled with cozy, warm, and large-format CSGMs. I'm thrilled to be a part of this community and want to wish everyone a year fillled with joy, laughter, and cherished moments. Happy 2024! 🌟

Today's SOTD is La Selle Imaginaire in Marine/Blanc/Bleu Jean. @Jereni , I've shared the step-by-step guide here: (Example link)

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Lovely shawl @SilkCouture, and thank you so much for the step-by-step! Great pics, so easy to follow.

My first and most worn CSGM Kelly en Calèche. Wearing it today to warm my throat and on a short nature walk.
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This shawl could brighten up the dreariest of days @Maedi. Such a glorious bright colorway, I can see why it's a favorite.

31 Dec 2023 The Oscarfs Return! Awards for the best of the best buys of 2023

Wishing everyone in Scarflandia a Happy New Year’s Eve! As our silken year comes to an end, I’d like to say that it has been an absolute pleasure to spend time here week after week and an honor to be able to host this, my favorite week on SOTD.

We finally have a chance to tally up all our silk acquisitions of the year. I plan to share all the scarves that entered my collection in 2023: new season scarves, oldies found on the resale market and Grails fulfilled. This is the week our 2023 silks walk the red carpet and receive The Oscarfs!
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This was a wonderful year for me as far as silks go. I was able to collect my favorites from each season and to add a variety of formats to my collection. I found some coveted Grails and accomplished a bit of CCP as well.

I begin by choosing my favorite scarves from each season and now present my Oscarf for Best Scarf of the Spring/Summer 2023 Collection to Costume de Fete. I fell in love with this design and got it in two CWs
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My Oscarf to the Best Scarf of the Fall/Winter 2023 Collection goes to Parade en Fanfare.
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I continue with a magnificent surprise I received as a Christmas gift… My only double-sided scarf of the year and a true masterpiece IMO: Brandebourgs Fleuri. This one is in a category of its own as I am in blown away by its beauty. Perhaps it should win the Oscarf for Favorite Double-Sided Scarf and Newest Grail.
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And, finally, a Grail that I had almost lost hope of ever finding again. My Oscarf for Best Grail of the Year goes to Dans un Jardin Anglais. In March of 2019, I ran across this design in the fuchsia CW at my local Hermès boutique. I tried it on and left it behind for I had a huge wishlist that season. When I returned to the store a few days later, it was gone. I’ve regretted doing that ever since as, with time, it became an elusive dream. Well, this year I was able to make that dream a reality and here it is. Below, a picture I took in 2019 when I tried on at Hermès and that has haunted me until very recently when I was finally able to make it mine.
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I look forward to a fabulous week as we recap our silken journey this year. Needless to say, our actual SOTDs are always welcome as well as our scarf mail. I invite everyone to participate in giving out our 2023 Oscarf awards as we celebrate another great year in this forum and welcome a new year together in this wonderful community.

This is going to be such an exciting week @Living.la.vida.fifi, and you've started us off with a bang. 🎆 Great introduction, gorgeous scarf choices. We are Brandebourgs Fleuri twins - yay - and Dans un Jardin Anglais sisters. Congratulations on finding this beauty, she's gorgeous!

 

[Lavandula]

I didn't get to participate much this week and with it being vacation I did have some time to take a really close look at collection, and wash and iron a whole bunch!! Sorry for doing a photo dump. It just been helpful for me to see 🙇‍♀️

Here is my csgm collection in entirety of a total of 8.( 2 others on resale pile). I have about 6 more on a wishlist, spanning a wider color range like adding red.
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Horrible lighting, My sotd yesterday…

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And I can’t remember if I posted this yet. I have actually worn it a bunch since acquiring it from my scarfie friend this month .
Appaloosa. And I believe it’s @EtsyBoss I am twins with
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And my only silk triangle which I acquired not long ago, in summer maybe. Sarasa. Which I LOVE! I would get more triangles.
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My one SGM winter twill Cheval Phoenix
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My one large cotton in a stole size format ( my other in rehome pile). Savana
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And my moussies ( 3 others on rehome pile). And admit the bottom two might also join that pile
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And there it is. My whole larger warmer shebang.
Sorry such a big post!!

Wow @Nomad, you have a great collection of larger format lovelies. I have a silly little confession to make. I focused on CSGMs in 2023 because of something you said early this year, or maybe late last year.... You commented on how you realized that CSGMs were just a casual throw-on, and that struck a cord with me. I'm a very 'casual throw on' kind of gal, so how could CSGMs not work for me too? Thanks to your enablement, I have a lovely little collection that I wear all. the. time!

 

[Lavandula]

SOTD for the playground and lunch later is En Attendant Ulysse. Wishing everyone a wonderful celebration ringing in the new year.
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This red En Attendant Ulysse is stunning @GloWW0rM! Such a deep, gorgeous red, and it looks fabulous on you!

How is it the end of 2024?? What a year!

My first Oscarf goes to... me! For discovering Hermès this summer and falling in love with scarves. I have purchased 11 silks over the past few months: five twillies, three 45s, three 90s. And I also received a muffler for Christmas.

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My Oscarf for best design goes to Parade en Fanfare, of which I have one twilly, one gavroche, two 90s. Just need one of the cashmere 65 versions to complete the set...

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And a special mention Oscarf for the one that nearly got away - La Vallee de Cristal. The gris colourway wasn't my first or even third choice, but it was the only one that landed on the UK website this year. I'm so glad I talked myself into it!

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Plus a best supporting Oscarf goes to my collection of coloured plastic chains for helping me find new ways to wear a twilly.

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Massive thanks to our wonderful SOTD team for hosting and to everyone for sharing their beautiful scarves and stories. Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024.

Wonderful choices @violetkool, all styled perfectly. The H silky slope is a fun and often fast ride - it's awfully hard to stop once you start.

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Wishing all dear scarfies a very happy, healthy and peaceful New Year! ... and many thanks to our lovely scarf mistresses for hosting the very interesting weeks!

Another beauty @Croisette7!

Sorry for not posting actively over the last weeks / months - I am reading posts every morning, thinking ‘I need to take a picture today‘ and then in the evening - I realize I have forgotten it again. Thanks to everyone for showing your beautiful scarfs and shawls, for the well chosen themes and for always being friendly, supportive and generous with your knowledge.
It’s fabulous to know (and be somehow part of) a group of individuals from all over the world who share the same passion. Thanks everyone for this wonderful year!

I stumbled across this forum and thread somewhat in the middle of 2023. I had purchased some H scarfs in the past but stopped when my local H store closed. This thread has resurrected my love for H scarfs. This year I have purchased 3 silks and my first CSGM. They all win an Oscarf as they are all different - one twilly, one CSGM, one vintage 90, one new 90.
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Wishing everyone a great and healthy 2024!

You made fabulous choices @Sylt Lover, all beautiful and look lovely on you.

 

[Karenska]

I love all of them dear @Karenska! And the Summer‘s Day is lovely! Just yesterday I received my first Nigel Peake design. He wasn’t on my radar but now I really like his designs very much! Wishing you a wonderful New Year and a big thanks for your always kind and supportive comments!

Thank you, Katharina Luisa I would love to see your new scarf! Happy New Year to you and a return thank you for all of your wonderful comments, compliments and posts.

 

[Karenska]

Your Silk Mix is gorgeous! I've not seen this shawl before and I'm in love with the colors. Running off to add it to my wish list!


Great collection of Encadres @Karenska, they all look lovely on you, the camel/gris/moutard included. I'll bet it looks smashing against navy. I hope you find it a good home. I'm happy to be your Les Ailes twin

Congratulations @Mary Ann G, you've made such wonderful choices. You are proof that the H silk slope is indeed a slippery one. Enjoy the ride!


Wow @EtsyBoss, you're knocking it out of the park with your gorgeous blues. You have a really great collection.

All.So.Beautiful! @Living.la.vida.fifi. Picking myself up off the fainting couch now...


Lovely shawl @SilkCouture, and thank you so much for the step-by-step! Great pics, so easy to follow.



This shawl could brighten up the dreariest of days @Maedi. Such a glorious bright colorway, I can see why it's a favorite.

This is going to be such an exciting week @Living.la.vida.fifi, and you've started us off with a bang. 🎆 Great introduction, gorgeous scarf choices. We are Brandebourgs Fleuri twins - yay - and Dans un Jardin Anglais sisters. Congratulations on finding this beauty, she's gorgeous!

Thank you so kindly, dear Mabel Jo, and Happy New Year .

 

[Karenska]

Awesome colours, Marta - you can wear anything!




Thank you, LKBNOLA! And yes, the Awooooo is a SE.


Such a beautiful colourway, very festive, Croisette!


Your J d’A are so nice, Orchard! I am always happy when I see this design posted.



You and LKBNOLA model the Summer Day CSGT so convincingly… should I get it, too?




Hope you feel better, Awillow, your Brises are spectacular and I love your Fleurs et Papillons GT.


Love seeing these on you, RBH, and a good scarf to finish this week!



Lovely to be a twin, and hope you will have some more time to post in the new year, frenchgirl. Success with your business!


Thank you, Bunnycat and the scarf team, for organising the next year! Congratulations on your new acquisition!




Thank you, AshantiRose, for showing Ferry Tales, I believe we have not seen this one yet. And your remarks on wearing our treasures are spot on!






Thank you, Karenska, and thank you for sharing your beautiful collection! Especially your Encadres, so calming!


Well done, Mary Ann, and there will be more, we can all testify on this.


Thank you, and so beautiful, these red and blue shades, EtsyBoss!


Thank you, Fifi, and you also have such a vibrant PdV!


Thank you - those detailed instructions are always so helpful, SilkCouture!




Thank you, Maedi, and what a nice pink shade this is!




Thank you, MabelJo! Most of my turtlenecks are from Uniqlo, they have many shades, and you can pick them to suit your scarves…


Thank you for this intro, Fifi, and congratulations on your pink DuJA, I completely understand how one can be obsessed with this design.


Keep them, nomad! They all suit you perfectly!


A really festive cw, GloWW0rM!


Thank you, Violet, and your start in H is Oscarf worthy indeed! Looking forward to see more of your choices!

Thank you, dear Agrume, and Happy New Year to you!

 

[Karenska]

All so chic, Karenska!

Thank you, dear Croisette, and Happy New Year!

 

[Karenska]

I didn't get to participate much this week and with it being vacation I did have some time to take a really close look at collection, and wash and iron a whole bunch!! Sorry for doing a photo dump. It just been helpful for me to see 🙇‍♀️

Here is my csgm collection in entirety of a total of 8.( 2 others on resale pile). I have about 6 more on a wishlist, spanning a wider color range like adding red.
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Horrible lighting, My sotd yesterday…

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And I can’t remember if I posted this yet. I have actually worn it a bunch since acquiring it from my scarfie friend this month .
Appaloosa. And I believe it’s @EtsyBoss I am twins with
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And my only silk triangle which I acquired not long ago, in summer maybe. Sarasa. Which I LOVE! I would get more triangles.
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My one SGM winter twill Cheval Phoenix
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My one large cotton in a stole size format ( my other in rehome pile). Savana
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And my moussies ( 3 others on rehome pile). And admit the bottom two might also join that pile
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And there it is. My whole larger warmer shebang.
Sorry such a big post!!

What a grand parade of silks and ‘shmeres, dear Nomad! I love them all. Happy New Year!

 

[Karenska]

SOTD for the playground and lunch later is En Attendant Ulysse. Wishing everyone a wonderful celebration ringing in the new year.
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I just love this, so festive! Happy New Year, dear Glowworm.

 

[Karenska]

And of course one last view of my much loved cashmere and silk scarves, CSGMs, triangles, a pointu and a wool-silk mix.
The first photo is from last week, the other ones are from the archives. Those lead me on a very slippery slope as well
I went from one in 2021 to nine at the end of 2023.
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All stunning, Ms KL!

 

[Karenska]

Happy New Year, my dear, dear Scarf Friends. Blessings to you all and looking forward to sharing the New Year with you in our silks and cashmeres.

 

[Lavandula]

And of course one last view of my much loved cashmere and silk scarves, CSGMs, triangles, a pointu and a wool-silk mix.
The first photo is from last week, the other ones are from the archives. Those lead me on a very slippery slope as well
I went from one in 2021 to nine at the end of 2023.
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Wonderful collection @Katharina Luise, you look gorgeous in all of them!

Let me begin by offering everyone my best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year full of peace and blessings and for all of us here- scarves! I am so grateful to have this oasis of talented, smart, stylish and slightly insane silk fellow travelers to share my passion with and get a daily dose of beauty, friendship and fun. And now, on to a favorite theme week!
My first Oscarfs category is for Best Consignment Store Finds of 2023. I used to love to pop into the beautiful vintage and consignment shops along Madison Avenue in NYC, or poke my head into the Housing Works "Thrift" shop full of high end donations to a worthy cause. The Pandemic put an end to that. Like many here the bulk of my collection has been acquired through H.Com or online resellers supplemented increasingly by a return to boutique purchases (and intra-scarfie trades and sells-- the best!). But these four lovely pieces were found in brick and mortar stores chock-a-block with clothing, jewelry and accessories. It was a joy to find them, to support the local small businesses, to recycle and reuse beautiful pieces and of course, not pay a King's Ransom to do so!
Les Amazones
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Duo d'Etriers CSGM
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Cavaliers du Caucasse CSGM
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And my SOTD Fleurs et Papillons de Tissus (and for lagniappe my holiday gift earrings are...butterflies!)
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How exciting it must have been to pop into stores and find these lovelies just waiting for you @LKBNOLA. I particularly love the colors of your Papillons!

SOT morning was Sous le Charme d’Orphee - the celestial vibes seemed on point for New Years Eve.

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This year… I bought all the scarves. Lol. ALL of them. I’d share this year’s purchases as a year-end summary but it would be super embarrassing. However, I will think on some Oscarf award categories for featuring a few of them.

You're in a judgement-free zone here @Jereni, surrounded by kindred spirits. If it helps at all, looking at my year, I also went overboard. Way overboard! I blame it on the adorable 70s and CSGMs! I've really enjoyed your collecting enthusiasm and you were the inspiration for more than one of my scarf purchases this year!

I love your Oscarf selections , and I'm happy to be your Sous le Charme d’Orphee sister!

Thank you @Agrume for hosting last week! I've been sick and still trying to catch up with everyone's posts (so much eye candy!), I've been enjoying all the posts.

I've managed to find quite a lot of scarves this year that it's hard to pick one or two!

One of my favourites is definitely Vallee de Cristal, love it so much I got two! Wearing the pink one for last minute errands.

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Wishing everyone a happy new year! I'm so happy to have discovered this wonderful community of scarfies. May the new year bring more wonderful silky treasures and grails to you all.

I love, love your colorway of Vallee de Cristal @mktlim. I hope you're feeling better.

Happy New Year's Eve to Everyone! Winter has finally come to the North, and while we had a brown Christmas, we will be having a white New Year. Welcome to @Living.la.vida.fifi and thank you for all your work this year and for the wonderful introduction to a retrospective look at our scarves during the past year. Thank you also to all the scarf mistresses and guest scarf mistresses who help to lead and educate us about our scarves during the year.

Early in the year the CCP or Colorway Correction Program (thank you @LKBNOLA for this delightful acronym) was in full swing. A review of my 2023 acquisitions shows that seven scarves entered the collection because they had a more desired colorway. I discovered that I have not always divested the less desired colorway, but these scarves may yet move on during 2024.

Entering the collection during 2023 under the CCP were:

Animapolis in Red (thanks to inspiration by @FizzyWater)

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Clair de Lune in Marine

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Le Carnaval des Animaux in Bleu Lavande

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Perspective in Gray

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There are three additional scarves which were acquired late in the year, and have not yet been worn.

Trophees de Venise in Blue (inspired by @momasaurus)

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Mineraux in Brick Red (inspired by @xincinsin)

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and, Paddock for the 2010 Chicago store opening (inspired by my disappointment that there was no special scarf for the 2023 store reopening on my visit to the Chicago boutique, but there was one for 2010)

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I'm wearing Mineraux as my scarf of the day. My love for colored gemstones predates my love for Hermes scarves by many years. Mineraux is a fitting winner of the CCP Oscarf.

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Congratulations @Redbirdhermes on a successful year of CCP. Love your new additions! I'll be embarking on a CCP myself next year and hopefully will have the same good fortune!

@Nomad - here are a few flat pics of the Silk Mix. There were other stunning CWs as well.. the details are exquisite indeed.

Must. Find. This.

Gorgeous intro, fifi! I hate those regrets like your DuJA. I have a few of those. Darn budgets! So glad you found her at last - she is a beauty.

Off topic today with Savana Dance.
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Such a beauty @Awillow, great colors on you!

 

[frenchgirl]

I probably succumbed to the Hermes siren song too many times this year! But a top contender for my Orscarf would be a fairly under the radar design, Le Chat Carré. I loved it so much I got three CWs of it. Here they are... Le Chat does look a bit more like a Raton Laveur to me, but no matter, there is so much to like!