Bestselling Opera Line Debuts Four “Aria” Scarves on pure Italian silk.

A bestseller at the Met Opera Shop, the Opera collection unveils four new silk designs premiering on October 7. The Opera scarves, created by artist Claudia Palmira, are renowned for their lyrical originality, works of art exhibited internationally yet uniquely available as wearable pieces.

Each scarf, designed in Rome and crafted from 100% luxury silk with a hand-rolled hem, translates the drama and beauty of opera into tangible form. The designs draw inspiration from Puccini’s La Bohème, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Verdi’s La Traviata, echoing the vibrancy and emotion of these timeless masterpieces.

The brand Clù, founded by Palmira in 2022, creates silk scarves that transcend accessories, harmonizing imagery and sound to transform the everyday into wearable art. The new designs embody the complexities of operatic scores while flowing with the lyricism and vitality that define the art form.

Wearing a Clù scarf is wrapping oneself in a gesture of longing and joy, an intimate act of beauty that lingers like the resonance of music. “The newest additions to the Opera line bring forth more music from beloved arias –phrases that speak to me through song and emotion, that I translate into color and stroke,” said Palmira

Crafted with timeless elegance, Palmira paints directly to the arias themselves, translating melody into form and color with sumi ink. From Musetta’s fiery waltz in La Bohème, captured in bold red and fuchsia strokes, to the golden shimmer of Don Giovanni’s playful “Andiam,” each painting becomes a custom silk pattern — a luminous canvas where music is rendered into wearable art.

“Opera enwraps me in the profound moment. Deep into emotion, stories of love and tragedy, carried on music and song that I have known since childhood,” said Palmira, “The beauty of Opera deeply affects me today. The art form is an immersive and all-consuming one, an acquired or learned love, hard to ignore, impossible to forget. The Opera Line expresses passion for this extraordinary immersion.”

These works are part of Clù’s ongoing pursuit to translate art into lived experience. The scarves embody not only visual brilliance but the essence of presence, encapsulating the spirit of Italian art and design.

 

Links:
Clù – the brand by Claudia Palmira
The Opera Line of scarves at Clù by Claudia Palmira