Cottons

I live in a hot climate. So hot that even mousselines in all their light weight cannot be worn. Thank heavens for Hermes cotton scarves and pareos! The smaller format cottons - sometimes 100% cotton, sometimes a cotton/silk blend - come from the men's section. (I do love me the men's section but somehow the powers that be in Paris have decided that men really like only a handful of colors. Discuss among yourselves.) The larger formats - pareos and stoles - come from the women's section. Sizes vary greatly so it's good to pay attention to dimensions. The pareos are sometimes adapted from a 90cm carre design, but many are original. And while the huge pareos - designed to be worn as beach cover-ups - have a lot of fabric to wrestle with, the cotton is breathable enough to wear even when the temperatures are above 90 F.

(If you see AMIM - that stands for "Ask Me, I Might"  - I might be willing to part with a silk beauty. Drop me a note if you're interested, and check out that which I've already decided to re-home.) 
Picture of a 70cm cotton scarf from Hermes. Danse is blue with a marine blue border. White letters spell out names of dances in a find-a-word manner, highlighted by yellow, green, brown and black Hs
Dansez, 70cm, 100% cotton
Picture of Hermes silk and cotton blend mens 65cm scarf. Ex Libris en Mosaique plays off Hugo Grykgar's iconic Ex Libris motif, with the light blue image fractured against a navy blue background. Pops of yellow and a hot pink hem
Ex Libris en Mosaique, Hugo Grygkar, 2023
Picture of Hermes cotton pareo Flamingo Party by Toutsy. Bright yellow sides, black interior, pink flamingoes with green foliage
Flamingo Party 100% cotton pareo, Toutsy
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La Ronde des Planetes, Dimitri Rybaltchenko
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Le Nombre d'Or, Zoe Pauwels
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Le Nombre d'Or, Zoe Pauwels
Picture of Hermes 100% cotton scarf, Jungle Love by Robert Dallet. Silver charm in one corner. Black border, green foliage, purple water and orange flowers
Jungle Love, Robert Dallet, 100% cotton charm scarf
Picture of Hermes 100% cotton pareo, Modernisme Tropical by Filipe Jardim. Released in 2016. Light blue with abstract design in yellow, black, blue and green
Modernisme Tropical, 100% cotton pareo, Filipe Jardim 2016
Picture of Hermes 100% cotton pareo, Under the Waves designed by Alice Shirley. Yellow, white, pink, blue, green coral reef motif with fish
Under the Waves, 100% cotton pareo, Alice Shirley
Picture of Hermes 100% cotton pareo. Designed by Annie Faivre in the early 2000s, it features a green backgroun and gardens of blue, red and orange
Unnamed Annie Faivre 100% cotton pareo
Picture of an Hermes 100% cotton pareo. Black with multi color stripes
Unnamed 100% cotton striped pareo