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

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OMG Pickles is so fluffy! Current kitty-in-residence Table keeps giving me the side-eye, so I don't think she will be amenable to modelling a scarf yet (or ever...)
Seen here enjoying the newest grocery box :giggle:
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:lol: The best you can do is lay something next to her for a photo op....that's all I've managed with Snick and Pick. Table is adorable! she looks related to our Fiona in her marking pattern- pattern sister from afar. :love:

Beautiful old versus new comparisons Croisette!

Another great example for this week is Couvertures et Tenues de Jour. It showcases 10 horses in a grid, each covered with a different blanket of varying patterns. You can see a picture of the original issue from 1962 here. A true classic, it has since been reinvented multiple times in different formats.

I own two modern reinterpretations of this design. One is the straightforward bandana CSGM version. The bandana motifs give the classic equestrian scarf a fresh new edge. The design is simplified down to a minimalist 2-3 colors. And I love the bright red contrast hem of my CW - it was the reason I bought it. (From what I know, contrast hems are modern, yes? Most classic designs I've seen had hems that were the same color as the border.)
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I also have another interpretation of this classic design. Although i have never seen anything online to confirm this, I'm pretty sure Gianpaolo Pagni used Couvertures as his inspiration when he created Garde-Robe Pop, which features a similar array of horses in a grid covered in blankets of varying patterns. He omitted the central medallion, which to me is a rather dated design element. This helps draw the focus to the patterns of the blankets, which are echoed in the stripes and polka dots in the background. A perfectly modern, pop art reimagining of the classic scarf!

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:loveeyes: Yeees!!! I do believe you are so right!!!!

We're all familiar with classic Dallet designs such as Equateur, Jungle Love, Panthera Pardus, Les Mustangs... I own two Dallets, my Equateur MT Cut and the Jungle Love Love twilly:


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What is interesting is to observe the influence Dallet must have had on contemporary Hermes artists. We have the obvious hommage with Les Mustangs III which @LKBNOLA modeled a few posts back, as well as the influences mentioned by @bunnycat in Rendez-Vous Galant.
Similar echoes of Dallet can also be observed in one of the latest Hermes shawls: Retour a la Nature, where Octave Marsal and Theo de Gueltzl depict realistic animals hiding in lush foliage in a manner very similar to that of Dallet. I bought this shawl last week (though will probably return it)
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Look at all those fantastic critters!!!!! :loveeyes: An excellent comparison. Of course, now I am gaga over the cat on it... :rolleyes:

I hardly have any vintage scarfs but my actual scarf of the day is a slightly belated contribution to last week‘s theme when a couple of „Flying Carpets“ were posted. My first CSGM and still a favourite because of its versatility.

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Stunning on you Tlf!
Difficult week for me to play, but I do have a few modern versions of classics….

I can’t seem to be able to get them into any type of order, but here are a Dallet, a Couvetures, a Brides de Gala, an Ex Libris, and a Tigre Royale…

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Beautiful selections for updates Pirula! Your BdeG en F is spectacular!
 
Another great example for this week is Couvertures et Tenues de Jour. It showcases 10 horses in a grid, each covered with a different blanket of varying patterns. You can see a picture of the original issue from 1962 here. A true classic, it has since been reinvented multiple times in different formats.

I own two modern reinterpretations of this design. One is the straightforward bandana CSGM version. The bandana motifs give the classic equestrian scarf a fresh new edge. The design is simplified down to a minimalist 2-3 colors. And I love the bright red contrast hem of my CW - it was the reason I bought it. (From what I know, contrast hems are modern, yes? Most classic designs I've seen had hems that were the same color as the border.)
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I also have another interpretation of this classic design. Although i have never seen anything online to confirm this, I'm pretty sure Gianpaolo Pagni used Couvertures as his inspiration when he created Garde-Robe Pop, which features a similar array of horses in a grid covered in blankets of varying patterns. He omitted the central medallion, which to me is a rather dated design element. This helps draw the focus to the patterns of the blankets, which are echoed in the stripes and polka dots in the background. A perfectly modern, pop art reimagining of the classic scarf!

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Just to chime in. As far as the contrasting hems go, there are some vintage designs that do have contrasting hems - for example, Carpe Diem/Gloria Soli, Astres et Soleils, maybe there are a few others. But mostly, H started to incorporate them more regularly in 2000s era, that's true. And I love your red hem on the Couvertures!
 
Today I'm taking a look at a couple of Hermes automobile scarves. Teuf-Teuf was designed by Philippe Ledoux in 1971 as a Special Edition for the Schlumpf automobile museum. The vintage car is centered with vignettes in each of the four corners along with automobile parts acting as a decorative ribbon and frame with a wide border and matching hem encasing the overall design. I see these elements in many of the classic Hermes scarf designs.

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Formule Chic is a double face scarf designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko in 2020 showing a classic car on one side, and a modern racing car on the other, with both designs shown from the perspective of the driver. Like many modern Hermes scarves, the design goes to the edge and is framed by a contrasting colored hem. Interestingly, the artist has added white lines converging to a focal point, implying the passage of the past into the future or the reverse. They remind me of hyperspace lines in Star Wars, implying travel exceeding the speed of light. Mathematically, this could imply travel into the past.


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Here are archive modeling photos of Teuf-Teuf and the Formula One car side of Formule Chic.

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For my scarf of the day, I am wearing the classic car side of Formule Chic. I love this image of driving down a quiet country road surrounded by leafy green trees.

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:lol: The best you can do is lay something next to her for a photo op....that's all I've managed with Snick and Pick. Table is adorable! she looks related to our Fiona in her marking pattern- pattern sister from afar. :love:



Beautiful old versus new comparisons Croisette!


:loveeyes: Yeees!!! I do believe you are so right!!!!


Look at all those fantastic critters!!!!! :loveeyes: An excellent comparison. Of course, now I am gaga over the cat on it... :rolleyes:


Stunning on you Tlf!

Beautiful selections for updates Pirula! Your BdeG en F is spectacular!
Thank you bunnycat!
 
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Hello, Scarflandia. I am pretty sure any time a scarf has the word "remix" in the title it is likely to be a new take on a prior design! The very first Hermes scarf, “Jeu des Omnibus et Dames Blanches,” debuted in 1937, and was created from a woodblock engraving by Robert Dumas, a member of the extended Hermès family. Named after a popular parlor game, the scarf featured a group of women enjoying the sport at center, encircled by two concentric rings of horse-drawn buses. In 2007, Hermes issued a vintage 70 scarf of the same design to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first carre. And then in 2017, Hermes issued Jeu Des Omnibus Remix by Gianpaolo Pagni. This design puts a new spin on the first scarf print with the addition of geometric lines and circles. Here are photos of the original (which I do not have), the 70 vintage anniversary issue and my cw of the Remix:
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And mod shots (of course!)
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Grateful for the distraction this forum provided in a very sad time for our family: scarves, kittens and dogs!
SOTD is the multi 2023 spring / summer scarf, not sure whether on theme with e.g. Brides de destin?

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Dear @Agrume-- I am so sorry to hear this and I hope we can continue to provide any small amount of solace to you at this time. You have my sincere sympathy and best wishes. Your new scarf is beautiful and serene. Sending you hugs and holding you in my thoughts...
 
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