The Luxury Index 2008
A complete guide to the people, places and products that are changing our perception of luxury while influencing and inspiring savvy consumers around the world
—By Leah Bourne, Betsy Kroll, Paige Reddinger and Kristina Zimbalist
Albers
When Hermès creative director for silk Bali Barret traveled to the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, Conn., to study Josef's famous series Homage to the Square, she had a revelation. It made perfect sense that Hermès, a company so focused on squares — albeit silk ones — would publish a series of limited-edition scarves (or carrés, as they are known in France) inspired by Albers paintings. Along with Hermès artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Barret chose six Albers works and reproduced them using a challenging printing technique called edge to edge. Each 90-by-90-cm scarf is printed in an edition of 200 and numbered ($2,800).
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