Archive for the 'Articles' Category

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

29 Jul

Hermes Ad Campaigns with Carres

1936: Jeu des Omnibus et Dames Blanches 1955: Paddock Plasirs du Froid

23 Jul

The Evolution of Care Tags

(This is a work in progress that I will be updating periodically. I do have some tags from the 1950s. I just have to find them. I also see that in transferring data from my former site, some pics now appears as links instead. Sorry for the inconvenience.)   1938? Zodiaque 1959 Harnais de Ceremonie [...]

15 Jul

List of Jacquard Carres

Amours – bees (special edition exists with a kite jacquard) Carneval de Venise/Fetes Venitiennes – mandolin/lutes Christophe Colomb – sailing ship (not all editions) Ciels Byzantins – peacocks Comedie Italienne – double mandolins Cosmos – stars (only in 1999 re-edition) Credit Lyonnais, Londres 1870-1970 – bees Daimyo Princes du Soleil Levant – ginko leaves Emblemes [...]

13 Jan

Hermes’ Themes Year by Year

Every year, Hermes picks a theme for their collection: 1986 – Year of India 1987 – Feux d’Artifice 1988 – Exoticism 1989 – Viva la France 1990 – Open Air 1991 – Asia 1992 – Year by the Sea 1993 – Horse 1994 – Sun 1995 – On the Road again 1996 – Music 1997 [...]

01 Dec

French Elle article (2007)

This article is translated from the French. The carre in the woman’s hand in the photo is Washington’s Carriage by Cathy Latham. I would just die if I was in a room like that! — seton Nothing pure silk, anything for one… Seventy years already that the square Hermès hangs on to the neck of [...]