Guaranteed authentic Hermes La Folle Parade silk twill scarf.
Featured in Bleu Azur and Bleu Encre colorway.
Designed by Claire Fanjul, the scarf is inspired by an 18th century engraving of a carnival float.
Hand rolled edge.
Comes with Signature Hermes box and ribbon.
NEW or NEVER WORN.
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SCARF MEASURES:
90cm x 90cm
CONDITION:
NEW or NEVER WORN
TIDS ‘n BITS:Â
“This young French illustrator creates her first scarf, expressing her whimsical world on silk. This Folle Parade, “an enchanting masquerade straight out of a toy box full of wonders”, was inspired by an 18th-century engraving depicting a carnival float in Rome. Humor, fantasy, and a touch of madness emerge from this composition. The float in the center is surmounted by turrets and pulled by a disguised, masked horse. A multitude of strange and humorous tableaux play out around the edges, with wheels, architectural features, masks, tortoises, men with animals’ heads, and jacks-in-the-box all busying themselves, frolicking around in constant motion.” Hermes
The Hermes Scarf Creation Process
The scarves average as many as 27 colours.
Each design is created by hand-design and then brought to the screen printing process.
The artist’s design is then broken down by Hermes engravers to unique films – one for each colour. As many as 47 films may be created for a single scarf.
During this time Brazilian silk is imported to France where the raw silk is woven – a process that can take up to three months.
Pigments are mixed and boiled to create perfect colours, and then the screens are applied to the silk which is stretched over the printing table.
Each screen applies new colour and pattern. When dry they are steamed to set them in place.
Finally the silk is cut into squares and seamstresses hand roll and sew the edges with silk thread that creates the signature edging of an Hermes scarf.
An Hermes scarf can take 18 months to create, and they are loved an collected with appreciation for the expert and attention detail that goes into each one.
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