Ilona Tambor in Condé Nast Traveller
In summer 2020, Ilona Tambor illustrated silk scarves appeared in the July/August issue of Condé Nast Traveller, as part of the magazine’s Luxury Gift Guide.
Seeing the scarves within the pages of a publication so closely associated with travel, creativity and visual storytelling was an important moment for the young Ilona Tambor brand.
At the time, the feature also formed part of Condé Nast Traveller’s digital On The Move campaign, where the scarves appeared among selected fashion accessories and gifts for travellers.
The Luxury Gift Guide
The July/August 2020 issue brought together objects selected for travellers and those drawn to design, craftsmanship and a sense of place.
For Ilona Tambor, the feature placed the illustrated silk scarves within a wider world of independent design — pieces chosen not simply for function, but for the stories and ideas they carry.
Each Ilona Tambor scarf begins with an original hand-drawn illustration. Animals, botanical forms, imagined landscapes and fragments of memory gradually become compositions designed to move from paper onto silk.
Illustration Made to Travel
There is something particularly fitting about seeing a silk scarf within the pages of a travel magazine.
A scarf is small enough to move easily from one place to another, yet it can transform an outfit in several different ways — tied around the neck, worn over the hair, folded into a bag or opened across the shoulders.
For an illustrated scarf, travel introduces another layer. The drawing moves through different settings, colours and light, becoming part of the experience of the person wearing it.
An Early Chapter of Ilona Tambor
The Condé Nast Traveller feature came during the early years of Ilona Tambor and remains part of the story of how the illustrated scarf collection began to find a wider audience.
What has remained unchanged is the starting point: every piece begins with drawing. The illustration is then translated onto fabric, allowing something originally created on paper to become an object that can be folded, worn and carried.
Today, the collection has expanded across silk scarves, wool, cotton-silk and cashmere, while the relationship between illustration and wearable form remains at its centre.
From an original drawing to a story worn in silk.
Each piece begins with a line.