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This is the website of seton. I have been a Hermes devotee all of my life and a collector for half of it. This site mostly exists to keep record of my notes. Hermes is a very old company and it's hard to keep track of their vast offerings.
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23 Feb

Les Bles (1956)

Designer: Hugo Grygkar

Year: 1956
Also 1960s, 1970s, 1985, 1990, 1998, 2006.
2006 version has contrasting roule instead of 1/2 inch border.

As seen in the 1956 catalogue:

1985 ad:

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22 Feb

Madison magazine article

I’ve been meaning to scan this and have finally gotten around to it. From an Austrailian magazine, an article on Hermes in conjunction with a traveling exhibition on Hermes leather. Click on thumbnails to view in full. Enjoy!

Madison, November 2010

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19 Feb

Eperon d’Or (1974)

Designer: Henri d’Origny

Year: 1974
Also in 1986, 1990, 1997, 2003, Fall 2010

Ref. no: 001599
About 63 colorways so far. 2010 issues will be easy to recognize because of the color-blocking.

From 1986 How to Wear:

From 2010 Carre Stories:

Pic of Copyright in 1986 issue:

Special Edition – 1986, KEENELAND RACE COURSE, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY:

Special Edition – COCA COLA:

QEII in 1996:

Vika Gazinskaya in 2011:
(She is wearing colorway 63. Similiar pic can be found in May 2011 Vogue.)

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17 Feb

Le fruites de mer

Designer: Charles Pittner

Year: Unknown (but probably 1940s)

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15 Feb

List of Designs issued in Cash/Silk GM

List of shawls Hermes has issued in cashmere/silk 140cm

(I haven’t been diligent about keeping the list current so this list is not comprehensive . . . just extensive):

A la Gloire de Guillaume
Anemones
Arabesque
Arabia – 2002
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12 Feb

Sauvagine en Vol (1986)

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