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HERMÈS: FESTIVAL DES METIERS

The Hermes silk scarf was first introduced in 1937. The first scarf was named Jeu des Omnibus et Dames Blanches and featured a design of ladies in white wigs playing some period parlour game. The scarves, much like the bags are time consuming to create, taking on average two and half years to complete. Each is individually screen printed with vegetable dye and is left to dry for a month before the next layer of colour is applied. Each one contains around thirty-six different colours. Each hem is hand stitched. Should you want to, you can witness the making of a scarf at the Saatchi Gallery from May 21st. Admittedly it won’t be the making of a single scarf from start to finish as, well, you would be sat there for two and a half years, which seeing as the exhibition is on for a very short five days would also be physically impossible. But maybe there’ll be a a making of, a sort of step by step Blue Peter presentation with lots of “and here’s one I made earlier” type remarks.

Hermes: Festival des Metiers. A rendez-vous with the Hermes craftspeople.

Saatchi Gallery. London, SW3

21st- 27th May, 2013

www.hermes.com

by Natalie Dembinska for 10magazine

HERMÈS: FESTIVAL DES METIERS

Don’t you ever get this longing to be more arty. More crafty. This urge to just make small things that are fabulous. Don’t you ever think to yourself, when driving past on of those pottery shops where you can make things with clay, wouldn’t it be fabulous if Hermes had an arts and crafts evening. A once a week kind of affair, upstairs at the Bond Street boutique where you sit for an hour or two, sipping on champagne, discussing the merits of say a Birkin over a Kelly, and painting your own ashtray. Obviously theres a certain level of artistic ability required to paint your own ashtray. You couldn’t just be let loose on the Hermes porcelain. You would need instruction. A tutor. Someone who has made a life out of free hand painting on glossy surfaces. You could put in a petition to your local Hermes boutique demanding such lessons, or you could just go down to the Saatchi Gallery from May 21st and watch in awe and wonder.

Hermès: Festival des Metiers. A rendez-vous with the Hermes craftspeople.

Saatchi Gallery. London, SW3

21st- 27th May, 2013

www.hermes.com

by Natalie Dembinska for 10magazine

SUNDAY FAVORITE MALE BLOGGER’S OUTFIT | 20

Just because I love how they appear in their #ootd and just because the lens on my camera keeps failing to caught the beauty of my face, here you go. My choice, male bloggers with all fashion items they wore last week which I love.

Thibaud of Starecasers wore DIY t-shirt, Oak shorts, Dr.Martens boots, Herschel backpack, Weekday sunnies.

Matthew Zorpas of The Gentleman Blogger wore Suit, tie and shoes Dries van Noten, Shirt Custom Made (love this one), Sunglasses Cutler and Gross (wow one from Sasquatchfabrix), Panama hat Ecuador (Photos: Kit Lee).

Devid of Starecasers wore CheapMonday sweater, Weekday shirt, Weekday trousers, Dr.Martens shoes, leather cap, Spitfire sunnies, Granit backpack (not bad from Asos).

Bobby of Bobby Raffin wore Emilia’s Closet tie dye silk shawl, Earthshine Pyramid crystal quartz necklace, yin yang crystal quartz necklace and Dolphin friend necklace (all from Etsy), Gypsy Sale Dolphin graphic tank, Unif holographic platforms.

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LINE UP

For the gentlemen and for the women. What will be an outfit, looks, style without a dashing shoes and bags? Ok maybe shoes, we can leave our bags at home or in the car. I often leave my bag behind for a weekend, small pouch or wallet and mobile phone will do it for a weekend lunch or a strut on the shopping streets.

But shoes? Love it and adore it. I blame it to my parents, they had a successful shoes & bags store when I was a kid. So now everyone know where I got my shoes/bags addiction from.

There is an online-shop with shoes and bags as their speciality, they are famous in France and just celebrating their first year online-shop in the lowland, The Netherlands. I am talking about Sarenza.

Amazing range of brands of shoes from streets to fashion and turn to the left for some luxury. Blinded by labels (you will love their more than 600 contemporary, fashion and luxury labels) or just having huge amount of trust fund? Go directly to their Luxury section.

Find out their hundreds brands after click!

PUNK CATS

What happened when the ‘black tie & night-gown’ tradition as MET Gala trying to be controversial with a bit punk theme such as “Punk: Chaos to couture”? Cats on red carpet! Of course not, what happen was (proven) the MET’s guests stayed in with their black tie and night-gown.

And what happen when Creative Director as Grace Coddington expected something else than black tie and night gown and didn’t get it? Cats! Cats in her favorite ‘punks’ pieces that didn’t show up at the ball. Actually she also said while she was on the red carpet “I’d like to see some real punks here, like street punks.”

Do you like the head-to-tail looks on this punk felines?

Fun.

illustration by Grace Coddington via Vogue.com