HERMES 70cm SILK SCARF - CHEVAL MIRAGE
by DIMITRI RYBALTCHENKO
I'm not sure but I think this may have been my first 70cm. IIRC my local boutique was in a temporary location and the lighting was fantastic (it's traditional location has awful lighting: the men's section is by the windows, but even that is blocked by the window displays; the women's scarves are as far away from natural light as possible. Now, if you go upstairs to housewares, RTW, shoes and bags... the lighting and the view are spectacular... but I digress). I picked this up along with my Tapis Persans 140cm summer silk and my pink Lift necklace. I was obviously in soft pink mode that day!
Overall I'm not a huge fan of 70s: the size is okay but the lack of sizing makes pleating challenging when I want to do a fun knot. But I adore this scarf - the pink is perfection, I love the 'hidden' horse and how the Hs swirl and change direction. This kind of reminds me of another Dimitri Rybaltchenko design in Ye Olde Scarf Drawer: Cheval a Caractere, which also uses letters to create a horse. He's also got horses hidden in Cheval Surprise and Onde de Chic.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
The very picture of metamorphosis: this delicate, trembling cloud, this mist in motion, is in fact a horse’s head, glimpsed fleetingly, vanishing as we approach to take a closer look, reappearing as we step back. Framed by halters, the animal seems released: the straps encircle the empty air, a reflection, a mirage of the creature itself. No doubt about it, this carré is a symbol of freedom.
Overall I'm not a huge fan of 70s: the size is okay but the lack of sizing makes pleating challenging when I want to do a fun knot. But I adore this scarf - the pink is perfection, I love the 'hidden' horse and how the Hs swirl and change direction. This kind of reminds me of another Dimitri Rybaltchenko design in Ye Olde Scarf Drawer: Cheval a Caractere, which also uses letters to create a horse. He's also got horses hidden in Cheval Surprise and Onde de Chic.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
The very picture of metamorphosis: this delicate, trembling cloud, this mist in motion, is in fact a horse’s head, glimpsed fleetingly, vanishing as we approach to take a closer look, reappearing as we step back. Framed by halters, the animal seems released: the straps encircle the empty air, a reflection, a mirage of the creature itself. No doubt about it, this carré is a symbol of freedom.
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