Scarves Scarf of The Day 2024 - Which Hermès scarf are you wearing today?

[papertiger]

Full weekly 2024 scarf-theme calendar is available here

 

[GloWW0rM]

Quick snap on the train for SOTD - La Vallee de Cristal worn with Chaine d'Ancre scarf ring. I realise now it's not the best combination with the top, but so be it.

This evening I'm attending a tunnelling lecture we're hosting at work, so the crystal cave is right on theme and I hope will gain me some kudos with the geologists in the room.

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Enjoy the event tonight!

 

[SilkCouture]

Love how your Flacons looks with your outfit!!

todays scarf mail Flacons

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[SilkCouture]

@GloWW0rM , it's truly delightful to see how beautifully the Cosmographia works in the CSGM format!

Cosmographia Universalis is my SOTD. It features a number of engineering feats including a very elaborate wall with many bridges showcasing structural mechanics as well as the amazing geometry that is used to design pyramids.

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@HermesEchidna , Great Post!!!

Good morning!

The basis of natural history is classification and taxonomy. A system of ordering, making and understanding the world around us, and how everything is related.

Early classical, medieval and renaissance scolars made their own systems to classify and order their world, and depicted them in bestiariums and exhibited them in Cabinet of curiosities.

Virginie Jamin: Della Cavalleria Favolosa - designed as a mix of bestiarium and horse riding manual

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Rosa Maria Unda Souki: Objects de Curiosite

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Swedish naturalist Carl Linné - or Linnaeus - introduced a system of ordering Life on Earth in the 18th century. He created a system of families and species and nomenclature for all plants and animals known to him. Every single species got its own name, consisting of a genus’ name and a species name -
like Homo sapiens (this picture is from the web)
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Giraffa camelopardalis
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Or Meleagris gallopavo
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This naming required systematics, and not least the collecting, of specimens for decription, classification and creating order in the understanding of the world. Linné’s world was based on a religious understanding of creation and hiearachi of Nature. A Dawinian concept of nature based on evolution and gradual change during huge timespans, did not exist for another 100 years, but Linné’s naming system worked just as well in that Scientific paradigm, and continue to be the basis for natural history and the study of living nature.

There are so many scarves with abundance of nature, and also a few with taxonomic Logic in them. We have collections of butterflies, other insects, funghi and birds. And also botanical scarves directly referencing classification like Index Palmarium and Bromeliaceae and individual flower species.

Katie Scott: Index Bromeliaceae
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Farandole (Caty Latham), Champignons (Gavarni & de la Perriere), Insectes (Hugo Grygkar)

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And L’Intrus by Antoine de Jaquelot even have all the bird’s names on it.

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Other scarves show us the botanical gardens and greenhouses where botanists both before and after Linné collected and studied plants from all over the world.

Jardin d’hiver (Annie Faivre)
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Jardin de Leïla (Francois Houtin)

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And it was from breeding humble pea plants in his cloister garden that Gregor Mendel in the late 19th century discovered genetic inheritance, which gave support and renewed understanding of the mechanisms of evolution. Do we have any designs out there with peas or even DNA helixes on them?

And of course there are also designs with entire biotopes from equator to coral reels, deserts to jungles. Let us bring out the natural history and biodiversity of Our scarves!

wish you all a Day of Diversity!!

 

[SilkCouture]

@Living.la.vida.fifi , Les Becanes has the sweetest hem, and I wasn't familiar with Planisphere d'un Monde Equestre - it's really cool!

Starting off today with Tous les Bateaux du Monde
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And, another transportation related design: Les Becanes
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The imaginary cartography of Planisphere d’un Monde Equestre
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And another map, but an astronomical one: La Voie Lactee
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The universe of Paridaiza is geometrically organized and centered by a labyrinth
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And, now for my actual SOTD… We had cooler temps this morning so I wore my L’Arbre du Vent CSGM to a doctor’s appointment
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I am swept away by a Monet Lugo scarf tide since I got her Jaguar et Colibri shawl last week… It was a “panic before the price hike” purchase, but it is amazing… Still wish to compare it with the orange CW, though, which is on its way to me
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[lanit]

Another unexpected grail mousseline fell onto my shoulders when surfing for another design this one popped up on my radar. One of the few times that eBay’s algorithms worked! En fil H etoile was advertised in 2010. Who would have guessed I would find a new never worn with new tags intact and with crystal beads sewn on?

I find the geometric linear detailing a work of precise engineering and speaks to the architectural modernist soul in me

 

[Karenska]

Yesterday's scarf mail was the Limited Edition version of Space Derby that was available in Hong Kong last year. There is an inscription on the lead chariot that reads "Hermes for a brighter future". The colors are very similar similar to the dark blue regular edition of Space Derby. I added a couple of comparison photos.

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I tried to track down this LE last year when it was on the Hong Kong website but was unsuccessful. I am so delighted it finally came my way. Introducing Space Derby Hong Kong LE as my scarf of the day.

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What a beauty! Congratulations, Rbh. When I see this design, which I adore, Bowie’s iconic Starman pops in but I also think of that cartoon “Wacky Races” - how my jumbles of memories collide .

 

[Karenska]

Coming home to New Orleans always makes me very happy. Reconnecting with scarves and clothes I've been away from also lifts my spirits! Finding Scarf Mail waiting upon arrival makes me super happy Introducing my new-to-me cw of New Orleans Creole Jazz (1996 edition) which is a bonus scarf-on-site because I wore it in New Orleans this morning ...
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SOYE: La Danse du Cheval Marwari.
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Just gorgeous greens, Lkb, wow! I am a great fan of green, and these are marvelous.

 

[Lellabelle]

I love it! (Both scarf, the insight And the baby lion). And happy to be scarf sister and not alone in associating the cliff on the scarf with the Lion King scene
Both zoology and Biology and ecology are at play here. But the great animators should perhaps have consulted geography as the African circle of life in the movie also features a giant anteater - which is native to South America

Oh @HermesEchidna, you are too funny! I love it!

 

[Karenska]

Another unexpected grail mousseline fell onto my shoulders when surfing for another design this one popped up on my radar. One of the few times that eBay’s algorithms worked! En fil H etoile was advertised in 2010. Who would have guessed I would find a new never worn with new tags intact and with crystal beads sewn on?

I find the geometric linear detailing a work of precise engineering and speaks to the architectural modernist soul in me
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Lanit, what a find. So very elegant on you. Congratulations!

 

[Karenska]

For today’s theme offering I’m going with Carnival des Animaux… hear me out.

The story behind the scarf is that its inspired by Camille Saint-Saens’ musical score, but I can’t look at it without thinking of The Lion King and the iconic Circle of Life opening sequence.

Scarf:
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Lion King:
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A movie is of course typically more of an example of art than science, but The Lion King was a technical achievement as well, using computers to support the animation in ways that previously had not been employed before. STEM skills were certainly involved in creating the masterful stampede scene. Apparently a few distinct wildebeasts were designed using a 3D program, and then multiplied into hundreds, manipulated to look like animation using cel shading, and sent down the mountain using randomized paths. All in all the 2.5 minute sequence took two years to create!
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Carnival des Animaux today:
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And our own baby lion, who we often hold up and sing Circle of Life to (much to her chagrin):
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I love everything about this post, Jereni, and your baby lion is the sweetest. A wonderful connection to the LK, your Carnival des Animaux is lovely.

 

[Karenska]

My SOTD can definitely fit within the STEM theme!
Claudia Stuhlhofer-Maier constructed her design [Tohu Bohu] on the principle of the mandala – a geometric diagram used for meditation and invoking the gods. Its colours and concentric circles symbolize the structure of the universe. This scarf is a mandala for the god, Hermés. (from Hermes story)
Mandalas are also rich in mathematics: they employ circle geometry and other geometric theories and the tools of geometry (protractors and compasses) are used in their design and construction. But @HermesEchidna also challenged us today to think of the "ologists". Hmmm. I put on my thinking cap and made the connection that a mandala is also a game (my kids loved it and it is still in the game cupboard here) and what do we call those who study game theory? Ludologists! Yes, Scarflandia, there is a word: Game studies, also known as ludology is the study of games, the act of playing them, and the players and cultures surrounding them. (wikipedia) So perhaps we also can be called Hermesologists as we expand our knowledge through fun and games as we study our scarves?
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A wonderful post, Lkb. Your b&w Tohu is lovely. We are Hermesologists, for sure! Many of us here (though not me) could be considered HDs - Doctors of Hermesology.

 

[Lellabelle]

Here is my nerdy guy dating story. Freshman year at college my future DH and I would often head over to the college library to play Star Trek. (Star Wars did not yet exist.). Our campus had exactly one computer, a 4K machine that took up a lot of space in the basement of the science building, and it’s use was strictly monitored. But the library had a teletype machine with a dedicated phone line linking it to the computer at the Big University in the next town. It looked like this.

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Your Enterprise had thrusters, photon torpedoes, shields, and a few sensors that could detect the distance, speed and direction of the attacking Klingon war ship, which was played by the University computer. You took turns firing, trying to blow up the other ship. It really helped to have graph paper and to be able to do quick math calcs to better guess the next location of your target. The teletype would print out the results of each move on paper. It took quite a bit of time for each move compared to modern computer games.

Hermès Galaxy reminds me of those early computer games.

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I wore Hermes Galaxy today over my Mineraux because it is still very cold outside.

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I cannot express how much I love that ‘nerd dating’ is a sub-theme for STEM week 😂. A huge hurrah to celebrating our clever fellas, and gals! Scarflandia rocks😁

 

[Karenska]

Good day, dear Scarfies. I have been off the thread for personal reasons so I am a good deal behind. I don’t know I can catch up but I will try! As many here did, I saw the “Fashioned by Sargent” exhibit on its final weekend last week and it did not disappoint. It was spectacular. It was also warm, both inside the packed museum and outside. So I did not wear a CS as I had planned. Instead I donned my blue Aran knit sweater and a silk and was fine on our mile-long walk from our hotel to the MFA. I am so glad I had no CS to worry about in the heat and crowds.

Objets de Curiosites is not only a meta scarf, it is also geometrically arranged. I felt very festive in the museum wearing it, and as I am only posting it now, I am on theme.

 

[Karenska]

Quick snap on the train for SOTD - La Vallee de Cristal worn with Chaine d'Ancre scarf ring. I realise now it's not the best combination with the top, but so be it.

This evening I'm attending a tunnelling lecture we're hosting at work, so the crystal cave is right on theme and I hope will gain me some kudos with the geologists in the room.

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It looks very nice, Violetkool, such a beautiful design.

 

[LKBNOLA]

today with Patchwork Horse

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Beautiful Patchwork Horse and absolutely perfect with that lovely jacket @Croisette7!

Oh, such a great colorway! I'm not a big fan of moths, but this ties beautifully.

On the topic of scientifically-focused students, my mother once went on a college date with a guy. Walking across campus, she looked up at the sky, sighed romantically, and said, "isn't it a lovely night?" At which point he stopped walking, said, "oh my gosh - I'm missing my astronomy lecture!" and ran off, leaving her alone on the quad.

Reader, she married him.

In honor of my destined-nerdiness and the science of astronomy, archive shots of Hemispharium Coeli Boreale and Feux du Ciel:

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These are wonderful (as was the story!) @FizzyWater -- I have my eye on that Hemispharium...and sisters on the Feux du Ciel, which I adore. I lost my quote on your Glitch but always love seeing that rare design!

A so so short post. As You all say…finally! 🤣. It would be much shorter without the science tie to theme .

Appaloosa. A go-to of mine. A horse scarf ( like this gorgeous breed) will sometimes remind me of humans involvement in the reproduction of horse breeds, and our need and business practice to carry a horse’s pedigree through its progeny.
A veterinary reproductive specialist, is also called a theriogenologist ( thanks internet)
I am blinded by blazing sunlight off all the ice and snow
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This is so beautiful on you and looks amazing with your plaid shirt @Nomad! Perfect for a winter-y day...

Thank you, Fifi, Jereni, Nomad and LKBNOLA for your kind words (hope I did not miss anyone)!

SOTD was Versailles, with its geometric figures, as already shown by others. Have a good evening!

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A beautiful Flaneries @Agrume!

Here is my nerdy guy dating story. Freshman year at college my future DH and I would often head over to the college library to play Star Trek. (Star Wars did not yet exist.). Our campus had exactly one computer, a 4K machine that took up a lot of space in the basement of the science building, and it’s use was strictly monitored. But the library had a teletype machine with a dedicated phone line linking it to the computer at the Big University in the next town. It looked like this.

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Your Enterprise had thrusters, photon torpedoes, shields, and a few sensors that could detect the distance, speed and direction of the attacking Klingon war ship, which was played by the University computer. You took turns firing, trying to blow up the other ship. It really helped to have graph paper and to be able to do quick math calcs to better guess the next location of your target. The teletype would print out the results of each move on paper. It took quite a bit of time for each move compared to modern computer games.

Hermès Galaxy reminds me of those early computer games.

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I wore Hermes Galaxy today over my Mineraux because it is still very cold outside.

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The perfect scarf for a wonderful date narrative @Redbirdhermes!

Going with radiology today!

Monsieur et Madame in 2 formats
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And our good friend Mr Skeleton in C’est La Fete
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You are so good at tying CSGMs in unexpected ways @Snausages! And clever with the ex-ray theme on this. That is my favorite cw of the 90 in this design...

Scarf mail from me today. I had a great review with my manager this morning - I'm only three months into the job so was really pleased with that. Then had an intense strategy meeting for the rest of the day. So I decided I should make an ad hoc trip to Hermès as a reward!

Fortunately my lovely SA was working, so we had a catch up and I came away with a new 90 - Splash Park in the blanc/mauve/multicolore colourway. This design is the epitome of fun, and there's another cute sea creature everywhere you look. I love it!

Photos taken in very poor indoor lighting.

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Congratulations on the performance review and the new scarf @violetkool!

Today I wore a twilly depicting Scarf Odyssey. The space ship/space station motif definitely fits the STEM theme. A journey to space is a great step for mankind!

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You found a theme-appropriate twilly for sure @LaurenHermesLover-- very cute.

Great post! And, what a way to expand the topic to myriad possibilities!

Starting off today with Tous les Bateaux du Monde
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And, another transportation related design: Les Becanes
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The imaginary cartography of Planisphere d’un Monde Equestre
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And another map, but an astronomical one: La Voie Lactee
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The universe of Paridaiza is geometrically organized and centered by a labyrinth
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And, now for my actual SOTD… We had cooler temps this morning so I wore my L’Arbre du Vent CSGM to a doctor’s appointment
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I am swept away by a Monet Lugo scarf tide since I got her Jaguar et Colibri shawl last week… It was a “panic before the price hike” purchase, but it is amazing… Still wish to compare it with the orange CW, though, which is on its way to me
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Love these! Especially your two Monet Lugo's -- old and new-- lovely to see them side-by side as it were. And thank you-- it was fun to figure out a theme connection for Tohu Bohu @Living.la.vida.fifi!

Another epic black and white scarf! I must learn this knot.

Thank you @Jereni!

Another colorway of Per Astra Ad Astra to add:

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And another (less color-accurate!) colorway of Au Coeur de La Vie:

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And to add my contribution to this week, with today’s SOTD, All Aboard! Steam engines are of course ‘science and stuff,’ but as a bonus the train driver is known as the “engineer!!!” (Might explain my confusion when Dad told me, “you should be an engineer.”)

Not sure who the designer on this scarf was, but clearly either (a) not familiar with how steam engines work, or (b) hates presents, because the fireman is clearly shoveling presents (from the tender - yep, that’s what it’s called!) into the engine to keep her fueled. Yikes!!!! 😬

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Happy STEM week, fellow nerds!! 💕

All three are lovely but you look adorable in your on-theme bandana @Mary Ann G!

Dropping in for a quick post today, will catch up with comments tomorrow. My SOTD is one that's already been shown but it's so lovely I hope you don't mind me showing it again. Space Derby:

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It is gorgeous with that deep blue sky and fab hem @MabelJo-- can never see enough. I may puill out mine this week too, twin!

Good morning!

The basis of natural history is classification and taxonomy. A system of ordering, making and understanding the world around us, and how everything is related.

Early classical, medieval and renaissance scolars made their own systems to classify and order their world, and depicted them in bestiariums and exhibited them in Cabinet of curiosities.

Virginie Jamin: Della Cavalleria Favolosa - designed as a mix of bestiarium and horse riding manual

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Rosa Maria Unda Souki: Objects de Curiosite

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Swedish naturalist Carl Linné - or Linnaeus - introduced a system of ordering Life on Earth in the 18th century. He created a system of families and species and nomenclature for all plants and animals known to him. Every single species got its own name, consisting of a genus’ name and a species name -
like Homo sapiens (this picture is from the web)
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Giraffa camelopardalis
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Or Meleagris gallopavo
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This naming required systematics, and not least the collecting, of specimens for decription, classification and creating order in the understanding of the world. Linné’s world was based on a religious understanding of creation and hiearachi of Nature. A Dawinian concept of nature based on evolution and gradual change during huge timespans, did not exist for another 100 years, but Linné’s naming system worked just as well in that Scientific paradigm, and continue to be the basis for natural history and the study of living nature.

There are so many scarves with abundance of nature, and also a few with taxonomic Logic in them. We have collections of butterflies, other insects, funghi and birds. And also botanical scarves directly referencing classification like Index Palmarium and Bromeliaceae and individual flower species.

Katie Scott: Index Bromeliaceae
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Farandole (Caty Latham), Champignons (Gavarni & de la Perriere), Insectes (Hugo Grygkar)

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And L’Intrus by Antoine de Jaquelot even have all the bird’s names on it.

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Other scarves show us the botanical gardens and greenhouses where botanists both before and after Linné collected and studied plants from all over the world.

Jardin d’hiver (Annie Faivre)
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Jardin de Leïla (Francois Houtin)

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And it was from breeding humble pea plants in his cloister garden that Gregor Mendel in the late 19th century discovered genetic inheritance, which gave support and renewed understanding of the mechanisms of evolution. Do we have any designs out there with peas or even DNA helixes on them?

And of course there are also designs with entire biotopes from equator to coral reels, deserts to jungles. Let us bring out the natural history and biodiversity of Our scarves!

wish you all a Day of Diversity!!

Ooops. I forgot my sotd

Island biotope on Annie Faivre: Ile Deserte.
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Have a great Day.

Fantastic examples of scarves that feature taxonomies/classifications @HermesEchidna! Beautiful SOTD as well.

Quick snap on the train for SOTD - La Vallee de Cristal worn with Chaine d'Ancre scarf ring. I realise now it's not the best combination with the top, but so be it.

This evening I'm attending a tunnelling lecture we're hosting at work, so the crystal cave is right on theme and I hope will gain me some kudos with the geologists in the room.

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Wow! Fantastic pattern-mixing @violetool!

Cosmographia Universalis is my SOTD. It features a number of engineering feats including a very elaborate wall with many bridges showcasing structural mechanics as well as the amazing geometry that is used to design pyramids.

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Your happy, joyous mod shots always add a smile to my morning coffee @GloWW0rM -- but I can't express it better than @textilegirl already has! This pink CU shawl is so playful and wonderful and clearly suit you perfectly.

todays scarf mail Flacons

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What a beautiful Flaçons, @Croisette7! Congratulations on finding this lovely serene cw...

Another unexpected grail mousseline fell onto my shoulders when surfing for another design this one popped up on my radar. One of the few times that eBay’s algorithms worked! En fil H etoile was advertised in 2010. Who would have guessed I would find a new never worn with new tags intact and with crystal beads sewn on?

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What a find @lanit! So very beautiful. Though I would be terrified of losing the beads wearing it!

Just gorgeous greens, Lkb, wow! I am a great fan of green, and these are marvelous.

A wonderful post, Lkb. Your b&w Tohu is lovely. We are Hermesologists, for sure! Many of us here (though not me) could be considered HDs - Doctors of Hermesology.

Thank you @Karenska-- yes, that would be us-- aspiring Hermesologists, right?

Good day, dear Scarfies. I have been off the thread for personal reasons so I am a good deal behind. I don’t know I can catch up but I will try! As many here did, I saw the “Fashioned by Sargent” exhibit on its final weekend last week and it did not disappoint. It was spectacular. It was also warm, both inside the packed museum and outside. So I did not wear a CS as I had planned. Instead I donned my blue Aran knit sweater and a silk and was fine on our mile-long walk from our hotel to the MFA. I am so glad I had no CS to worry about in the heat and crowds.
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Objets de Curiosites is not only a meta scarf, it is also geometrically arranged. I felt very festive in the museum wearing it, and as I am only posting it now, I am on theme.
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Lovely and perfect for a museum visit! I am glad you enjoyed the Sargent and had a chance to see it. My sister was also there on Friday of the final weekend. Loved it just as much. Your bottom photo os one of my cws @Karenska!