No longer just a scarf, countless creative ideas of showing off these art pieces have been shared over the years, e.g. framed and hung as home decor, several ways of converting it into various fashionable tops and skirts, neckties, belts.

Since 1937, the silk scarves of French fashion house, Hermès, has become an iconic fashion accessory that is recognized all over the world. Hermès scarves and shawls have been collected and adorned by celebrities and royals throughout history, from Audrey Hepburn to Grace Kelly and even Queen Elizabeth II. 

Renowned artists are commissioned each year to create elaborate artworks with bright, vibrant color combinations. An individual scarf typically integrates 20 to 30 different hues, each printed from a unique silkscreen process that can take hundreds of hours to complete. Each one is painstakingly screen-printed, with each color allowed to dry before the next is applied. These art pieces have proved to be timeless collectable pieces of history.

DESIGN HISTORY:
Virginie Jamin often draws inspiration from the collection of Émile Hermès. An expert in cleverly arranged designs, each visit unearths inspirational objects as the motifs for her next carré design. Here, Virginie’s eye has fallen on a so-called colportage album of the early nineteenth century, presenting hunting and coachman’s whips, switches and other pieces from the collection. Her imagination completes the ensemble with plaited leather straps and carvings in wood and ivory. The strict diagonal of whip-handles embellished with carefully aligned globes and dogs’ or horses’ heads contrasts with the supple, sinewy network of forms in knotted and intertwined leather straps.