Image from Le Musée des Années Trente, 1929
This was a project for a proposed magazine cover.painted by the Russian expat artist
Alexandre Zinoview. Zinoview also designed costumes for the French Music Halls in the 1920-1930's.
This was a project for a proposed magazine cover.painted by the Russian expat artist
Alexandre Zinoview. Zinoview also designed costumes for the French Music Halls in the 1920-1930's.
As the last leaves fall, Paris changes moods. The days are shorter, darker and colder. Nothing offsets the chill like a beautiful scarf. After living in Paris for over 16 years I have the scarf habit too. No one goes out with out one. Men women and children all wrap up beautifully with a French flair. Winter isn’t so blue when greeted with gorgeous hues.
There is nothing like a silk Carré (square) from Hermes, Paris. Hermes is a House who consistently translates their Patrimony into dignified and enchanting products. Hermes was founded in 1837 as a harness and saddle maker on the Grand Boulevards of Paris. They successfully kept up with the times moving into luxury leather good and sportswear. By the 1930 they were purveying jewelry hand bags boots shoes and the famous square silk scarf. Hermes shares how to wear their scarves like a Parisian
Whether one is European, French or expat American, we all wear scarves in Paris as the weather turns.
Belgium-born Actress Audrey Hepburn
French writer Collette
Image from Actress By Andrew Baseman
Image from Actress By Andrew Baseman
American Interior decorator and expat Elsie De Wolfe photographed by Louis Dahl Wolfe.
Image from The Scarf By Andrew Baseman
Image from The Scarf By Andrew Baseman