12 things every fashionista wants to know about Hermès silk scarves
Since the 90s, Hermès silk scarves were born and then quickly became a global fashion phenomenon admired by many fashionistas and fashionistas.
If you think you are a true fashionista or want to become a stylish fashionista, you certainly cannot help but know or be curious about the history of formation, creative process and value of the Hermès brand.
1. Hermès’ silk printing workshop is located in the city of Lyon, the French fashion capital.
2. Hermès’s first Carré 90x90cm square silk scarf was born in 1937, made entirely by hand with pure silk imported from Brazil.
3. Also on the launch day of this scarf, more than 100,000 square silk scarves were sold.
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The attractiveness and elegance of the Hermès silk scarf
4. Each design in the workshop takes two years to complete, from the time the idea is approved by product creative director Bali Barrett in Paris until the finished product is born in Lyon.
5. The person behind this accessory is the fashion house – French expert Kamel Hamadou.
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Kamel Hamadou
6. A seemingly simple shawl with 46 colors would require about 2,000 hours of hand weaving and 46 separate silk rolls.
7. After finishing, Hermès products are rinsed with boiling water to completely adhere the color.
8. Hermès often recommends that customers only dry clean this accessory.
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Manual production process to create a silk scarf
9. According to Kamel Hamadou, Hermès used a moth to give birth to 400 silkworms, each of which ate more than 15 kg of mulberry leaves, creating 450 km of thread, from which it was woven into a scarf.
10. Each season, Hermès’ creative team pours all its energy into a theme to create just 10 new designs.
11. Kamel Hamadou once told fans of Hermès scarves: `It takes two years to make and only two minutes to buy!`.
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12. Hermès silk scarves became famous very quickly and appeared more and more in the upper class, from former American First Lady Jackie Onassis to British Queen Elizabeth II;
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