HERMES 140cm CASHMERE SHAWL - TOUS LES BATEAUX DU MONDE
by ALINE HONORE
I was late to the Aline Honore game! Yes, one of my oldest and most beloved shawls is hers (La Vie du Gran Nord) but I didn't really 'get' her work until I expanded my knotting universe. My eyes have opened!
I'm not one for maritime themes, so I resisted this boat-y design until I realized how exquisite the border is, and the contrast hem is spectacular. I usually knot it so the border and hem take center stage, not just because they are heavenly but also because the center is dark and I feel like Elvira - link inserted for the youth. (And just like Mon Premier Galop will always be My Little Pony in my head, this may become Boaty McBoatface because the real title is kind of long-ish.)
This was also issued in a 90cm carre, but I haven't seen a colorway that has made me actively hunt for one.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
A long history of working together links Hermes to France's National Maritime Museum. In 2010, the latter presented marvelous models made at the request of Admiral Paris, an insatiable discoverer. Engineer, painter, illustrator, ethnologist, and writer, he travelled the seven seas and became Curator of the Museum in 1871. With Aline Honore having taken full liberty in interpreting his models, she thus pays tribute to the man and to the exhibition, as it is also the name of the scarf. From the Tagus River to Calcutta, while travelling through [sic] Chili or Pondicherry, this is an invitation to travel in silk - for oneself.
I'm not one for maritime themes, so I resisted this boat-y design until I realized how exquisite the border is, and the contrast hem is spectacular. I usually knot it so the border and hem take center stage, not just because they are heavenly but also because the center is dark and I feel like Elvira - link inserted for the youth. (And just like Mon Premier Galop will always be My Little Pony in my head, this may become Boaty McBoatface because the real title is kind of long-ish.)
This was also issued in a 90cm carre, but I haven't seen a colorway that has made me actively hunt for one.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
A long history of working together links Hermes to France's National Maritime Museum. In 2010, the latter presented marvelous models made at the request of Admiral Paris, an insatiable discoverer. Engineer, painter, illustrator, ethnologist, and writer, he travelled the seven seas and became Curator of the Museum in 1871. With Aline Honore having taken full liberty in interpreting his models, she thus pays tribute to the man and to the exhibition, as it is also the name of the scarf. From the Tagus River to Calcutta, while travelling through [sic] Chili or Pondicherry, this is an invitation to travel in silk - for oneself.
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