Introduction

This is an unusual Scarf of the Moment post in that it includes two amazing formats of one design. I have done this before, with the 90cm and twilly versions of Dans un Jardin Anglais and also with the 90cm and cashmere/silk shawl versions of Plumes en Fête. Here are the 90cm silk twill scarf and the cashmere/silk giant triangle versions of the gorgeous Tulipomanie designed by Aline Honoré. Information about both will be interspersed throughout this post.

The silk twill scarf

Before the new Spring/Summer 2023 Hermès scarf designs began to appear online, I had already decided that I was not going to purchase any more scarves or shawls of any size until the price fell, if it ever did. That was a firm decision.

Really, it was…

Definitely…

Oh well, my firm “resolution” lasted a few weeks! One of the new scarves began to attract my attention. I quickly realised that I loved it in many of the colourways. This is very unusual for me as one colourway usually stands out beyond the rest, but this scarf looked wonderful across the board.

Eventually, I decided that one particular scarf might work with my wardrobe with the scarf’s blues, silver grey and purples. That scarf is Tulipomanie designed by Aline Honoré, 90cm silk twill, colourway #02 Argent, Violet, Bleu, Ref: H003964S 02.

Description of the silk twill scarf

The scarf in a beautiful study of different kinds of tulips. The flowers are arranged on a plain background with space between them so that an onlooker can distinguish between each carefully drawn tulip. Every bloom is a gorgeous delight of colour, contrast and shading. Some of the scarves have a wide variety of colours, others, such as #16, have a more limited palette. In this case, oranges and greys. I also loved the scarf with the pink background, #03, but, as my previous purchase was Robe Légère with a similar pink background, I felt like I had to ignore this!

The colourway that I chose, #02, has a pale silver-grey background and the tulips are drawn in shades of blue, purple, violet, pink, and yellow. Some of the flowers are of the full-blown “parrot” varieties, others have the stripes associated with “viridiflora” types; some are tightly furled, others have wide open petals. The whole scarf is a study in colour and pattern.

NB: Please let me know if you notice any inaccuracies in my writing about tulips. I know that I love them, but am also aware that I don’t know enough about them!

Colourways for the silk twill scarf

These are the colourways for the Spring/Summer 2023 silk twill 90cm scarves. I have added in the codes to help those of you who may wish to purchase a scarf.

The cashmere/silk giant triangle

The Autumn/Winter 2024 season has some gorgeous scarves and shawls, but I was thrilled to see another version of Tulipomanie: a cashmere/silk giant triangle. I haven’t purchased this format before, although I have some cashmere/silk 140cm shawls. The triangle shape works really well and is far less expensive.

Anyway, I had a bit of a dilemma about which colourway to choose. I loved the one with the navy background, but I recently bought a shawl with this colour background: Le Jaguar et le Colibri. So, I decided on the one below. The purchasing code is H363964S 03, the dimensions are L 188 x H 94 cm, and the colours are Vermillon / Bleu Cobalt / Fuschia.

Description of the cashmere/silk giant triangle

As I own such a pretty and subtle colourway of the silk 90cm version of the design, I decided to choose something completely different! I was a little concerned that the very bright vermillion background might swamp me, particularly since my hair turned grey, but I loved the colours of the tulips and the overall effect of the shawl. This is a real mood lifter! How could anyone feel miserable wearing these amazing colours!

The six beautifully drawn tulips are placed carefully across the triangle and are coloured in many hues: cobalt blue, fuchsia pink, green and white. There is also an interesting shade of yellow and a pale orange. Each flower is outlined in black and the rolled edge of the scarf is in white.

Colourways for the cashmere/silk giant triangle

These are the gorgeous giant triangle cashmere/silk versions of Tulipomanie, produced for the Autumn/Winter 2024 season, together with their purchasing codes:

There is also an incredible embroidered version! The purchase code is H593964S 20. The Hermès website says the following about this beautiful (and very expensive scarf)…

“The delicate Tulipomanie design by Aline Honoré is printed on silk twill in a black and white version. A shower of multicolored and iridescent confetti is thrown onto the fabric and embroidered by hand.

Dimensions: 34.8″ x 34.8″ | As this scarf is hand-rolled, the dimensions indicated may vary.”

Hermès has announced that a 45cm gavroche, Tulipomanie Detail, is planned for the Autumn/Winter 2025 season. I am adding the colourways as I come across them. The full details will also be written here as soon as I see them. Please let me know via the comments if you have the Hermès codes for the ones I have just uploaded (26/06/25).

Design story

This has been taken from the Hermès website:

Details of the silk twill scarf

Here are some closeups of my scarf in a slideshow format:

Details of the cashmere/silk giant triangle

Here are some close-ups of my shawl in a slideshow format:

How I wear the scarf and giant triangle

As I have been so poorly recently, I have not had much opportunity to wear either version. Well, the weather certainly isn’t suitable for cashmere/silk at the time of writing. I have, however, taken photos with the silk scarf to show a variety of knots (see the next section). This time I decided to try the scarf with different cashmere jumpers in a range of colours. You can see how the scarf reacts to differing background colours…

The cashmere sweaters are from Marks and Spencer, John Lewis, Pure Collection and WoolOvers and in the colours: navy, light grey, purple and lilac.

Here is a collage I made of one outfit:

I have tried on the giant triangle. It will look great with clothes in navy and cobalt blue. This is what it looks like with a bright blue, oh and it definitely needs lipstick!

Scarf ties

I have tried on this scarf in a variety of ways. At the moment, as it is so new, the silk fabric is very crisp and stiff so doesn’t fall easily into soft folds. Anyway, you can get the general idea of how it looks when worn. The mother-of-pearl scarf ring is by MaiTai.

I don’t know all of the names of these scarf ties, but here goes:

From the top left, downwards: cowboy cowl knot, cowboy knot, half bow knot.
Centre, downwards: asymmetric wrap, cowl knot.
Top right, downwards: something I made up (!), criss-cross knot, something else I don’t have a name for 😂😂😂.

As for the giant triangle shawl, I need to experiment to find out which ties will work best. I did try out a couple, see above, but I am sure that there are more ways to wear this beautiful shawl. Any ideas?

Background information

I tried to find some background information about the wonderful artist, Aline Honoré, but could not find anything worth posting here. It is about time someone wrote a piece about her work! Edit: I have found a video, added below, that does give us information about this artist!

Here, I have listed a few sources of information about tulips themselves, plus something about Tulip Mania.

Amsterdam Tulip Museum: The Tulip
https://amsterdamtulipmuseum.com/tulip/
Interesting information about these gorgeous flowers.

BBC Gardener’s World Magazine: How to Grow Tulips
https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-tulips/
Detailed and useful pages with plenty of videos.

Royal Horticultural Society: Tulip
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/tulip
Set of pages about these flowers with information about the types of tulip and how to grow them.

Wikipedia: Tulips
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip
A comprehensive article about the flower.

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Amsterdam Tulip Museum: Holland and Tulipmania
https://amsterdamtulipmuseum.com/topics/holland-and-tulipmania/
A set of interesting articles about this phenomenon.

English Heritage: Tulips through time: from “Mania” to “Mainstream”
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/tulips-time-mania-mainstream/
Blog post on the history of tulips and where to visit them in the UK.

Farmer Gracy: Tulip Mania, the “Bubble” Caused by the Love of Flowers
https://www.farmergracy.co.uk/blogs/farmer-gracys-blog/tulip-mania-the-bubble-caused-by-the-love-of-flowers
Beautiful photos of tulips in this blog post.

Wikipedia: Tulipmania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
A very detailed article.

And, of course, there are numerous videos of the wonderful displays of tulips and the growing fields in The Netherlands. In fact, there are so many that I couldn’t decide which ones to post here, so I have left that search to you! Have fun 😊.

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When I updated this post to include information about the cashmere/silk shawls, I came across this video about the silk twill version of Tulipomanie. It is excellent!

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I hope readers have found this exploration of Tulipomanie both interesting and useful. Once again, if you find any errors or have any additional information that I could add, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Love and best wishes,

Anne

Updated 07/08/24 to add information about the cashmere/silk giant triangle, general updating and a new video.

Updated 31/10/24 with small corrrections.