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:
The contents of a pocket, a drawer, a bag… So many small things, forgotten, but impossible to throw away. Each in its own humble way a fragment of life, a bundle of memories, the scrap of a story. Leigh Cooke’s delicate, fragile drawing conveys their essential poetry. An ivy leaf, a pencil stub, a clothes peg, a piece of string… a coin purse, a sea-shell, a coil of wire, a watercolour tube… This carré repays close attention, with a collector’s eye for detail, like Émile Hermès from early childhood and throughout his life, assembling his remarkable collection of objects, shaped by his passions and absorbing interests. A mindset reflected in the delightful inventory assembled here.