I just got this Annie Faivre Grands Fonds (detail) with navy trim, and am trying to figure out the year and any more information I can. I’ve found quite a few Grands Fonds II scarves with the big puffer fish, but none in this color combo, and none that say “(detail)”
Would love some help figuring out the year and anything else you might know about this beauty.
Hi,
This specific color variation doesn’t appear in the Scarf Sage database, but the model itself is listed there:
Grands Fonds II (Detail).
The original Grands Fonds design by Annie Faivre was first issued in 2001, and there have likely been reissues since, though I’m not certain of the exact dates.
Does your scarf have a label? It might help determine whether it’s an original issue or a later re-release.
Oh great design and colourway! Your specific version is also the one used in the S/S 2001 scarf catalogue. And it comes with some classic emotional Hermes text, too: “We are at depths where communal life is ignorant of politics. Here, the food chain is more prevalent thand the strict diet. Scenes of a sudden, darting chase, but always coloured by that transmuting majesty passed on by evolution. Our hosts on the sea-bed are not great conversationalists. No protests, no disputation: there are very few trade unions in these abysses. Each for himself and the water is for everybody…and thus, everything is well.” All that and a beautiful design!
Wow, I love that description! Thank you for locating it for me. “The Google” was failing me. My husband just got it for me for my birthday.
