#Hildeetch

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Vintage Hilditch & Key shirt box

I wrote a book about Hilditch & Key Paris. This old box with the lovely Art Nouveau-style monogram is a beautiful memento - for sale at https://www.ebay.com/itm/394176238942

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Hilditch & Key Paris handwoven silk scarf

These were big in the 1980s.

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Hilditch & Key Paris fisher rib thick wool sweater.

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Sober and silly. Hilditch & Key Paris ties, one in a sober woven silk, the other a golf-themed printed silk, handmade in France.

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This. This is what started it. The cashmere silk neckerchief made in France for the Paris branch of Hilditch & Key, which used to have nothing in common with its London parent. The pattern is based on the Dame à la Licorne series of medieval tapestries, in a museum near the Sorbonne. I wrote a book about French #steez that this scarf helped kickstart. (Speaking of which I need to finish my edits once I stop feeling fucking shattered by the times we live in.) Drakes borrowed this pattern for silk or wool scarves and squares. This is the OG. #swansongsrjdm #madeinfrance #hildeetch #handkparis #elegant #menswear #steez #parisstyle #frenchstyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPJqgpJt77/?igshid=ws66nhku4jff

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Clearly the inspiration for the last print, this cashmere-silk medieval print scarf was made in France for the once-incomparable #hilditchandkeyparis; nothing like its luxury has been reproduced. #swansongsrjdm #steez #elegant #menswear #dandy #beautiful #hildeetch https://www.instagram.com/p/CDIDYSkpgj8/?igshid=1uk54oxnn9b68

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With thanks to @kerloazdiary, a design too luxurious for @drakesdiary to copy, a breath from a luxurious Parisian past in cashmere and silk… #hildeetch #swansongsrjdm #steez #elegant #beautiful #menswear #haberdasher #h&kparis 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8U6JoKJgIg/?igshid=ste4hx21gl7u

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Hilditch & Key Paris pocket square.

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Hilditch & Key Paris’ signature cashmere-silk scarf with images from the tapestry La dame a la licorne. Only produced for the Paris shop, not London, and printed in Lyon. Drake’s would make this pattern popular on silks and wools, but never cashmere. I write about this and more in my book.

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Ties from Hilditch & Key Paris.

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Custom evening shirts (for detachable collars) by Hilditch & Key Paris. Check the ruffled cuffs on the first shirt too! The KL monogram suggests they were made for Karl Lagerfeld, as does the very baroque design.

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One of the many sketches for the designs of bespoke shirts the late Karl Lagerfeld sent to Hilditch & Key Paris. From https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiE9eqTjNHgAhXMmOAKHZi7CBUQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com.au%2Fkarl-lagerfeld-had-more-than-1000-high-collared-shirts-2019-2&psig=AOvVaw3Q8UsQ8qv7nLTooLXE0QVf&ust=1550985173548267

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Hilditch & Key Paris silk tie made in France in a lovely and simply red paisley printed on blue silk twill. 

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Hilditch & Key Paris brown pheasant-print tie.

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Purple silk printed tie hand made in Paris by Boivin for Hilditch & Key Paris.

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Hilditch & Key Paris red checkerboard silk scarf (only the Paris shop used that label style).