Scarves The Hermès Spring Summer 2018 Scarves

[marietouchet]

Did anyone else get ZEE BOOKLET ? not the stories, the color booklet, it had been MIA for a while
Interesting thing - bound with a bolduc on top - the ribbon prevents opening it up to copy , ergo, I have no pix to share, sorry
It is better because for each scarf shown there is a large pic of it worn and a close-up of a portion of the flat scarf - more detail is better, I like BUT...
The selection of scarves shown is odd. The old booklets used to try to show at least one of each design - at least in a pile of rumpled silk - now, there is no attempt to survey the collection in its entirety (or close). I cannot determine the overarching color themes (Purplish, veggie etc) of the collection from the few photos of the selected scarves. Ex, they feature the white/black/yellow Janos Ber - that could go with anything.
Spent time trying to think - what is the unifying theme behind the scarves shown ? It lacks the best designs (PdS in CSGM), the fav formats - mousse & CSGM, I dont think there was a single 140cm in there? hard to tell since the booklet is hard to read without cracking the spine.
My inner marketing persona decided this is the booklet of what they WANT to sell you - simple stuff - LOWER PRICE point items, fewer screens - 4 pages devoted to ties (as in business suit ties for women), lots of losanges, Jaguar made it barely . The cover is Jeu des Omnibus remix - 5 colors in a finesse rendition
All in all they have decided to downplay the best stuff
Again no one has to agree with me

 

[Notorious Pink]

My inner marketing persona decided this is the booklet of what they WANT to sell you - simple stuff - LOWER PRICE point items, fewer screens - 4 pages devoted to ties (as in business suit ties for women), lots of losanges, Jaguar made it barely . The cover is Jeu des Omnibus remix - 5 colors in a finesse rendition
All in all they have decided to downplay the best stuff
Again no one has to agree with me

I have no doubt you are right (and I do usually agree with you), but this makes me a bit sad.

 

[Notorious Pink]

Ladies, thanks for all your sweet compliments and likes on my new blues. You've all encouraged me to think very hard indeed before I give up on Robe du Soir!



Of course, here's the hang tag! I should have posted it in my original message. Do let me know how you get on with it....

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Ladybaga, thanks for your kind and encouraging comments! Honestly I've been puzzled myself as to why I find the pale back so noticeable when, as you rightly note, the front is pale (especially in one corner) as well. All I can guess is that my eye is drawn to the contrast between the shiny front side and the matte back side. I'd almost prefer the reverse to be stark white than to have the ghost of the pattern without it fully coming through; somehow that would look more deliberate and seamless to me than this middle-ground saturation level. But what I'd REALLY love is for the back to be almost indistinguishable from the front, like it is on this ELenK, which I'm putting in here just to give an illustration for any new collectors dropping in who might be puzzled over what I'm fretting over with the gorgeous Robe scarf.

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Wow! That's a huge difference. I will say that the backs have varied over the years, I don't think this is a new problem. But really....that RDS is gorgeous.

Super happy to join the Le Grand Prix du Faubourg club. The last picture is her with my SO birkin 35 in BE and Togo. Blue lover’s dream!

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Love love love this!!! It's so beautiful and a perfect match for your B!

 

[cavalla]

Did anyone else get ZEE BOOKLET ? not the stories, the color booklet, it had been MIA for a while
Interesting thing - bound with a bolduc on top - the ribbon prevents opening it up to copy , ergo, I have no pix to share, sorry
It is better because for each scarf shown there is a large pic of it worn and a close-up of a portion of the flat scarf - more detail is better, I like BUT...
The selection of scarves shown is odd. The old booklets used to try to show at least one of each design - at least in a pile of rumpled silk - now, there is no attempt to survey the collection in its entirety (or close). I cannot determine the overarching color themes (Purplish, veggie etc) of the collection from the few photos of the selected scarves. Ex, they feature the white/black/yellow Janos Ber - that could go with anything.
Spent time trying to think - what is the unifying theme behind the scarves shown ? It lacks the best designs (PdS in CSGM), the fav formats - mousse & CSGM, I dont think there was a single 140cm in there? hard to tell since the booklet is hard to read without cracking the spine.
My inner marketing persona decided this is the booklet of what they WANT to sell you - simple stuff - LOWER PRICE point items, fewer screens - 4 pages devoted to ties (as in business suit ties for women), lots of losanges, Jaguar made it barely . The cover is Jeu des Omnibus remix - 5 colors in a finesse rendition
All in all they have decided to downplay the best stuff
Again no one has to agree with me

What is a zee booklet? I want to ask my SA. Nowadays they even hide the stories in the back and you have to ask to obtain it. At least it works like that at our store. It's a bit frustrating I find. It's really the stories behind the designs that make them so much more special to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm traveling through H. Or I used to feel so. Not so much this season.

 

[FlaTiger]

Did anyone else get ZEE BOOKLET ? not the stories, the color booklet, it had been MIA for a while
Interesting thing - bound with a bolduc on top - the ribbon prevents opening it up to copy , ergo, I have no pix to share, sorry
It is better because for each scarf shown there is a large pic of it worn and a close-up of a portion of the flat scarf - more detail is better, I like BUT...
The selection of scarves shown is odd. The old booklets used to try to show at least one of each design - at least in a pile of rumpled silk - now, there is no attempt to survey the collection in its entirety (or close). I cannot determine the overarching color themes (Purplish, veggie etc) of the collection from the few photos of the selected scarves. Ex, they feature the white/black/yellow Janos Ber - that could go with anything.
Spent time trying to think - what is the unifying theme behind the scarves shown ? It lacks the best designs (PdS in CSGM), the fav formats - mousse & CSGM, I dont think there was a single 140cm in there? hard to tell since the booklet is hard to read without cracking the spine.
My inner marketing persona decided this is the booklet of what they WANT to sell you - simple stuff - LOWER PRICE point items, fewer screens - 4 pages devoted to ties (as in business suit ties for women), lots of losanges, Jaguar made it barely . The cover is Jeu des Omnibus remix - 5 colors in a finesse rendition
All in all they have decided to downplay the best stuff
Again no one has to agree with me

Hmm....not sure what I saw but when I was in Denver last week, the SA pulled out a booklet that had all the scarf groupings by color families together. I was trying on the PdS CSGM CW12 (the green & coral one). So, she whips out this book which shows all the designs that are green. I think she had it on a ring so you could flip it easily, so that may not be what you meant. I thought it was a very cool tool.

 

[Croisette7]

Did anyone else get ZEE BOOKLET ? not the stories, the color booklet, it had been MIA for a while
Interesting thing - bound with a bolduc on top - the ribbon prevents opening it up to copy , ergo, I have no pix to share, sorry
It is better because for each scarf shown there is a large pic of it worn and a close-up of a portion of the flat scarf - more detail is better, I like BUT...
The selection of scarves shown is odd. The old booklets used to try to show at least one of each design - at least in a pile of rumpled silk - now, there is no attempt to survey the collection in its entirety (or close). I cannot determine the overarching color themes (Purplish, veggie etc) of the collection from the few photos of the selected scarves. Ex, they feature the white/black/yellow Janos Ber - that could go with anything.
Spent time trying to think - what is the unifying theme behind the scarves shown ? It lacks the best designs (PdS in CSGM), the fav formats - mousse & CSGM, I dont think there was a single 140cm in there? hard to tell since the booklet is hard to read without cracking the spine.
My inner marketing persona decided this is the booklet of what they WANT to sell you - simple stuff - LOWER PRICE point items, fewer screens - 4 pages devoted to ties (as in business suit ties for women), lots of losanges, Jaguar made it barely . The cover is Jeu des Omnibus remix - 5 colors in a finesse rendition
All in all they have decided to downplay the best stuff
Again no one has to agree with me

I've got the new one, very disappointed and miss the old ones.

 

[marietouchet]

Hmm....not sure what I saw but when I was in Denver last week, the SA pulled out a booklet that had all the scarf groupings by color families together. I was trying on the PdS CSGM CW12 (the green & coral one). So, she whips out this book which shows all the designs that are green. I think she had it on a ring so you could flip it easily, so that may not be what you meant. I thought it was a very cool tool.

The book with groupings by color is a sales tool book - not for the public
You cant miss ZEE BOOKLET - about the size of a gavroche box - tall and thin - with bolduc at top - the binding is at the top, not the side

 

[marietouchet]

To clarify there are 2 booklets for 2018SS that are intended for the public - not reserved for the store & SAs. The first has a white cover & was published two months ago - and the photos are in this thread .
There are 13 stories and pix of flat scarves ie for 13 90cms - a sample is shown from previous in this thread
Yes, there are more than 13 diff 90cms for 2018SS, only some made the story book

 

[marietouchet]

The second booklet for 2018SS -- available to the public not just the SAs - has a color cover and bears the words LE CARRE HERMES at the top , no date on cover - the date is inside not on the cover which shows JEU DES OMNIBUS REMIX. It is long and tall, not square
I called this one ZEE BOOKLET because the H title was so ambiguous - LE CARRE HERMES
I cannot copy the inside due to the binding - it does not open flat - and this is the one that shows a disparate bunch of stuff - ties , losanges and gives short shrift to the 90s, CSGMs and mousses -

 

[frou frou]

We've seen it before, I bought Samurai 06 on Saturday and here it is with what I wore today : jeans, white shirt, navy jumper and suede boots .
I can't see this as a cool colour way myself , it seems soft and gentle. The blues are easy to wear for pale olive skin tone like myself .

 

[FlaTiger]

The second booklet for 2018SS -- available to the public not just the SAs - has a color cover and bears the words LE CARRE HERMES at the top , no date on cover - the date is inside not on the cover which shows JEU DES OMNIBUS REMIX. It is long and tall, not square
I called this one ZEE BOOKLET because the H title was so ambiguous - LE CARRE HERMES
I cannot copy the inside due to the binding - it does not open flat - and this is the one that shows a disparate bunch of stuff - ties , losanges and gives short shrift to the 90s, CSGMs and mousses -

Thanks so much for the explanation! I have never seen this one in any year.

 

[marietouchet]

Sorry for being so cryptic the first time - new style booklet - no clue how to describe

 

[js2367]

The second booklet for 2018SS -- available to the public not just the SAs - has a color cover and bears the words LE CARRE HERMES at the top , no date on cover - the date is inside not on the cover which shows JEU DES OMNIBUS REMIX. It is long and tall, not square
I called this one ZEE BOOKLET because the H title was so ambiguous - LE CARRE HERMES
I cannot copy the inside due to the binding - it does not open flat - and this is the one that shows a disparate bunch of stuff - ties , losanges and gives short shrift to the 90s, CSGMs and mousses -

Is this something we can ask our SA for? How readily available is it?

 

[calexandre]

We've seen it before, I bought Samurai 06 on Saturday and here it is with what I wore today : jeans, white shirt, navy jumper and suede boots .
I can't see this as a cool colour way myself , it seems soft and gentle. The blues are easy to wear for pale olive skin tone like myself .

Love how you've tied this, and love how the colors look on you!

I agree with you, in your photo, it looks neutral-to-warm and oh-so-flattering, and I notice its soft taupe and peach shadings so much more. On me it looks quite cool and the bright blue and the icy silvers jump out, which happen to be what suits me best. Must be one of those magical colorways that morphs to flatter a wide spectrum of undertones.

 

[katriona]

Love how you've tied this, and love how the colors look on you!

I agree with you, in your photo, it looks neutral-to-warm and oh-so-flattering, and I notice its soft taupe and peach shadings so much more. On me it looks quite cool and the bright blue and the icy silvers jump out, which happen to be what suits me best. Must be one of those magical colorways that morphs to flatter a wide spectrum of undertones.

We've seen it before, I bought Samurai 06 on Saturday and here it is with what I wore today : jeans, white shirt, navy jumper and suede boots .
I can't see this as a cool colour way myself , it seems soft and gentle. The blues are easy to wear for pale olive skin tone like myself .

Frou Frou, I mentioned that colour way #06 was cool on me , as compared to CW #5—I think because the blues in #06 have a slight trend into violet tones and with the white and grey give a very cool effect, whereas the #05 has a range of blues between a straight-down-the-middle royal blue, through a cooler tone, to a robin’s egg blue in the straight framing parts of the design. That, and the salmon coral, is more forgiving to my pale skin. But I LOVE #06, and would have loved to grab one, as I think it is stunning scarf, and I love more monochromatic CWs in this design. Also I think it’s a beautiful accessory for summer whites, among other things. But you can’t argue with your eyes and gut. I put on #5 and went “yeah!”, then #06, and thought “okay.....”, then put on #10 and went “ Wow!” So I left with #05, and then ordered #10 online as it was gone from my boutique when I called back. I’m waiting and it’s due tomorrow (Wednesday)—will post mod shots when it comes. But if I was wrong, back it goes, and I’m going to revisit #06....Light is so important when deciding, and the boutique where I shop is decidedly “cool” and faintly gloomy. And photos I keep seeing here of #06 really look wonderful! But I can’t buy three! I have to exercise some restraint, after all...Colour me freakishly indecisive!