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

[LKBNOLA]

Thank you for your sweet comments, LKB ... I prefer the basket Pivoine.

Plumes vs à la Plume

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Ex Libris

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The green border Plumes is so lovely as is the new one but in such a different way! And I adore your cw of Ex Libris les Parisiennes @Croisette7. Beautiful color combo. And I too prefer the baskets on Les Pivoines

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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This is fantastic @ajaxbreaker-- I love both on you (and am posting Pagni today too-- following along in your path!

These are superb, especially the black shawl!

Thank you so much @momasaurus. An unexpected delight.

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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Such interesting analysis and two great formats of Dallet's iconic work (sisters on the MT Cut-- a fave of mine). I loved your close "reading" of the shawl for evidence of influence but wonder why it is going back? So interesting to me-- it is like landing in Oz from Kansas-- black and white to color...Thank you for a great post @ajaxbreaker!

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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As everyone has said, and I can only concur, orange is your color @Thelittlefoxes. To paraphrase the pop culture show "Orange is the New Scarf." (and the old scarf, too)

As many have noted, Dallet’s big cats are classic. I once had a PMCS of Kenya and while I adored the colors I just don’t do classic. I’m more of an Alice Shirley big cat type.

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SOTD Wild Singapore
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You look amazing in your Wild Singapore @Snausages-- go ahead and leave the classic to others (though I know you would rock that look too!)

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!

Thank you for this information @Ashanti_Rose!

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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This is a terrific post and amazing that you have that Teuf-Teuf in such a fun color @Redbirdhermes. I think, like you, the side of Formule Chic that you are showing today has strong appeal for me...My DH loves classic cars and we are often to be found at fairs and shows featuring them. Now I need to wear an automobile scarf next time we go!

Not exactly old, but it was my second H scarf (and blue for whatever that's worth), the Summer Party Muffler for a dreary day:
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I love its robots, so also have the slightly newer Mr. Farrier Patch Muffler:
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What fun and your muffler is beautiful @leechiyong -- such a surprising juxtaposition of the figure on the classic muffler. That's H for you! Always unexpected and delightful...

I'll add Plumes en fête and Brazil to the festival
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A lovely comparison and beautiful silks @Coco2606!

 

[bunnycat]

Not exactly old, but it was my second H scarf (and blue for whatever that's worth), the Summer Party Muffler for a dreary day:
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I love its robots, so also have the slightly newer Mr. Farrier Patch Muffler:
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I love Summer Party. Almost bought one of those! So cute!

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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Hugs from afar Agrume. Glad we can distract you a little.

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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Scarf perfection LKB!

 

[Teaforparrots]

I don’t seem to have any examples of vintage scarves plus their reinterpretations. (I would have gone for a Folies du Ciel reissue to accompany my three vintage FdC’s if there had been a colorway for me though!) For today’s SOTD, a scarf with an artistic style that refuses to be defined by a particular time period!

 

[ajaxbreaker]

Interesting, @ajaxbreaker. The influence is clear. Even though the central medallion has been removed to update the design, the central ‘ribbon’ in Garde-robe-pop is circular (the only instance) which gives another throwback to the original…

The green border Plumes is so lovely as is the new one but in such a different way! And I adore your cw of Ex Libris les Parisiennes @Croisette7. Beautiful color combo. And I too prefer the baskets on Les Pivoines

This is fantastic @ajaxbreaker-- I love both on you (and am posting Pagni today too-- following along in your path!

Thank you so much @momasaurus. An unexpected delight.

Such interesting analysis and two great formats of Dallet's iconic work (sisters on the MT Cut-- a fave of mine). I loved your close "reading" of the shawl for evidence of influence but wonder why it is going back? So interesting to me-- it is like landing in Oz from Kansas-- black and white to color...Thank you for a great post @ajaxbreaker!

As everyone has said, and I can only concur, orange is your color @Thelittlefoxes. To paraphrase the pop culture show "Orange is the New Scarf." (and the old scarf, too)

You look amazing in your Wild Singapore @Snausages-- go ahead and leave the classic to others (though I know you would rock that look too!)

Thank you for this information @Ashanti_Rose!

This is a terrific post and amazing that you have that Teuf-Teuf in such a fun color @Redbirdhermes. I think, like you, the side of Formule Chic that you are showing today has strong appeal for me...My DH loves classic cars and we are often to be found at fairs and shows featuring them. Now I need to wear an automobile scarf next time we go!

What fun and your muffler is beautiful @leechiyong -- such a surprising juxtaposition of the figure on the classic muffler. That's H for you! Always unexpected and delightful...

A lovely comparison and beautiful silks @Coco2606!

Retour a la nature is going back because it's too much white for my taste and it's hard to find a knot I like! A pity because I love the half color half b/w look, but CSGMs are too excitement to keep one I have doubts about

 

[marietouchet]

Thank you for your sweet comments, LKB ... I prefer the basket Pivoine.

yes, a rarity someone who liked the basket

 

[hermesguy]

Chaine d'ancre 90 in 58% cotton and 42% silk...the replication of the jewelry icon in the carré substantially complies with the week's theme, no?

John in DFW

 

[Nomad]

yes, a rarity someone who liked the basket

@Croisette7 I love the basket
too!!

 

[Stylehound]

A selection of happy hems!

Woof Woof, Awooooo, Wild Singapore and actual SOTD Pierre Loti
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Happy, irresistible and totally divine!

 

[Stylehound]

One of my favorite designs is Appaloosa des Steppes with its magnificent pony surrounded by gorgeous textiles and trimmed with a nifty border and hem.

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This is simply gorgeous!

 

[Stylehound]

LOVE how you did the pattern mixing w the dress. That whole look is awesome. And this design is seeming to be a winner amongst those of you who got it. I never would have looked twice were it not for you and others modeling. thanks. The hem and that baby pink section you highlighted

Super lovely on you @Stylehound-- really changeable in the nicest way... Your casual dress is almost insanely perfect for the cw and the hem!

Oh, wow. Spectacular scarf and beautiful you. The patterns are so pretty and the entire design is ingenious.

Now that is masterful pattern matching in your third picture! Congratulations on this beauty, @Stylehound, it looks super on you.

Many thanks for all the kind words, likes & loves to all during the “happy hem” week!

 

[Stylehound]

Twins with @Pirula: The perfect border of Savana Dance; my first Hermès scarf and a particularly lovely gift.

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Twins and sisters with @CedarWaxWing: The lively Coupons Indiens with its hem perfectly harmonizing with the dominant colours of the scarf.
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Adorable scarves! Neat knots! Beautiful stylings! Bravo!!!

 

[Stylehound]

Patchwork horse CSGM

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Pelages et Camouflage

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Dear Croisette,
Seeing your scarves is like being in a gallery of modern silk art! Smartly and beautifully presented!

 

[Stylehound]

I don't think I have scarves that have boring hems or borders but these are some of my favourites.

Robe du Soir marble silk - I just hate wearing it often because I'm so worried I'll stain it.

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Spring Springs baguette twilly.
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Love your marble silk! So delicate and harmonious!

 

[Snausages]

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
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Table is adorable @xincinsin !

Plumes vs à la Plume

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BdG

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Ex Libris

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Fabulous examples @Croisette7 - curious if you have a preference for the old or new versions

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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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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Beautiful examples @ajaxbreaker !

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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You’ve tamed this swath of beauty @Thelittlefoxes - how did you do this?! Looks casual yet elegant

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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Love all these modern twists @Pirula - and love the jackets too!

Thank you Cedar! Sir Pickles accepts all admiration with a benevolent nod of his head. But....he is also been known to sit like this too... He and his (much more petite) sister Snickers are right at 10 months old now.

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It's early days and I know y'all will find it @MAGJES and @Snausages ! Can't wait to be twins! (Errr--- triplets...)



A fantastic comparison for this week LKB! the red bandana is super cute on you.


I do recall and I think we are all on to something.... 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.

I'm always going to have a soft spot in my heart for Dallet's cats. But the WS is just FABULOUS!!!!

TY @bunnycat and squeee with Pickles!

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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Ve never seen Teuf teuf - how cool to have this SE @Redbirdhermes ! And excellent points on the design elements

Not exactly old, but it was my second H scarf (and blue for whatever that's worth), the Summer Party Muffler for a dreary day:
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I love its robots, so also have the slightly newer Mr. Farrier Patch Muffler:
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@leechiyong love your robots! Eager to see mod shots of your Farrier rectangle

I'll add Plumes en fête and Brazil to the festival
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H does feathers so beautifully @Coco2606

Grateful for the distraction this forum provided in a very sad time for our family: scarves, kittens and dogs!
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Sending virtual hugs @Agrume - you look great in the special scarf

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!
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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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Love the horses @LKBNOLA snd fabulous display of the Jeu evolution

The green border Plumes is so lovely as is the new one but in such a different way! And I adore your cw of Ex Libris les Parisiennes @Croisette7. Beautiful color combo. And I too prefer the baskets on Les Pivoines

This is fantastic @ajaxbreaker-- I love both on you (and am posting Pagni today too-- following along in your path!

Thank you so much @momasaurus. An unexpected delight.

Such interesting analysis and two great formats of Dallet's iconic work (sisters on the MT Cut-- a fave of mine). I loved your close "reading" of the shawl for evidence of influence but wonder why it is going back? So interesting to me-- it is like landing in Oz from Kansas-- black and white to color...Thank you for a great post @ajaxbreaker!

As everyone has said, and I can only concur, orange is your color @Thelittlefoxes. To paraphrase the pop culture show "Orange is the New Scarf." (and the old scarf, too)

You look amazing in your Wild Singapore @Snausages-- go ahead and leave the classic to others (though I know you would rock that look too!)

Thank you for this information @Ashanti_Rose!

This is a terrific post and amazing that you have that Teuf-Teuf in such a fun color @Redbirdhermes. I think, like you, the side of Formule Chic that you are showing today has strong appeal for me...My DH loves classic cars and we are often to be found at fairs and shows featuring them. Now I need to wear an automobile scarf next time we go!

What fun and your muffler is beautiful @leechiyong -- such a surprising juxtaposition of the figure on the classic muffler. That's H for you! Always unexpected and delightful...

A lovely comparison and beautiful silks @Coco2606!

TY @LKBNOLA but it’ll take a lot to get me away from dinosaurs and Kluskas

I don’t seem to have any examples of vintage scarves plus their reinterpretations. (I would have gone for a Folies du Ciel reissue to accompany my three vintage FdC’s if there had been a colorway for me though!) For today’s SOTD, a scarf with an artistic style that refuses to be defined by a particular time period!

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Love the brights @Teaforparrots and I’m envious of your blooming cactus - I’ve had mine for a year and it’s growing but not flowering. You must have a green thumb!

Chaine d'ancre 90 in 58% cotton and 42% silk...the replication of the jewelry icon in the carré substantially complies with the week's theme, no?

John in DFW

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And looks great with the plaid @hermesguy

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These pinks are wonderful @Nomad

Happy, irresistible and totally divine!

TY @Stylehound !

 

[Stylehound]

Thank you for this intro which annonces a funky and creative week.
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When I saw the theme of the week, I told myself that I wouldn't have much to show and that I'd mostly be looking at yours. What I love about this forum is that it makes me reconsider my collection. I still have a few odds and ends for this week. I'll survive.
To start, an iconic piece: Brides de gala. If any scarf has been revisited, it's this one.
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You are so right about the Brides De Gala! Your version En Finess is the finest of all! Congratulations! It’s delightful! I hope you’ll get the shawl too!