Hermès Scarf A L’Ombre des Pivoines

Year of Issue: 2019

Theme: In the pursuit of dreams

Artist: Octave Marsal and Théo de Gueltzl

Story Behind: Giant peonies, fragile though powerful, rise from a proliferation of architectural forms in this poetic play on scale. Their extraordinary corollas bloom over an imaginary city. A city filled with details of beautiful palaces and vast residences, sanctuaries for luxuriant vegetation. Octave Marsal and Theo de Gueltzl bring their worlds, dreams and visions face-to-face in this collaborative design. The utopian universe created by these two artists is an invitation to a meditative journey; a magical scarf in the sense that regardless of which nuance captures the eyes gaze, it’s as if this scarf always seems to make perfect sense.

Hermès Scarf Animapolis

Year of Issue: 2019

Theme: In the pursuit of dreams

Artist: Jan Bajtlik

Story Behind: In this phantasmagorical city, zebras, dinosaurs, monkeys and toucans joyfully run riot. Each animal tells a story – a dragon lays siege to the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science, a leopard sets its sights on the Kremlin in Moscow, and a panda and crocodile pass the time lounging at the foot of Moscow’s St. Basil’s Cathedral. And, for the very best view of this delightful spectacle, other protagonists gather at the windows of Hermes on Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris. An exuberant composition, Animapolis is Jan Bajtlik’s, a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, first silk scarf designed for Hermes.

Hermès Scarf Kawa Ora

Year of Issue: 2019

Theme: In the pursuit of dreams

Artist: Te Rangitu Netana

Story Behind: Te Rangitu Netana, a Maori tattoo artist took inspiration from the life of his ancestors and Maori culture to design this scarf. An owl, the messenger between the material and spiritual worlds, rises above the four walls that draw the house of the tribe’s meeting place. Knowledge and a connection to the sky are represented on the northern wall, creation and water on the southern, light and the giant eagle on which the Maori have travelled on the eastern. The albatross tears represent the suffering of the Maori people in the western. The central circle represents a giant octopus, a symbol of navigation, and its tentacles, the eight directions of the Maori compass, in a spirited crossing of cultures.

Hermès Scarf Equateur Wash Silk

Year of Issue: 2019

Theme: In the pursuit of dreams

Artist: Robert Dallet

Story Behind: “The equatorial zone of South America has remarkably diverse fauna and flora that is a marvelous source of inspiration for the passionate naturalist Robert Dallet. Around a jaguar, the solitary big cat that prowls dense forests, a whole population of wild animals busies itself. The ocelot and the margay – small felines, sharp and keen – dominate the scene and frame a spider monkey, a sloth and toucans. Then comes the ballet of the macaws, parakeets and a cock-of-the-rock, followed by the white-headed capuchin, the woolly monkey and the ringtail. On the ground rest roseate spoonbills, a sunbittern with its wings spread, a scarlet ibis… A composition of multiple voices.”

Research Article by CloudWei: A comparison of The Hermès Regular and Wash Silk Twill Scarves CLICK HERE

Hermès Scarf cosmographia universalis

Year of Issue: 2019

Theme: In the pursuit of dreams

Artist: Jan Bajtlik

Story Behind: Sebastian Münster was a cartographer, historian, astronomer, mathematician and scholar of Hebrew. His book Cosmographia Universalis was published for the first time in Germany in 1544, and one of the most widely read books of the 16th century. When Jan Bajtlik discovered an original edition in a Polish library, he was fascinated by this vision of the world made up of myths and legends. His scarf represents an imaginary landscape and combines architecture, fauna and flora. By using seahorses, sea monsters or even pyramids as models, he creates a dreamlike universe populated by extraordinary creatures.

Hermès Scarf Plumes en Fête

Year of Issue: 2020

Theme: Innovation in the Making

Artist: Aline Honoré

Story Behind: In a tribute to nature, its beauty and its infinite creativity, Aline Honoré draws us into a vortex, a whirling crown of feathers. Perfectly reproduced or entirely imaginary, they echo the ceremonial or celebratory adornments they can inspire. For protection, seduction or camouflage, the beauty of the feathers emanates from their function. Guinea fowl, birds-of-paradise, partridges, pheasants, manucodes, parrots… birds from all over the world lend their quill and down feathers to the artist, who magnifies and reinvents them.

Hermès Scarf La Légende du Cheval a Plumes

Year of Issue: 2020

Theme: Innovation in the Making

Artist: Ugo Gattoni

Story Behind: “Ugo Gattoni invites us into a fantastical city populated by small, strangely human horses. At the foot of an imaginary pyramid reminiscent of the Tower of Babel, a multitude of characters roams through a futuristic cityscape aboard hovering shuttles, flying boats, and galloping aircraft. Inspired by the Mexican folklore that is so dear to him, the artist punctuates this exuberant metropolis with a musician in a sombrero, a traditional dancer, and cacti.”

Research Article by CloudWei: 2020 Hermès Scarf La Légende du Cheval a Plumes CLICK HERE