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

[papertiger]

Please wear and show whichever scarf pleases you day to day.

For inspiration, the weekly 2025 Scarf Theme Calendar is available here

 

[Lellabelle]

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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Mystery solved! And thank you @FA73 and all for sending me down a rabbit hole of Kinkajou research! 😆. Those tongues!

 

[darkstar66]

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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A wonderful way to get new ideas, compare experiences and get to know other people with similar projects in life, I envy you! My job was by far not that interesting and meaningful. And, I almost forgot, of course a dream of a scarf!😍

 

[Lellabelle]

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!!!

Thank you for your informative posts, dear @HermesEchidna! As a lover of natural history, I am enjoying these enormously - I wish I could be on your trip with you! Would love to visit your museum someday. The Natural History museum in the UK is one of my favourite museums ever, along with the Ashmolean (which has anthropological as well as natural curiosities).

 

[Lellabelle]

I love it so much, Lellabelle! It's irresistible!

Thank you kindly, dear @Croisette7. That is a compliment indeed, coming from you! You have the most remarkable and inspiring collection. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

[Lellabelle]

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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Thank you for highlighting the important, and scary, threat of colony collapse disorder, dear @LKBNOLA. Bees are such an important part of our ecosystem and such industrious little creatures. Really remarkable. I nearly bought this silk just for the escaping bee detail!

 

[Croisette7]

I love your Jardin Secrets-- the little lizard is so cute @Croisette7! (and thank you for your ACdlV comments, too).

Oh my gosh-- also beautiful in celadon green. Love this and the lizard so detailed. Really shows up well in this tie @Croisette7.

Thank you, adear LKB!

Oh I VERY MUCH like this colorway against the green backdrop! Pink and green can look so charming together!



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.



What a beautiful trio of ACdlV you have! Adding a more colorful one is definitely #scarfgoals for me.



Ah what a ACdlV day we had! I love this minty one A LOT. Just effortless with the navy and gray.



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!



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!



Beautiful and perfectly paired. Glad we answered the critter mystery!



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



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.

Thank you, Jereni!

 

[Croisette7]

A beautiful scarf, Croisette7. I love lizards, their shape, their skin, their sudden movements. We have quite a lot here, on the dry stone walls in the fields, sunbathing.

Thank you, darkstar!

 

[Croisette7]

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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Beautiful with that green border, Redbird!

 

[EtsyBoss]

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

Oooh! As a devoted bird watcher since the age of 12 I am always up for an ornithological challenge @darkstar66. That little birdy immediately made me think of manakins.



The group contains 55 species distributed through the American tropics. It's the stubby tail, thick beak, notable head cap, chubby body, and eye ring. Some manakins have no eye ring, a larger cap, or additional elongated tail feathers. The group is diverse!

Would love to hear from other bird people about this one.

 

[EtsyBoss]

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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Very beautiful colorway @LKBNOLA . I'm drawn to this one for the bee border but didn't like any of the colorways enough to pull the trigger. Do you know what colorway yours is? I'm also eyeing the one that is predominantly navy with touches of pink.

Bees seem to be in a precarious position so definitely worthy of the sub theme I think! After a quick check on Google, I learned there are at least two species of North American bees on the endangered list. The Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation has some great info:

Want to Save the Bees? Focus on Habitat, Not Honey Bees

Keeping honey bee hives will not help the 3,600 bee species native to North America. In fact, it might do the opposite. The best solution to bee declines is to address underlying causes like habitat loss and pesticide use. Native flower gardens can support all bees.

www.xerces.org

One of the things I learned about as part of my research in graduate school that touched upon the grooming of each other that bees do, is the colony collapse problem and the role that hygiene can play in disease management. While it was a tiny portion of my research, it prompted some practical insight into the things I can do as a gardener to help and not hinder bee health. Things like planting native flowers and not buying plants that have been treated insecticides, specifically neonicotinoids. Now in my present line of work, I encourage people to grow flowers that support pollinator habitat.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Today with a border chock-a-block with critters
Touts Les Bateaux du Monde

(This photo gives new meaning to Shake Your Tail Feathers… and if I had tail feathers like that - I would be shaking them!!

Lizard
Crabs!

Me! Feeling positively piratical with the parrot on my shoulder - Argggg Mateys!)

 

[darkstar66]

Oooh! As a devoted bird watcher since the age of 12 I am always up for an ornithological challenge @darkstar66. That little birdy immediately made me think of manakins.

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The group contains 55 species distributed through the American tropics. It's the stubby tail, thick beak, notable head cap, chubby body, and eye ring. Some manakins have no eye ring, a larger cap, or additional elongated tail feathers. The group is diverse!

Would love to hear from other bird people about this one.

Thank you so much for the enlightenment, EtsyBoss. You are a genius bird watcher!

 

[darkstar66]

Today with a border chock-a-block with critters
Touts Les Bateaux du Monde
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(This photo gives new meaning to Shake Your Tail Feathers… and if I had tail feathers like that - I would be shaking them!!
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Crabs!
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Me! Feeling positively piratical with the parrot on my shoulder - Argggg Mateys!)
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What a hilarious post! 🦜🦜🦜 And incredibly beautiful, Cookie!😍

 

[Cookiefiend]

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 clever and darling detail! It is lovely on you as well!

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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3 lovely photos Maedi - I love your cw of AuCdlV!

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!!!

Fascinating!
And also - kinda sad that we no longer have some of these creatures. The Museum of Natural History in Chicago also has several exhibits that show these. Sigh...
Anywho - love your Pytheas!

today with Jardins Secret with lizards and frogs

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another cw from the archive Jardins Secret

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Both are so lovely Croisette - but I love this green!

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

Spectacular with your navy 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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I just love the bees on this! I also haven't found the one for me - but I want one for the bees alone!

Oh I VERY MUCH like this colorway against the green backdrop! Pink and green can look so charming together!



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.



What a beautiful trio of ACdlV you have! Adding a more colorful one is definitely #scarfgoals for me.



Ah what a ACdlV day we had! I love this minty one A LOT. Just effortless with the navy and gray.



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!



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!



Beautiful and perfectly paired. Glad we answered the critter mystery!



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



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.

Thank you sweetheart - you are so kind!

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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How fun that must have been! Thank you for sharing such a great story with us!

 

[EtsyBoss]

Today with a border chock-a-block with critters
Touts Les Bateaux du Monde
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(This photo gives new meaning to Shake Your Tail Feathers… and if I had tail feathers like that - I would be shaking them!!
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LizardView attachment 6155505
Crabs!
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Me! Feeling positively piratical with the parrot on my shoulder - Argggg Mateys!)
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Wow, these close ups are amazing @Cookiefiend! Such detail in this design. Thank you for sharing them. And the monkey especially, aye matey, ahoy! I love that you have tied this one to put the parrot on your shoulder. This design always tempts me! It's been long on my list and I'm still undecided on the colorway that would work for me. Your colorway is divine on you! Do I see darker green in spots along that fabulous border?