HERMES 90cm SILK SCARF - MOUNTAIN ZEBRA
by ALICE SHIRLEY
One of Alice Shirley's earliest designs is also one of her most sought-after. Released in 2015, Dans un Jardin Anglais is charming ode to the flora and fauna of English gardens (and yes, this is another one I didn't 'get' when it was in boutiques; insert silent scream here). There's just something light and happy about this design - the color, the smiles on the variety of animals grazing, flitting about, and relaxing in the foliage and by the waters.
There are 10 colorways of the 90cm silk, and each has a unique feel from the others. There is even more to relish in 140cm mousselines, 45cm gavroches, and twillies. Do I want each color and format? Er, yes. (I've done this since I was a small child: when I like something I want it in every variation imaginable.)
From the Hermes website, The Story Behind:
What finer invitation to wander at leisure, than an English country garden? Designed by Nature herself, recreating the happy accidents of the natural scene, its unimagined alliances and improvised paths… Gardens à l’anglaise first made their appearance in France in the 18th century, ushering in a new sense of freedom – a space where nature and nurture could meet and mingle, threaded with flower-lined paths winding between shrubberies, clusters of trees, plants and rocks, leading to a striking viewpoint, a water feature, a bridge, a ruin, a dead tree… A place for surprises and dreams; a place of unending fascination. Alice Shirley’s design perfectly expresses the bucolic charm of every English garden: a rustic scene peopled with deer and birds. A zig-zag path leads to the top of a flight of mossy steps, and a flowery arch – the gate of Paradise, perhaps! Where better to roam at will, sampling fresh delights, taking time to dream… Alice Shirley’s English garden embodies the true art of the French flâneur.
There are 10 colorways of the 90cm silk, and each has a unique feel from the others. There is even more to relish in 140cm mousselines, 45cm gavroches, and twillies. Do I want each color and format? Er, yes. (I've done this since I was a small child: when I like something I want it in every variation imaginable.)
From the Hermes website, The Story Behind:
What finer invitation to wander at leisure, than an English country garden? Designed by Nature herself, recreating the happy accidents of the natural scene, its unimagined alliances and improvised paths… Gardens à l’anglaise first made their appearance in France in the 18th century, ushering in a new sense of freedom – a space where nature and nurture could meet and mingle, threaded with flower-lined paths winding between shrubberies, clusters of trees, plants and rocks, leading to a striking viewpoint, a water feature, a bridge, a ruin, a dead tree… A place for surprises and dreams; a place of unending fascination. Alice Shirley’s design perfectly expresses the bucolic charm of every English garden: a rustic scene peopled with deer and birds. A zig-zag path leads to the top of a flight of mossy steps, and a flowery arch – the gate of Paradise, perhaps! Where better to roam at will, sampling fresh delights, taking time to dream… Alice Shirley’s English garden embodies the true art of the French flâneur.
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