07 Jun

“Monarch” (1974)

Designer: Xavier de Poret

Year: 1974, 1979?

Queen Elizabeth II wearing Monarch in 1978:

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24 May

Singes (1939)

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Artist: Jacques Naim

Year: 1939

Ref no: 1010

Note: only carre by this artist

Photo: HSCI

30 Apr

Cosmos (1966)

 

Artist: Philippe LeDoux

Year: 1966, 1991, 1999

Ref. 1426

Note: 1999 version has a stars jacquard and does NOT have the large ring in the middle like the previous versions.

From the 1966 catalogue: 65182_574589939223884_1635197174_n

From 1991 booklet: cosmos1991

From 1999 booklet: cosmos1999

From 1992: cosmos

Also in 1998 Having Fun with your Hermes Scarf (not shown.

Special Edition: 2003 for Air France’s 70th Anniversary cosmos

Cosmos enamel bracelet: cosmos-bracelet

27 Apr

Les Voitures à Transformation (1965)

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Artist: Françoise de la Perrière

Year: 1965, 1981, 1990, 2000, 2008 (as 70cm), Sp 2013

Literature:

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Note: 2013 version has color-blocked border voitures001422S40

Note: original issue does not have copyright symbol

Ref. 001422 (currently over 40 colorways)

Photo credits: fumifashionfiles, hermes

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12 Apr

Le Cameleon Peinture (1998)

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Designer: Christine Henry

Year: 1998

Note: Part of the “Histoire Sur Soie” series. A series of  whimsical gavroches marketed toward mother and child. They were packed in specially designed boxes in the shape of a book with specially designed light colored ribbon to tie. The price point was about 25% more than the regular gavroches.

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This came in three colorways.

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Rough translation of the writing on the gavroche:

 ‘Le Cameleon Peintre’ (The Painting Chameleon) 

It tells us the story of a time when animals and plants were devoid of any color. One day, a chameleon fell asleep in the sun (having had too much lunch). When it awoke, it went to the river to drink, saw its reflection in the water and realized that it became pretty iridescent. Full of delight he went to its animal friends to show its new coloration. As the others wanted their share of color as well, the chameleon started to paint the other animals. Every animal had different ideas on color and design, some simple, some pretty complicated. When all the painting was done, the chameleon realized that it lost his own colors completely. It became very sad and cried all night, watched by the moon. The moon went to see the sun to tell her the story of the chameleon which became a victim of its generosity. The sun went to see the chameleon and by stroking it with her rays, she painted many different colors on the chameleon. This is how the chameleon came to its richness of colors and the ability to change colors whenever it wishes.

 

24 Mar

H Comme Hermes (2000)

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Artist: Zoe Pauwels

Year: 2000

Ref no: 2074

Notes from seton: supposedly this was designed in the 1980s but was not printed until much later. Very similar to the artist’s Aube (2002). Very rare and obscure so this was the only picture I could find of it.