Etude Pour Un Iris Arc-En-Ciel

Histoires De Carres > Spring-Summer 2017

This scarf takes its inspiration from the flower drawings in the notebook of Benoit Pierre Emery. Three irises and a peony come together to form a sensitive and delicate compositoion. Iris, in Greek mythology, is the messenger of the gods, just like hermes. winged, light and fleet-footed, she is dressed in a veil of rainbow colours, a marvellous vision born from the union of sun and rain. As such, Iris symbolises this link between earth and sky, humans and gods. The elegany flower - whose petals reflect all the colours of the rainbow with their changing, scintillating, and "iridescent" texture - is aptly named after the goddess.