No longer just a scarf, countless creative ideas of showing off these art pieces have been shared over the years, e.g. framed and hung as home decor, several ways of converting it into various fashionable tops and skirts, neckties, belts.

Since 1937, the silk scarves of French fashion house, Hermès, has become an iconic fashion accessory that is recognized all over the world. Hermès scarves and shawls have been collected and adorned by celebrities and royals throughout history, from Audrey Hepburn to Grace Kelly and even Queen Elizabeth II. 

Renowned artists are commissioned each year to create elaborate artworks with bright, vibrant color combinations. An individual scarf typically integrates 20 to 30 different hues, each printed from a unique silkscreen process that can take hundreds of hours to complete. Each one is painstakingly screen-printed, with each color allowed to dry before the next is applied. These art pieces have proved to be timeless collectable pieces of history.

DESIGN HISTORY:
A harness is the name given to all the elements that go together to attach a horse to a carriage. This complex piece of equipment includes many buckles. At the end of the 1970s, inspired by pieces preserved in the Émile Hermès collection, Françoise de La Perrière designed a composition called Bouclerie d’attelage, thus paying homage to the original trade of the house’s founder, the Parisian harness-maker Thierry Hermès. In a modern take on the original design, Bouclerie d’attelage has been stylised and simplified, favouring flat tint areas and boldly drawn outlines to emerge anew as Bouclerie moderne.