Alice Shirley

Alice Shirley, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... Er, 22 at the moment. I love the way she draws animals and foliage and the colorists at Hermes know how to bring them alive in so many colorways. My first Alice Shirley was the Tyger Tyger shawl, which drew me in with the colors and kept me there with the tiger. And Awooooo! was my first introduction to the men's section.

Ridiculously enough, I turned my nose up at Into the Canadian Wild and Wild Singapore when they were in boutiques. At the time my knotting repertoire was fairly limited, and once I started expanding my horizons I had to backfill as much as possible. 
Picture of Tyger Tyger, a 140cm cashmere shawl designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. Green and orange. A tiger lies in a field of flowers with William Blake's poetry
Tyger Tyger cashmere, 2015
Picture of Tyger Tyger, a 90cm silk scarf designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. A grey tiger lies in a pink, yellow and white floral field overlooking a blue lake. Features Wiliam Blake's poem
Tyger Tyger carre, 2015
Picture of a 90cm Hermes silk scarf, Into the Canadian Wild by Alice Shirley. Polar bears, brown bears, eagles, lynx and more
Into the Canadian Wild, 2017
Picture of a 90cm silk scarf Into The Canadian Wild by Alice Shirley. Owl, blue jay, fish and orcas
Into the Canadian Wild, 2017
Under the Waves cotton pareo designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. colorful marine life in a coral reef.
Under the Waves pareo, 2017
Picture of a 140cm silk mousseline Hermes shawl. Under the Waves by Alice Shirley features colorful marine life on a coral reef
Under the Waves mousseline, 2015
Picture of a 90cm silk Hermes scarf. Dans un jardin Anglais by Alice Shirley in lavender
Dans Un Jardin Anglais, 2016
Picture of a 90cm Hermes silk scarf, Dans un Jardin Anglais by Alice Shirley. Blue.
Dans Un Jardin Anglais, 2016
Picture of a 90cm silk Hermes scarf, Dan un Jardin Anglais by Alice Shirley. Hot pink and green
Dans Un Jardin Anglais, 2016
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Dans Un Jardin Anglais, 2016
Picture of a 45cm silk Hermes scarf, Dans Un Jardin Anglais. Bright pink, green, yellow and blue
Dans Un Jardin Anglais gavroche, 2016
Picture of Awooooo, a 100cm mens cashmere scarf designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. Grey arctic wolf howls against a burgindy background. Pink contrast hem.
Awooooo!, 2018
Picture of a 100cm mens cashmere scarf by Hermes. Designed by Alice Shirley. Grey arctic wolf howls against an orange background
Awooooo!, 2018
Picture of an Hermes 100cm mens scarf, Awooooo features a dark grey wolf howling against a chartreuse green background. Yellow contrast hem
Awooooo!, 2018
Picture of an Hermes 100cm cashmere mens scarf. Grey T rex dinosaur with a blue eye on a brick red background
Aaaaargh!, 2019
Picture of a Hermes 100cm mens cashmere scarf. Blue and grey T rex dinosaur with a green eye against a marine blue background
Aaaaargh!, 2019
Picture of a 100cm mens cashmere scarf. Aaaaargh by Alice Shirley features a red dinosaur with a green and yellow eye against a marine blue backgroun
Aaaaargh!, 2019
Picture of Aaaaargh! a 100cm mens cashmere scarf designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. a Blue T rex dinosaur with an orange eye against a blue background
Aaaaargh!, 2019
Picture of Yellowstone Forever, a 100cm mens silk scarf designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. Based on Grrrrr! a mens 100cm cashmere scarf featuring a brown bear
Yellowstone Forever (Grrrrr!), 2019
Picture of Wild Singapore, a 90c silk Hermes scarf designed y Alice Shirley. Features a lion made of mangrove tree leaves.
Wild Singapore, 2020
Picture of a 90cm Hermes silk scarf, The Three Graces by Alice Shirley. Three giraffes grazing in acadia trees. Pink giraffes with yellow, blue and purple leaves, chocolate brown background
The Three Graces, 2020
Picture of Hermes cashmere giant triangle scarf Zebra Pegasus by Alice Shirley. Green zebra with multicolored feathers with a mustard yellow border and hem
Zebra Pegasus, 2022
Picture of a mens cashmere scarf designed by Alice Shirley for Hermes. In Roaaaaar! a tawny lion roars against a green chevron background
Roaaaaar!, 2024
Picture of Roaaaaar!, an Hermes scarf designed by Alice Shirley. A blue lion with a pink tongue roars against a blue and grey chevron background
Roaaaaar!, 2024

​Other scarves designed by Alice Shirley