Saturday, May 9, 2015

Collection SS2015: Paddock



Jean-Louis Clerc was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, in 1908.  He studied architecture and fine art in Zurich, Geneva and finally Stockholm, developing his characteristic graphic style: a fine, lively line with delicate touches of color, earning a string of prestigious clients for his distinctive illustrations.  A lover of horses, and a keen racing enthusiast, he published several equestrian-themed books including "Le Prestige du cheval". 


A meeting with Robert Dumas in 1950 led to a dozen designs for Hermès scarves, including Soirée de Gala and Paddock, a lively evocation of that favorite meeting-place of racehorses and their owners, jockeys, elegant ladies and punters, before the beginning of each race.  A thicket of top-hats, broad-brimmed ladies’ hats and jockeys’ silk caps… Captured here with such immediacy, we might almost hear the hubbub of conversation.



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