HERMES 90cm SILK SCARF - TULIPOMANIE
by ALINE HONORE
This Aline Honore design was first issued in 2023 and the scarf community went gaga for it. I'm not particularly fond of big floral patterns (feels kind of old ladyish to me) and as far as flowers go tulips are okay but not fabuous (I'm a petunia, hibiscus and hyacinth gal). So I resisted this for months. One day I popped into a local consignment shop and this was in the display case so I figured 'why not try it'. Ermagerd now I see why everyone was so enamored with it! The colors are spectacular, and I for one did not know how many shapes a tulip came in.
The cashmere giant triangle came out in 2024 and again the scarf world was agog. This time I totally got it but I've yet to get it because buying cashmeres in the hot summer seems so foolish. Hope I don't kick myself later on!
From the Hermes Story Behind:
In 17th century Holland, tulips unleashed passions and drove more than one collector mad, triggering an epidemic of "tulipmania". Everyone sought the most beautiful and most precious flowers, with petals whose edges were either smooth or indented, almost chased, and in graduated shades that complemented and merged into one another in infinite variations. Arousing the curiosity of botanists, tulips also enthralled artists, who made them the subject of vanitas paintings, and writers who immortalized their Romanesque significance. Under Aline Honore's skilled hand, these flowers tell of nature's refinement, the changing seasons, and the passage of time... and trigger a new outbreak of tulipmania!
The cashmere giant triangle came out in 2024 and again the scarf world was agog. This time I totally got it but I've yet to get it because buying cashmeres in the hot summer seems so foolish. Hope I don't kick myself later on!
From the Hermes Story Behind:
In 17th century Holland, tulips unleashed passions and drove more than one collector mad, triggering an epidemic of "tulipmania". Everyone sought the most beautiful and most precious flowers, with petals whose edges were either smooth or indented, almost chased, and in graduated shades that complemented and merged into one another in infinite variations. Arousing the curiosity of botanists, tulips also enthralled artists, who made them the subject of vanitas paintings, and writers who immortalized their Romanesque significance. Under Aline Honore's skilled hand, these flowers tell of nature's refinement, the changing seasons, and the passage of time... and trigger a new outbreak of tulipmania!
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