HERMES 140cm SILK SCARF - ELEFTHERIA
by ELIAS KAFOUROS
When the 90cm Eleftheria scarf came out in 2021, it was remarkable for a few reasons: there were none of Elias Kafouros' horsepeople, there were gigantic letters in the design, and it was rumored to be unavailable in the United States (the rumor was that US buyers felt the letters would be a turn-off for their market). So when I saw one in my local boutique, I literally grasped and just about yanked it out of the display case. It. Was. Gorgeous. I absolutely loooooved the layers of details.
But one of the challenges of scarf buying in times of COVID was trying on scarves while wearing a mask. I have absolutely no problems with wearing a mask but it completely changes how colors work. So I fell in love with it - colorway 07: ochre/Bleu cobalt - while I was wearing a light blue mask. When I got home and began to play in my closet without my mask... well, let's just say most shades of yellow are not 'my color'. I wanted to find a different colorway and figured I could exchange it since my SA hadn't heard this scurrilous rumor of US unavailability. Alas the rumors were true. (It should also be noted that I am oddly drawn to cobalt blue but absolutely cannot make it work with my wardrobe - as the rehome pile can attest.)
For more than two years my shins were bruised for kicking myself (even today, part of me thinks I could make colorway 07 work). Then the 140cm silk came out. It's not a summer silk (that lighter weight vintage/wash feel) - it's a regular twill. I tried on a few at the boutique but was gunshy of making another colorway mistake. A few months went by with me longing for the design but afraid of my poor judge of color. And then this appeared in the boutique and I was in heaven. Normally I'd avoid anything with so much brown in it (again, feel free to see the error of my ways in the rehome pile) but every color has infinite tones and somehow this seems to work.
My challenge now is twofold: taming all the fabric, and wearing this when most of the year is an inferno.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
Elias Kafouros commemorates the bicentenary of his country's independence and celebrates the courage of his compatriots. His design unfolds like a flag and each letter of the Greek word for 'freedom' is written in a characteristic landscape of the country's three regions: Continental Greece, the Peloponnese, and the islands of the Aegean Sea. Mountainside houses, bell towers, ancient colonnades, bridges, and terraces flower at the heart of luxurious nature. A lake is superimposed at the center of the letter THETA, taking the shape of a blue eye - a symbol the Greeks believe as warding off bad luck. Here, it symbolizes citizens' open gaze regarding their cultural, social and human heritage. Resolutely swayed towards the future.
But one of the challenges of scarf buying in times of COVID was trying on scarves while wearing a mask. I have absolutely no problems with wearing a mask but it completely changes how colors work. So I fell in love with it - colorway 07: ochre/Bleu cobalt - while I was wearing a light blue mask. When I got home and began to play in my closet without my mask... well, let's just say most shades of yellow are not 'my color'. I wanted to find a different colorway and figured I could exchange it since my SA hadn't heard this scurrilous rumor of US unavailability. Alas the rumors were true. (It should also be noted that I am oddly drawn to cobalt blue but absolutely cannot make it work with my wardrobe - as the rehome pile can attest.)
For more than two years my shins were bruised for kicking myself (even today, part of me thinks I could make colorway 07 work). Then the 140cm silk came out. It's not a summer silk (that lighter weight vintage/wash feel) - it's a regular twill. I tried on a few at the boutique but was gunshy of making another colorway mistake. A few months went by with me longing for the design but afraid of my poor judge of color. And then this appeared in the boutique and I was in heaven. Normally I'd avoid anything with so much brown in it (again, feel free to see the error of my ways in the rehome pile) but every color has infinite tones and somehow this seems to work.
My challenge now is twofold: taming all the fabric, and wearing this when most of the year is an inferno.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
Elias Kafouros commemorates the bicentenary of his country's independence and celebrates the courage of his compatriots. His design unfolds like a flag and each letter of the Greek word for 'freedom' is written in a characteristic landscape of the country's three regions: Continental Greece, the Peloponnese, and the islands of the Aegean Sea. Mountainside houses, bell towers, ancient colonnades, bridges, and terraces flower at the heart of luxurious nature. A lake is superimposed at the center of the letter THETA, taking the shape of a blue eye - a symbol the Greeks believe as warding off bad luck. Here, it symbolizes citizens' open gaze regarding their cultural, social and human heritage. Resolutely swayed towards the future.
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