Hermes Love!

 

     A chance meeting in NYC in December, led to one of my daughter's favorite Christmas presents.  My BFF and I were noshing at Rue 57 and seated next to us was a fabulous woman.  You know the type...impeccable taste and effortless style. I complimented her on the beautiful scarf she was wearing.  She told me it was vintage Hermes, her father had given it to her when she was 18, and she has collected them ever since.
     My own daughter, Sophiefabulous, is quite the fashionista and had just turned 18, herself. So I thought, "What a great Christmas tradition!"  Off I went (my BFF + Hermes addict in tow) to the Hermes store, in search of the perfect "first scarf".
     There were SO many choices.  I knew I wanted something versatile and colorful, but most importantly, I wanted something that was "classic Hermes".  I finally decided on this one:

     I spent the rest of December worried that she wouldn't like it. (I get crazy over too many choices!)  I even went to my local Hermes store when I got back to Charlotte, to see if there was one she might like even more. In the end, I kept it and she LOVED it!

     She also collects fashion coffee table books, so I gave her the Hermes tome as well:

     360 pages of gorgeous scarves.

     And she got this fabulous green and white "H" bracelet, too:

     And how great is this???  They gave her this little set of "knotting cards" with different ways to wear her scarf.

     Check out these Hermes scarves as artwork.

(photo courtesy of claireblock.blogspot.com)

These are actually prints taken from a coffee table book:

(photo courtesy of littlelovely.typepad.com)

And made into pillows!!!

(photo courtesy of sfair.blogspot.com)

(photo courtesy of sfair.blogspot.com)

(photo courtesy of mermaidsandmartinis.blogspot.com)

This is the home of Kelly Bensimon, former Real Housewife of New York City:

(photo courtesy of sheknows.com)

And check out these incredible light fixtures!

(photo courtesy of nicolicious.com)

     I think for next Christmas, I'm going to  track down some vintage scarves and have pillows made from them.  Imagine the possibilities!  I'll keep you posted.