Hermès Scarf - costumes

One of the fun aspects of getting new Hermès scarves is the research and the results.  Here is the Costumes scarf, showing women's outfits in the area of France that is part of Normandy.

This lovely scarf was  designed by Zoé Pauwels in 1989.   

The scarf is signed, "Zoé" in the bottom left corner.  

The scarf shows the outfits worn by some women of the departments of Calvados, l'Orne, and  La Manche, which are found in parts of what is Normandy today.  In this map of the departments of France, it is the left half of the rust red color labeled "Normandie."  

In the image above is the title of the scarf, showing a pile of the lovely lace "coiffes" popular in that part of France.  These hats were worn during celebrations when I was there as late as the '60s.  My father asked the woman who had sheltered him during WWII to show us her hat.  It was remarkable.  A phenomenal amount of work goes into them.

The scarf in general looks like an etching or a series of etchings, and a quick google of the title yields a book published in 1830 and reprinted in 1988.  The original contains 105 plates, hand colored.

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The picture above is at the center of the scarf,

and has HERMÈS - PARIS.

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The colors were chosen by the artist and may not reflect the originals.

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Note that this picture also has © HERMÈS.

Here are other ladies on the scarf.  I was unable to find original etchings.

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The green dyes used on the earlier Hermès scarves are not stable and often show fading (or washing) to yellow.  I won't feel guilty wearing this one.

These scarves always drape well.

  

To see the other Hermès scarves I have blogged, 

click here.