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As Promised the Inspiration for the Presentation de Chevaux HERMES Silk Scarf

Anyone, who loves the Carre will have undoubtedly noticed the longstanding love affair Hermes has had with the horse.  Many scarves have featured the horse throughout the carre’s introduction 1937.  Whether a scarf features a single horse, such as the Frontaux et Cocardes, several horses, like our subject matter today or horse riding venues and […]

Ecuries, The Inspiration behind this coveted Hermes scarf

Écuries, Stables, has, as the name suggests, a very equestrian themes, so popular with many vintage Hermès carrés.  As the name promises, we see horses, all twenty of them, in their respective stables. Hugo Grygkar, The Father of the Carre, as I like to call him, designed this fabulous scarf in 1947, which was reissued in 1993 and […]

Walking the streets of Paris

I have decided to revisit some of my favorite places and neighborhoods in Paris on foot.  Wednesday, I ventured to the Palais-Royal, where unfortunately many of the shops were closed for their summer holiday.  My walk took me to some of my favorite spots… Disappointed as the majority of their windows were being worked on, […]