For old and new, I think I am just going to nod sagely and say, "What @xincinsin said." Such great connections drawn between the older and our newer silks. It seems that when it comes to scarf design, the house of Hermes also follows Ezra Pound's modernist imperative to "Make it New." I have a fun example from this past season: Ugo Bienvenu's double faced design Les Mustangs II, which pays homage and reinvents Robert Dallet's iconic design. From The Story Behind on the website:
"We’ve seen any number of galloping mustangs—in books, films and even on scarves, since 1993, when Robert Dallet let loose this astonishing cavalcade worthy of the most beautiful westerns. On Les Mustangs II, a futuristic reinterpretation by Ugo Bienvenu, they charge across a plain with the courage of an army, as if their modern armor could protect them from every danger. Their robust bodies are covered in metal, from the forehead to neck, shoulder to withers, giving them magical superpowers. Like a cartoon drawn from the young illustrator’s imagination."
I have a bandana version of the Dallet and the recent 90 (thumbnails below). I am pretty sure that @Redbirdhermes and @Karenska have Dallet's original design in the 90 twill, so I hope those will make an appearance too!
"We’ve seen any number of galloping mustangs—in books, films and even on scarves, since 1993, when Robert Dallet let loose this astonishing cavalcade worthy of the most beautiful westerns. On Les Mustangs II, a futuristic reinterpretation by Ugo Bienvenu, they charge across a plain with the courage of an army, as if their modern armor could protect them from every danger. Their robust bodies are covered in metal, from the forehead to neck, shoulder to withers, giving them magical superpowers. Like a cartoon drawn from the young illustrator’s imagination."
I have a bandana version of the Dallet and the recent 90 (thumbnails below). I am pretty sure that @Redbirdhermes and @Karenska have Dallet's original design in the 90 twill, so I hope those will make an appearance too!
He and his (much more petite) sister Snickers are right at 10 months old now.
I must admit that blue corner is really pretty spectacular and again, that added yellow of the hem really makes the scarf just like the added yellow in the Cheval Vague I have made that one too.
