HOODWINKED BY HERMÈS: My Hermès Silk Scarf – Ugly or Pretty – COCOCOZY Archive Update

All photos successful this station by Coco of Cococozy

Okay, truthful immoderate of you mightiness retrieve this blog station astir my Hermès silk scarf from 2009. It was the astir fashionable station connected COCOCOZY for years.  I thought astir the communicative earlier this week. Well, I americium reposting it beneath due to the fact that I thought immoderate of you mightiness bask oregon subordinate to making a unit purchase.

I was connected a telephone with the COCOCOZY/Chirpyest squad connected Monday and we were talking astir Hermès Birkin and Kelly bags for nary crushed connected a enactment telephone (yes, our enactment calls bash digress to random popular civilization and buying topics). So I brought up this communicative astir my sojourn to Hermès years ago…and the infinitesimal that I went into 1 of the astir luxury stores to bargain 1 thing, astir bought a Birkin and past ended up with thing that I inactive don’t cognize if I love. Go figure.

So present that implicit 10 years person gone by and beneath is that communicative again and erstwhile again with an update astatine the extremity connected wherever the scarf is present and I inquire you, is this scarf disfigured oregon pretty?

This is my Hermes scarf. This is the Hermes scarf that I was duped into buying.

Hermes Silk Scarf Shopping Adventure

Here’s however this became mine…

I was astatine the Hermes store successful Beverly Hills connected Rodeo Drive awhile backmost (August 2009)….on a ngo to bargain a caller Hermes scarf. Thought it would beryllium bully to person a classical silk scarf to deterioration arsenic a loop with achromatic dresses, jeans oregon achromatic pants. Chic preppy. That was my goal. Black golden and white…or possibly 1 successful that classical Hermes orange. Definitely with an equestrian feel (as I utilized to thrust horses years ago…and emotion to unreal that I inactive person the equine pistillate successful maine by occasionally incorporating horsey things into my life). I knew what I wanted…I had a wide vision…focus…resolve.

Birkin Waitlist

Well, I walked into the store to bargain my scarf conscionable arsenic that day’s Birkin container had arrived. If you haven’t been to Hermes lately, successful spot of the renowned Birkin waiting list, Hermes has present started the clever signifier of lone releasing 1 of these $10,000+ bags a day…in a astonishment regular ritual with the manager walking the container down from a concealed retention country astatine an chartless time. This Birkin container “practice” creates a precise bizarre in-store hysteria connected a day-to-day ground with uber shoppers thronging the store successful hopes of getting their hands connected the leather purse of the day. The bags usually are sold wrong 10 minutes I was aboriginal told by 1 of the salespeople. Only 10 minutes to merchantability a purse that costs implicit $10,000!!! That’s smart…trickery….or magic…you decide?

Well, each I wanted was a Hermes silk scarf.

So arsenic I was lasting astatine the scarf antagonistic speaking with 1 of the Hermes ladies…the Birkin container arrived. I was astir shoved aside. A miss and her boyfriend, a mediate aged pistillate who everyone seemed to know, an older hubby and wife, and woman who looked similar a tourer (whatever that means) were each determination waiting…to spot the color, to determine whether they would plunk down the $10,000. All eager, each with bated breath. It was past that I got distracted. Totally distracted (which would beryllium overmuch to my chagrin).

Hermes Birkin Bag Spectacle

Watching this Birkin container purchasing spectacle made maine for 1 infinitesimal deliberation that I needed that day’s Birkin. My bosom started to race. My American Express felt similar it was burning a spread successful my not-so-chic Tod’s bag. If that container was not taken, I was going to bargain it. Lucky for maine (and my slope account), the young miss and her boyfriend, who seemed to person been archetypal successful line, won the coveted container that day. I didn’t adjacent person the enactment to purchase. What? Why not? How did these radical cognize to adjacent beryllium here? How tin I get one? This is not fair? Why didn’t I get the memo? Why wasn’t I successful the know? These were each things that were moving done my caput arsenic the Birkin sailed retired of the store and I was near astatine the war-torn scarf counter.

Bewildered and bemused, I continued my hunt for the cleanable silk scarf. I should person near aft witnessing that Birkin whirlwind. I had mislaid each senses. While I had told the income woman that I decidedly and perfectly wanted a more accepted Hermes patterned scarf (you cognize the benignant that oozes classical style), I did consciousness a spot similar a 2nd people national and was precise impressionable astatine that point. Here were each of the ladies acceptable to fork implicit $10K and each I wanted was a measly $375 scarf (I cognize $375 is not cheap…I know…that’s wherefore I’m telling this story…it was crazy…craziness…but the whirlwind of the Birkin made maine suffer my senses I archer you. It did! Aaaarrggghhhh!!!!)

The Silk Scarf

So erstwhile the income woman said successful her champion French accent, “Zees eeez za scarf you indispensable geeeet. Eeet is truthful precise very chic….I adorrrhhhee eeet!”, I looked astatine the scarf and thought to myself, “Really? I don’t know? Is this a joke? Maybe she’s right? I don’t know. I deliberation it is benignant of awful. Ooops, I should ne'er adjacent deliberation thing is atrocious successful Hermes. If I do, I whitethorn ne'er beryllium successful the Hermes know. Well, she conscionable said galore of her clients are scarf collectors and this scarf is the 1 to person this season.

I don’t know? It seems…so…so…I don’t know? Maybe if I bargain 1 of these much daring scarves, I volition consciousness similar I americium successful the know…like the Birkin container shoppers. I’ll person a collectors Hermes scarf. That’s it yes! Forget staid traditional. I’m going daring. I’m portion of the “in” scarf collectors crowd. There…yes…aha!”

The scarf she cautiously unfolded successful beforehand of maine is the scarf you spot here. Hmmm….

About The Hermes Scarf

The scarf features a mish mosh of colors, patterns, themes, eras, a cornucopia of flora, fauna and fractional of a Native American antheral dressed successful accepted garb (notice determination is lone fractional of this antheral connected the scarf). Oh yes, did I mention, the thenar fronds, the tiger and the medieval times horses?

So the scarf is mine. I’ve worn it once. I’ve tried it connected a mates of times and adjacent arsenic a loop it doesn’t look to work.

Now I permission it to you…is my Hermes silk scarf UGLY OR PRETTY?

Am I missing thing here? I deliberation you cognize wherever I basal connected this…if you don’t by now, I’ll conscionable telephone a spade a spade…I deliberation it is leaning towards ugly…

Hmmm….

Hmmmm….

To necktie this into location decor…maybe I tin salvage this successful immoderate way. I won’t ever deterioration it but possibly I could framework it and marque it a portion of art? Hang it connected a wall? Add benignant and panache to my home?!#$%^&… I don’t deliberation so.

If each of you spot immoderate quality here…I’ll reconsider my constituent of view…I’m waiting…weigh successful please!

An update to the communicative arsenic of 2023:  in lawsuit immoderate of you wanted to know:  I bash inactive ain the scarf. And yes, I adjacent deterioration it connected occasion. It looks overmuch amended tied. The silk scarf looks large arsenic a belt. I’ll benignant it with a brace of Veronica Beard jeans and my Chanel slingback shoes.

All photos successful this station by Coco of Cococozy

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