Sunday, June 22, 2014

MOUSSELINES

Living in the South means hot, sticky summers.  It's hard to wear silk twill, and while cashmere helps ward off air conditioning sometimes all I want is the ethereal featherweight of a mousseline (chiffon).  Hermes no longer produces PMs, but continues to make GMs and stoles.

Cheval Fleuri (Floral Horse) is one of Hermes' more classic designs, originally produced in 1962.  The Henri d'Origny pattern - which makes me think of Lady Godiva - was reissued in twill for Neiman Marcus' 100th anniversary. The PM Mousseline (the white one) came out in 2005; I picked up the GM at the NYC sale in 2007.


Grafisme stoles are iridescent gradients from 2007.  No clue who the artist is.


Cavalcadour, like Cheval Fleuri, is a classic Henri d'Origny design from the early 1960s that has been reissued many times.

Vol Amoureux des Azures (Flight of the Special Blue Lovers?) is a 2007 Toutsy creation featuring butterflies and what may be cherry blossoms.  Issued in silk twill as well as PM mousseline.  Love the contrasting hem!

POO!  Otherwise known as Pierres d'Orient et d'Occident (Eastern and Western stones), this Zoe Pauwels 1988 design has been reissued a couple of times in twill and GMCS.  This is an extinct PM.

Au Coeur de la Vie (The Heart of Life) was originally issued in 2007.  The Aline Honore design was reissued in PM mousseline and in 70cm.


Les Pivoines (Peonies) was originally issued in 1978, then reissued several times without the basketweave background a couple of times.  I had no idea it came in a PM mouss in 2006, but thanks to an online consignment shop I'm a lucky girl!

Brides Rebelles came to me by way of a selfless collector who found the last one in the US.  This 2010 Benoit Pierre Emery design also came in twill without the multicolor background.

Treve de l'Eau (The Watering Hole) is a 2005 Robert Dallet creation.  This late artist is known for his realistic depictions of animals, particularly African critters.  Can't recall when this came out in GM mouss.

De Tout Coeur (Wholeheartedly), from Zoe Pauwels, came out in 2007.  This is so lovely with a pink shirt.

Quintessence, another Zoe Pauwels design, celebrates music.  This 2010 mousseline is a shimmery changeant.