HERMES SILK TWILLY- LES CLES AU POIS
by CATY LATHAM
Les Cles is an Hermes classic, which means I don't like it. Not a hint of temptation. So why do I have this twilly? Well, a friend was in town and of course we went to the boutique and nothing was igniting my jets. But the marine color was drawing my eye, and the plumetis polka dots take the design from staid to a bit silly. My friend was also charmed by this so HAD to be twinsies.
From the Hermes Story Behind of the Les Cles scarf:
A Hermes classic, the keys are inspired by models in the Hermes collection at the Musee Le Secq des Tournelles in Rouen, a superb ensemble of antique fine metalwork. Forty-seven pieces are arranged in a circle around an embroidered purse. Each is authentic, each testifies to the extraordinary workmanship of the artisan silver- and goldsmiths who made it. One opened the doors of Notre-Dame, another was presented to the governor of the Low Countries, under the name Charles III. The bows (the rounded tops of the keys) take the form of lyres, or open books, arabesques or elaborate, intertwining scrolls, while the complexity of the web (the bottom part, designed to turn in the lock) hints at the importance of the secrets they protect.
From the Hermes Story Behind of the Les Cles scarf:
A Hermes classic, the keys are inspired by models in the Hermes collection at the Musee Le Secq des Tournelles in Rouen, a superb ensemble of antique fine metalwork. Forty-seven pieces are arranged in a circle around an embroidered purse. Each is authentic, each testifies to the extraordinary workmanship of the artisan silver- and goldsmiths who made it. One opened the doors of Notre-Dame, another was presented to the governor of the Low Countries, under the name Charles III. The bows (the rounded tops of the keys) take the form of lyres, or open books, arabesques or elaborate, intertwining scrolls, while the complexity of the web (the bottom part, designed to turn in the lock) hints at the importance of the secrets they protect.
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