Dear BJ!
you are talking about "Rameaux". I did a post about them just last weekend in the Spring 2016 scarves thread!
Not every store ordered this design (or were allowed to order it? I don't know if they was a restriction from FSH for this) one SA said it was a special edition, but over the years, we have learned to believe only half of what SAs say.. . specially if they haven't been working for H as long as we have been buying... lol OR even if they have been working for years, the don't have the intense exposure to the brand and its history we crazy silkies here have!...
anyway, my own private explanation is, that because they are part of the "Ready to wear" SS collection, they have the tag of the clothing and not of the scarves....
You are coming to Europe!? how exiting!!!
My dear Pegase! I was in fact talking about Rameaux...the name had escaped me! I love the size and the colors offered. How on earth did I miss your post on them? I'll have to go back and look. The "ready-to-wear" factor would make sense as to why they were made in Italy...I just laughed because many, many, many authenticators always tell people to look for country of origin and state time and time again that ALL Hermes scarves are made in France and never anywhere else but we here on TPF know that is not necessarily true!
Do you have any inside info on C'est la Fete for FW16 by any chance? Monceau and I both heard it was coming but neither of us got a definitive on the format.
XOXO
P.S. I will be in Venice for two days and then we are taking a 10 night cruise around the Greek islands [with a call at Montenegro as well]. I know H raised their Eurozone prices recently but I believe I can still save a few dollars if I buy there. We are connecting in Munchen and they have a duty-free H there so perhaps I'll pop in.
Nonetheless I love coral too so it seems like we might get an underwater coralscape. Now that does sound absolutely lovely. End of the first week in May now and we can expect the new scarves to start dripping into the shops in June .