Scarves .......... The Spring 2013 scarves ..........

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#226
Les Tambours said:
This all started as a bit of a joke with a lumbering animal at the centre of it BUT a little light research reveals that yak's wool is combed from the animal, 20% warmer than merino and - importantly to TPFers - has the luxurious feel of cashmere and resists pilling. It is also unsuitable for mass manufacture so the elements of craft and exclusivity remain. People in the Himalaya and Mongolia are looking for sustainability for their traditional way of life and getting yak's wool out into the wider world is a big opportunity for them - better than tearing up vast swathes of Mongolia for the mineral wealth and leaving water-less scars in the landscape anyway. So, bring on the yak's wool!
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Thank you, Les Tambours, for this important information. When I alluded to China, I was thinking that a new fiber opportunity would lead to mass manufacture, but you clarified that's unlikely to happen.

Do you happen to know why the yak fiber is not suited to mass manufacture? That's typically the case when production is not enough to sustain large-scale manufacture. I hope that that situation doesn't lead to yak "farming" like salmon has been farmed to increase quantity--but at loss of quality compared to wild salmon. However, dotting the plains of Mongolia with yak farms sounds better than tearing up the landscape for mineral resources.
 
#227
eagle1002us said:
Les tambours Isn't it impressive how much more than a birkin a Yak will schlep?

Yaks are really the only way to go. Plus, H could develop a new market making saddle blankets for yaks.
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Talking of Yaks, does anyone know if Hermes will produce the Yak wool scarves again for the Winter season. I bought one last year and adore it. I have asked SA's in London and NY but no one seems to know. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ladies. :smile1:
 
#228
NY-LON said:
Talking of Yaks, does anyone know if Hermes will produce the Yak wool scarves again for the Winter season. I bought one last year and adore it. I have asked SA's in London and NY but no one seems to know. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ladies. :smile1:
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NY-LON, what is it you like about the yak wool scarves compared with cashmere and merino wool?
 
#229
Sorry, but I find this yak conversation that's been going on for so long in this thread extremely tiresome and uninteresting. Personally I think it's a shame that a seasonal scarf thread--which many members will consult for months, even years, to come for valuable information--has been so cluttered up with this off topic conversation. Perhaps if a few members wish to continue discussing yaks, they could PM each other, or take it to the chat thread, or General Discussion. A few other members politely tried several weeks ago to steer this thread back on topic, but apparently their pleas were ignored. I think we should be more respectful of Uno and the others who work so hard to gain and share details about the seasonal scarf designs. :yes:
 
#230
Cosmopolitan said:
Sorry, but I find this yak conversation that's been going on for so long in this thread extremely tiresome and uninteresting. Personally I think it's a shame that a seasonal scarf thread--which many members will consult for months, even years, to come for valuable information--has been so cluttered up with this off topic conversation. Perhaps if a few members wish to continue discussing yaks, they could PM each other, or take it to the chat thread, or General Discussion. A few other members politely tried several weeks ago to steer this thread back on topic, but apparently their pleas were ignored. I think we should be more respectful of Uno and the others who work so hard to gain and share details about the seasonal scarf designs. :yes:
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Cosmopolitan, I agree, let's stay on topic. That's why I visit this thread.
 
#231
Cosmopolitan said:
Sorry, but I find this yak conversation that's been going on for so long in this thread extremely tiresome and uninteresting. Personally I think it's a shame that a seasonal scarf thread--which many members will consult for months, even years, to come for valuable information--has been so cluttered up with this off topic conversation. Perhaps if a few members wish to continue discussing yaks, they could PM each other, or take it to the chat thread, or General Discussion. A few other members politely tried several weeks ago to steer this thread back on topic, but apparently their pleas were ignored. I think we should be more respectful of Uno and the others who work so hard to gain and share details about the seasonal scarf designs. :yes:
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Thank you for saying what needed to be said, Cosmo. :goodpost:

I come to this thread to read substantive information about the 2013 Spring scarves ONLY.
 
#232
Apologies to all who did not want this thread hijacked by yaks. For myself, and I am sure I speak for others, we certainly did not wish to diminish attention to Uno's and cool tpfer's valuable contributions. From this animal discussion, posts did emerge that indicated yak hair is being used for some H scarves, which I doubt many people knew--and these would likely include 2013 scarves.
 
#233
I agree that the yak thing is a great thing to learn about, however this is a Spring 2013 scarves thread, and let's keep it that way. The yak discussion has been stopped due to mod's intervention once and yet kept going another time. I believe in 2-3 years if I look at this thread to look for pictures and mod pics of Spring 2013 designs, I would not be so happy to scan through pages and pages of yak discussion until I finally find pages with scarf pictures. I hope everyone understand :amuse:.
I think to solve this issue, someone can open a separate thread for yak discussion and share the link to that thread here. Mod can move the yak posts and merge to that new thread. In that way, it's easier to follow this thread. Just my 2 cents. (in that case, please feel free to delete this off-topic post of mine)
 
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#234
Is there a way to edit out the non-substantive chatter in order to make this thread purely for reference regarding the Spring 2013 scarves? Perhaps threads previewing a new season's scarves should be moved to the reference section of Hermes where chatter is not permitted?

I agree with the comments made about the value of theses kinds of threads for referencing the scarves in the future. I know when I have needed to do a search for a particular design/cw etc., it is frustrating and time-consuming to weed through all the chatter and congratulatory posts (and some modeling posts in bathrooms, etc. that are unflattering) in these kinds of threads introducing a new season.

I apologize for my part in hijacking this thread. I would like to see new season scarf threads devoted purely to the scarves and no commentary- or at least a reference thread and a commentary thread on the topic.
 
#235
Many, many apologies for inadvertently being such an irritation to folks here.

Sadly, without many pictures to discuss we fell into the trap of trying to fill the void.
Definateley no disrespect intended to the thread's knowledge source - whom I revere.
 
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#240
I am going to concentrate on trying to accumulate a couple more AW '12 scarves. There is always something to buy every season so I'm not worried, but so far none of the prints shown on the catwalk inspire me. The general silhouette is a bit to 'pregnant' for me (don't want to give my dear mother too much hope there :D). Can't see myself wearing alligator shorts (but I could probably be persuaded if they were bought for me).

Having said that (and bearing in mind what I said last :push:) the RTW proved to be much nicer IRL so I am quietly hoping the same for S/S '13. Some of the leather and silver accessories also look promising. The horn/MOP(?) scarf rings look nice too. I wish the shoes weren't quite as pointed as the wedge looked wearable but they look better from the full-length pics.
 
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