Scarves Scarf of The Day 2025 - Which Hermès scarf are you wearing today?

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I will have to search for rarer animals for tomorrow @HermesEchidna but for today, something small and close to home. There are a number of bee keepers on Cape Cod and we are lucky to have honey readily available at local and farmers' markets. A nice stroll from my house there is a small natural history museum that has a honey bee observation hive, so we can see the busy critters at work with no fear of stings! Of course, the very scary "Bee Colony Collapse Disorder" is a very real threat so perhaps I can stretch a bit to fit the sub-theme after all?
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My scarf today features bees all along the border, some neatly in their squares, others attempting escape or gone altogether. The mischievous bees are one of my favorite features of my SOTD: Rosa Maria Unda Souki's Objets de Curiosité.
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I noticed a new detail on Mystere Au 24, near the rhino bursting into the room, which itself has a small bird perched on its ear. A book has fallen from the shelf, opening to two pages of butterflies / moths while a pair of them flits about above the book as if it has come to life.

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I tied it to show off the wonderful fox that appears to have dropped in through the fireplace and looks a little stunned by the scene playing out. I just love this Jonathan Burton design so much!
What a great detail @EtsyBoss! I debate adding this cw. Every time I see it in the store, I get little pangs...love the befuddled fox, too!
 
Good morning again!

Some animals are rarely seen on scarves, and equally rare in nature. A few animals are more prolific on scarves than in the Wild, as they have gone extinct - due to natural disasters, evolutionary or environmental changes or human actions.

Besides dinosaurs, which are imho too large to be called critters, I have not found many extinct animals on the scarves. One Though is - what I believe to be - the great auks on Pytheas.
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These fligthless large Black and White birds were abundant in the Arctic and north Europa, from New Foundland, to Scotland, Greenland, iceland and the Faroe Islands. Due to human hunting the large colonies disappeared before the early 19th century, and collectors became obsessed with getting specimens, once it became clear that the species was becoming rare. The last breeding couple of great auks were killed and collected in the 1830’s, their skins and organs sold to various merchants, museums and collectors. Today only a handful of eggs and skins exists in museum collections in the world. The vicera and eyes of the last birds is today exhibited at the natural history museum in Copenhagen as a remembreance of human actions and a lost species.
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In the same exhibition are specimens of dodo, passenger pigeon and thylacine, all also gone due to human behavior. But are any of these found on scarves? Please let me know!

But there are other rare animals still left in the world and portraied on scarves. The monk seal on La vie precieuse de la mediterannee, the pangolin on Wild Singapore and the platypus on Le Geographe. And off course the lemurs etc on ACdlV!!

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(This is where the pangolin photo would have been if I owned a Wild Singapore. Alas I do not. At least not yet)

New spring cw of Pytheas

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And le geographe - very difficult to show off the platypus (is that a saying?🤔)
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As I visited the Natural history museum in Oslo yesterday I saw several extinct and threathened creatures - as taxidermy. here are the platypus, the thylacine and the pangolin. And an echidna off course…
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Please share with us:
What is your favourite rare animal on scarves?

Wish you a day of survival!!!
What a great post! Now I want to go on a rare animal hunt among my scarves @HermesEchidna. Congratulations on your pretty new Pytheas...
 
Hello and good morning,
When Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, I imagine there were many species which today don't exist anymore. I hope, these cute little birds still do - or have they only sprung from the imagination of Monsieur de Parcevaux in the first place? So many questions!, I only hope there's also an ornithologist on board, HermesEchidna! 😄🐦View attachment 6155376View attachment 6155377View attachment 6155379
A good question and a lovely scarf this morning @darkstar66.
 
I love this cw as well! I struggle with mine as well, maybe we should switch them :giggle:

Maybe we need a Tpf meetup with all the cws of ACdlV just so everyone can try everyone else’s scarf on since quite a few people seem to struggle with the cw they have :yes:

Here is mine - very different - for comparison
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Oh I VERY MUCH like this colorway against the green backdrop! Pink and green can look so charming together!

Tiny mostly unseen - unless they’re buzzing around your lunch or brightly colored clothes!

A buzzy bee
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A sweet yellow butterfly
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And this brilliantly red proud fellow (gotta be male) butterfly
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Quai aux Fleurs - sotd messy day - I’m organizing Mr Cookie’s closet. HALP!
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Such a cute little busy bee! I’m not familiar with this design, but I really like the colorway. There’s something so elegant about a rich red and white/cream.

Thank you @redheaddem, @HermesEchidna, @Jereni, @Croisette7, @Jacq1, @Cookiefiend and @Redbirdhermes for the nice comments on my Carnaval des Animaux. I was late to the party on that one but I never met a black hem I didn't love and in the final analysis the scarf is very endearing! And thanks for the good wishes; we had heartening news on the medical front so :tup:

And because I don't want to be left out of the Au Coeur de la Vie Party, I will share my third cw and newest one:
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Twins with several of you on these, and not sure I am done yet with this design!
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What a beautiful trio of ACdlV you have! Adding a more colorful one is definitely #scarfgoals for me.

I do! From the archives:
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Cute little critters galore on this one!
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Ah what a ACdlV day we had! I love this minty one A LOT. Just effortless with the navy and gray.

I noticed a new detail on Mystere Au 24, near the rhino bursting into the room, which itself has a small bird perched on its ear. A book has fallen from the shelf, opening to two pages of butterflies / moths while a pair of them flits about above the book as if it has come to life.

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I tied it to show off the wonderful fox that appears to have dropped in through the fireplace and looks a little stunned by the scene playing out. I just love this Jonathan Burton design so much!

I love it too! I keep thinking I should cave and add this one. That’s a really cool detail that you spotted, I hadn’t noticed that before!

Lanternes has critters. I need to combine this scarf more creatively.
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And Au coeur (twins with some) and Les Léopards.

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Yay for another Coeur appearance! Twins on that Lanternes. I’d actually grabbed that to wear yesterday too but then it absolutely poured all day so I never got it tied. I like it combined with those stripes!

Good morning!

What a downpour of exquisite ACdlV this week!!! I am happy about my black cw, but boy are the others delicious as well!!!!

I have always thought that the design was only depicting Madagascar wildlife but the zoologist says that there are several South American birds as well, and if we allow for that artistic and continental drift, then the elongated creature with the tail can indeed be a kinkajou as cleverly suggested by @FA73 - and as @EtsyBoss concluded, not a fossa, as their tails cant graps like many south american creatures.
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Thank you for raising and solving this critter mystery!

Joining the party with an archive photo:
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Beautiful and perfectly paired. Glad we answered the critter mystery!

today with Jardins Secret with lizards and frogs

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Very sooothing shades of pink and blue on this one! Lovely with the plum sweater.

I will have to search for rarer animals for tomorrow @HermesEchidna but for today, something small and close to home. There are a number of bee keepers on Cape Cod and we are lucky to have honey readily available at local and farmers' markets. A nice stroll from my house there is a small natural history museum that has a honey bee observation hive, so we can see the busy critters at work with no fear of stings! Of course, the very scary "Bee Colony Collapse Disorder" is a very real threat so perhaps I can stretch a bit to fit the sub-theme after all?
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My scarf today features bees all along the border, some neatly in their squares, others attempting escape or gone altogether. The mischievous bees are one of my favorite features of my SOTD: Rosa Maria Unda Souki's Objets de Curiosité.
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Darling, and such a fun knot for it! What’s that one called again? I keep meaning to add this design. So full of rich detail.
 
Again such a wonderful and informative post, brilliant, HermesEchidna. This excursion sounds very very interesting. If you permit my questioning, are you doing professional research, i.e. will your observations and sightings find their way into scientific studies or is this more an informal, privately based expedition? In any case, I find the issue of biodiversity extremely important and I'm happy that I can actually actively do something in this field, via my garden. But on a national level, here in Switzerland, it has proven impossible to convince farmers to yield small streches of their land to nature and not exploit all of it. They have such a big lobby. As to extinct animals, I'm sadly not capable to find any on my scarves, I can only make a guess, but I will surely post something!

Hello and good morning,
When Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, I imagine there were many species which today don't exist anymore. I hope, these cute little birds still do - or have they only sprung from the imagination of Monsieur de Parcevaux in the first place? So many questions!, I only hope there's also an ornithologist on board, HermesEchidna! 😄🐦View attachment 6155376View attachment 6155377View attachment 6155379
Dear @darkstar66

Great wildlife scarf!!! Unfortunately the travel party does not hold an ornitologist - we can only manage the local birds - but let us trust that this one is still around 😊

On your other question: we all work at a natural history museum doing public engagement and learning activities and are on a team trip to get inspiration from other institutions 😊 So we try and get out into the wild as well, for both business and pleasure. The moose is still escaping us I am afraid.

This is me trekking at Holmekollen with Samourai and binoculars.
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I really like the scarf ring, too.
Thank you. It’s the Etriers in palladium. A gift from MrBelle and one of my favourites - it’s light, versatile, holds securely and can be used for different formats. It will sub for a chaine d’ancre for half bow knots and the like, will slide on to a bias, will just fit the tails of a cashmere and you can even use it as a charm to adorn a twilly.

Just gorgeous @Lellabelle. Is that the stirrup ring?
Just saw this, so adding to my reply! Yes, it’s the Etriers. It’s an unusual design for a scarf ring, but offers a surprising number of tying options. The squared opening at the bottom, as well as the small hole at the top can both be utilized, along with the main opening. It’s different to anything else I have.
 
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I hope you see your moose, @HermesEchidna. Many years ago when our children were younger, we vacationed on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. This isolated island is known for its wolves and moose, which are part of the longest running predator-prey study in the world. We stayed at the then only lodge on the island, and since it was late in the season, our kids were the only children on the island. My son’s desire to spot a moose quickly became common knowledge, and he would be stopped by everyone we crossed paths with and asked if he had spotted his moose yet. We saw plenty of scat on our hikes, but no moose.

On one of our last days we took a boat tour around the island and finally glimpsed a moose standing on shore some distance away. Hurrah! For me the highlight of the trip was hearing a talk by the great naturalist Rolf Peterson himself, who has spent his entire career studying the Isle Royale wolves. We lucked out because all of the college kids who give the talks during the season had headed back to school.

My scarf of the day is Le Voyage de Pytheas. I’m sure the sailors spotted plenty of critters during their trip, if only at times standing on a distant shore.

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