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
Danse, 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 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 cotton pareo Flamingo Party by Toutsy. Bright yellow sides, black interior, pink flamingoes with green foliage
Flamingo Party 100% cotton pareo, Toutsy
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