Hermes scarf expose in the Bungalow...

Hermes is all in the details...

from the hand rolled edges and the neatly spaced stitching,

 to their signature twill weave,

and then the talented artist designed prints.

And of course there are the orange boxes, 

the brown embossed grossgrain ribbons 

and the gift enclosure cards!

There are tips in the giveaway books and cards on how to wear and tie these lovelies.

This was the way my mom wore her scarves in the 60's and 70's.

It suits her and the Queen...but not me!

I wore mine like this in the mid 70's with my long wavy hippie chic hair and sterling silver hoop earrings.

In fact I had mine on at our wedding rehearsal dinner at the Chinese restaurant...

we had been renovating the suite that we were moving into and time was of the essence, 

so I did not have time to coif my hair...

just shower and go.

Those were the days when a lick and a promise were all it took!

I was a bit of a flower child anyhow.

This is one way I like to tie my scarf.

I love how "French" she looks!

and another...

I will be showing some more scarves in another post...

Saturday morning, the sun is shining!

We spent most of yesterday downtown walking in the sunshine.

Lots of great window shopping and that promised Christmas bangle from Mr. HB...

I am now wearing the sterling bangle TC&CO...1837.

I wear stackable bangles, 2 now are Tiffany and the rest are vintage finds, and one a gift from mother, who also wears stackable silver bangles on occasion.

Lovely to look at Tiffany's have an interesting blend of traditional and arty jewelry.

Mr. HB also needed more of his scent, which is really more for me...as I love it! 

Free samples from the clerk too for me to try.

BTW, lots of leather bags in store and two women test driving the Kelly and another the Birkin...lovely DIL and I were trying to guess what the sticker prices were after we left the store...one woman was toting the traditional Hermes orange. Oh and you should have seen the packaging!

                                                            View from our hotel...

We are off to explore the baby and maternity shops.

I have a list...and the family are ready.

Must go....bye for now!

Orange and blue boxes

What is it about packaging?
It is quite possible that I am impressed by packaging. Last year I purchased a gift for my lovely daughter in law from Tiffany's. It took me at least 30 minutes to choose the gift and nearly as long for the clerk to wrap and package said item! I was very impressed by the deft hand that the clerk exhibited when she so elegantly and precisely folded and tucked the tissue and slipped it into that blue envelope before placing it into the blue box and then tying, with out help, the ribbon into a bow! (I did offer to place my thumb on the ribbon to assist her in bow tying but she did not need it!)
One holds their breath opening a gift from Tiffany's. The multi wrapped and beribboned blue box cannot be rushed. Hermes orange, Cartier red, Tiffany blue they hold us captive for a few seconds or minutes, like the icing on the cake.
It reminds me of pass the present at a children's birthday party. The game where there are many layers of wrap and various boxes within boxes that are passed child to child and each one opens a layer until at last there is one layer left and whomever unwraps the last layer gets what is inside.
In the movie Love Actually, there is a shopping scene where Alan Rickman is purchasing a necklace and it is lavishly packaged, flowers, (they look like dried roses) are added with a flourish, lavender is sprinkled on top and before the process is complete, Alan mentions something to the clerk, played by Rowan Atkinson, "and I suppose you want to sprinkle it with chocolate buttons"!
Are we mad about the process of packaging?
I bought a gift at a local shop which specializes in Burberry items and quality garments. The price tags were removed, it was double wrapped in fine tissue, a gold seal bearing the name of the shop was affixed to the tissue, and was then gently placed inside a glossy black box and more seals were affixed to the bottom of the box, which was then tied up in gross grain ribbon and placed into a thick shiny, crest emblazoned carrier bag!
Is it all about the packaging?