Bandanna Forray

Last year when I visited Brussels to see the bi-annual Floral Carpet I made a visit to the Hermes boutique on Avenue Louise and made a little purchase, as you can see from the orange box below:-

A new box for the new format scarf:-)

A little peek inside...

Ooooh it's something PINK!

"Peuple du Vent" -  Bandanna

The design is full of little animals and people.

I love this little owl in the middle!

A lovely intricate border surrounds the critters.

And lots of flowers adorn the outer edges - really sweet.

So not having had a bandanna to play with before I was looking forward to seeing just what I could do with it - well I am happy to report it was fairly easy - obviously the scarf is smaller so some things do not work e.g. Equestrian looks or knots such as Cossack,Friendship and Half Ascot will not work because the length is too short, but much of what else we can usually do works with this format as well:-

Here is a simple bias fold with a ring slipped up to hold.

Here I have used a moyenne scarf ring 

with a bias fold.

This is as before but I just turned the scarf 

to one side - quite a simple/effective look.

Here I have made the half bow 

knot with moyenne ring

Here is the slip knot using 

the moyenne ring.

For this you a really skinny neck! I only just 

managed this wrap around bias fold secured 

with petite ring.

I like this look - a single knot in the middle

of a bias fold and then tie the ends behind 

the neck.

A very straight forward half fold on

the diagonal and tie behind the 

neck for a classic Cowboy look.

And the same knot just pulled round to one side.

I hope the ideas above give you some inspiration and maybe a reason to look at bandannas next time you are in a Hermes boutique.  They are only made using 3 colours but I think I quite like that idea!