Hermes Carre Club

Welcome to the Hermes Carre Club!


On Thursday, September 13, 2018, 
Hermes celebrated the global debut of the Hermes Carre Club, 
a memorable experience of free-spirited exploration & collective joy. 
From the reception desk where guests check in & receive their membership card, 
to each point of engagement with the carre,
 this dynamic venue pays a multi-faceted, participatory tribute to the beloved silk square. 

Hermes Carre Club showcases the creative energy & artistic expression 
at the core of the Hermes silk universe, 
highlighting the House’s contemporary vision. 


New York City went carre-zy! 


Carre Check in



                                             



"Carre" is square in French.

Carre is referred to as the silk scarf.


We met the Hermes silk artisans at the Carre Studio and saw their carre-tivity, 
relaxed at the Carre Cafe, 
sang our hearts out at the Carre-OK
& danced the night away at the Carre Disco. 

Carre Studio



being sketched by the calmest Cyrille Diatkine


                       


Ugo Gattoni is born & raised in Paris who is currently living in Mexico City.
When Hermes asked him to come & perform,
because he is used to drawing in front of people,
he wanted something more.
To be able to immerse people in this performance.

He draws to animate, Mino.
Mino is a little character that he created.

Trivia!!!
Mino is the nickname of Emile Hermes.
His father called him Mino.

And Mino lives in the drawings he does in his scarf.

He animated 30-36 frames
& made him dance or do other actions.



  Virginie Jamin has been designing scarves for Hermes for 14 years with great joy!

Her idea for her project for the Hermes Carre Club
is to use the scarf, Colliers de chins (dog collars),
which she designed over 10 years ago for Hermes (the one in the wall)
& to extend the carre.
In other words, to go beyond the original scarf design & tell a new story.


Incorporating dogs for the 1st time in her design

She made a couple of preparatory sketches.
The idea was really that this extension of the scarf design tells a new story.
And that she improvise on the spot from the studies she sketched out.




Theo de Gueltzl & Octave Marsal
with their drawing machine

They met the first time through common friends in high school.
They had a rock & roll band.
The machine started with a drawing.
They used to do long vertical drawings that inspired them for the machine.
They wanted to create movement in their drawings.

How it works:
It’s 18 meters of paper that turns in a. loop with a hand crank.
One person draws on one side
& the other turns the machine.
Then they swap.




 Edouard Baribeaud recreating one of his designs

amazing work both in print & in person!

You can get his book, “Baribeaud”, in Amazon.
Published by Hate Cantz.

Carre stories

telephone booths for listening to spoken texts about the history, secrets & stories
behind Hermes in English & French


Carre Cafe

 they had a candy bar,



 hot & cold drinks,



 and cookies.

They even had live music.


Carre-OK


We sung our hearts out in the karaoke.


Warning!!!
We have horrible voices. hahaha




Carremania 

boutique featuring a capsule collection of limited-edition scarves
that are only available at the pop-up boutique
which I used as a headband

I heard that LA’s carre will be color blue!



Carre Disco

We were invited to dance the night away in the Hermes flagship store.






Brides de gala







Reunited with the Hermes artists

 with Virginie

with Cyrille & hi there Ugo!



Linda owns those shoes that were used in the runway in 1982
with the same pattern as the scarves used.
They never made them eversince!
Too bad she was size 39. lol


nail tattoos







Ended my night with an Hermes tattoo. lol


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It has been busy & so sorry I missed to give a heads up to the people of Canada!
They all had fun though last September 28 – 30, 2018 at 151 Bloor Street West, Toronto.


Next stop, the home of the Crazy Rich Asians --- Singapore!

On the first floor, 
pass by the Click & Check concierge at 
3 Lady Hill Road 
to join our club. 

Then, 
visit the Carremania pop-up store 
to discover the Hermes Carre Club capsule collection with limited edition scarves, 
sing your heart out inside the Carre-OK room
and dance under the lights of a square disco ball in the Carre Disco.

On the second floor, 
explore the Carre Studio to meet the Hermes carre designers & enjoy the creation live, 
stop at Carre Cut for a full square makeover (dying to see this!), 
swap silk stories, have a toast or enjoy a drink at the Carre Cafe,
 & last but not least, 
meet outside the skaters as they glide across a carre- inspired ramp (sounds fun!). 

October 19-21, 2018
11am – 8pm

Can’t wait to see your pics Singaporeans!

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After Singapore,
the Hermes Carre Club goes to Los Angeles!


Pass by the Click & Check concierge on
8175 Melrose Avenue
to discover our club.

Then,
pop into the Carré studio
& meet the scarf designers,
have a toast at the Carre Cafe,
swap silk stories,
sing your heart out inside the Carre-OK room
& last but not least,
visit the Carremania pop-up store.


November 8-11, 2018
12pm – 8pm


Then next,
Milan- TBD


Stay tuned for more details!

#CarreClub

Silk, play, love!
-Princess

Instagram: @princessweetah

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