The Hermes tradition reminds of my father who brought a scarf back from every visit to Paris for my mother’s collection.
Welcome to the second part of my scarf collection posts. Today I have two more small sized scarfs to show you.
The first pochette (45x45cm) is called Circuit 24 Faubourg. It mentions the address of Hermès’ Paris flagship store of course, but the circuit part refers to a racetrack. The motives used are the famous Chain d’Ancre (anchor chain) that Hermès uses again and again in jewellery, porcellain designs, clothing and, of course, scarves. On this pretty little silk square the chainlinks are arranged to form a racing track of sorts.
MaiTai has done a cute video about this scarf (although hers is a 90 in a different colourway) making this particular point clear.
I bought this scarf at the Hermès boutique in Vienna, it was not a planned purchase, but this design is one that really speaks to me. I already have another circuit scarf in a bigger size and different…
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