Welcome to my Scarf of the Moment post for my most recent Hermès purchase: Bord a Bord. Unfortunately, I am struggling with illness and disability and so this post may not be up to my usual standard. I really try to make these posts interesting, informative and useful for the extremely large community of Hermès scarf addicts and anyone who may just find themselves on my blog.

When I was at university (not quite back in the Stone Age), Ancient History and Archaeology students took a six week study tour as part of their degree. My group travelled around Italy, Greece and the Greek islands. I have many lasting memories from this trip and it has had a huge impact on my life. The dissertation that I wrote on my return is so enjoyable to read even now as it transports me back to those sights, smells, sounds and feelings of being young in such amazing and evocative places.

When I saw this scarf design on The Purse Forum, I just knew that I wanted to own it. We saw many boats like these on the trip and even sailed between the islands on very similar craft. So this scarf evokes some very important and life-shaping memories for me.

I love the striped hem and the many-coloured boats…

Description

The design is a tangle of fishing or tourist boats, tied up in a harbour. They have colourful painted sides and sails with awnings to shade their crew and possible passengers. Some have nets and others have strings of lights or flags. There are buoys and gangplanks and cheeky seagulls. The designer has included humorous hints to the Hermès brand with boat names such as “Captain Orange” and “Hermes Paris”. The whole design fills up the outer sections of the scarf and the centre is left empty. There is also a striped hem. This lovely design gives us a feeling of the gentle rocking movement of the waves and an anticipation of enjoyment to come. Where are we going to sail, when we board one of the boats?

Colourways

These are the four colourways for these special Spring/Summer 2025 cotton 80cm scarves. These have a white, pink, blue or yellow background. I have added in the codes and colourways to help those of you who may wish to purchase a scarf.

Design story

This has been taken from the Hermès website:

Details

Here are some closeups of my scarf, together with images of the other colourways, in a slideshow format:

How I wear the scarf

This is such an unusual scarf and I really like the design already, but I have been seriously struggling with both my health and the house move, so have not yet been able to wear it out of the house. As I have the version with the white background, it will look great with my blue t-shirts and tops.

Here are some quick photos that I have been able to take since I bought the scarf . As soon as I am well enough, I will add more “modelling” photos here and also attempt to make some collages.

Scarf ties

I have tried on this scarf in a variety of ways. As the scarf fabric is 100% cotton, I am not sure whether the ties I usually use for my 90cm silks will work. The section above shows my first attempts and I will try to add some photos here when I am able. Anyway, you can get the general idea of how it looks when worn. I will have to watch the Purse Forum members to see why they do!

Background information 

This is not the kind of scarf with lots of useful background details, but I have found the following. If I come across any more information, I will add it here…

I have found a few links to information about the artist, Elias Kafouros. He has designed scarves for Hermès since 2017, such as Eleftheria and Funny Ice Cream.

Dio Horia Gallery
Elias Kafouros
Biography plus images of some of his work with links to exhibitions.

The Greek Foundation
Elias Kafouros 
A small piece about the artist. The link to his website appears to be broken.

impactalk
Elias Kafouros: A painter – phenomenon of compositions
Article with photos.

Scarf Sage
Elias Kafouros
Page with images of some of his scarf designs.

I hope readers have found this exploration of  Bord a Bord 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

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