Hermès silk

Hermès One of the most recognized is the silk scarf. The first Hermes silk scarf square in the collection was produced in 1928 and in 1937 with a tissue factory was established in Lyon. The modern Hermès scarf measures 90cm square, weighs 65 grams and is woven of 250 mulberry silk moth cocoons. The cost per pound of a handkerchief today is approximately $ 1965.00 (compared to a pound of steel at $ 0.19).
All Hermes scarves are hand-printed on silk multiple screens (43 is the highest number of screens used for a handkerchief to date, the charity handkerchief released in 2006, one for each color of the scarf) and hems are all sewn by hand. Bufanda two collections per year are released together with re-prints of the oldest designs and limited editions. Since 1937, Hermès has produced more than 2500 designs.
The Brides Of Gala scarf, first introduced in 1957, has sold more than 70000 times. A Hermes scarf sold somewhere in the world every 25 seconds, with the overall volume of sales peak at the end of 1980 to more than 1.1 million scarves. New scarves retail for $ 355 and still represent a significant percentage of Hermes' turnover. Hermes also markets two collections a year of cashmere and silk blend scarves, which are priced starting in the spring of 2008 of $ 550 to $ 950