Guests filled a room at The Liberty Distillery on Granville Island, many with a silk scarf tied at the neck, looped over a shoulder or folded carefully into a bag. It was there that Vancouver designer and architect Tina Dhillon introduced Club Les Carrés, a new digital destination built around one of fashion’s most enduring forms: the silk carré. Dhillon’s own relationship with the carré long predates the platform, and that history was evident in how naturally the evening unfolded around her.
Tina Dhillon, Founder of Club Les Carres
An Evening Among Collectors
The launch drew collectors, creatives, designers and scarf enthusiasts, many of whom arrived wearing a carré of their own. Conversation moved quickly past the scarves themselves and into what they represented: a journey, a gift, a discovery, or simply a square of silk that had outlasted the occasion it was bought for.
The Platform Behind the Idea
Club Les Carrés is built on that same instinct. Dhillon’s vision reaches beyond cataloguing a collection; the platform invites people to document the designer, the artwork and the provenance behind each scarf they own, alongside the circumstances that brought it into their lives.
“I wanted Club Les Carrés to inspire that little moment of curiosity,” Dhillon shared after the launch. “To look more closely at something we already own and discover the art, history and story behind it.”
The Hermès Carré, Unwrapped
That spirit of discovery proved difficult to resist. After the event, I researched the history of the Hermès carré I had worn that evening, Fleurs et Papillons de Tissus, designed by Christine Henry in 2013. What began as an accessory unfolded into an unexpected exploration of textiles, museums and artistic influence. The design draws on the collections of the Lyon Museum of Fabrics and Decorative Arts, referencing Coptic tapestries, Ottoman textiles, Lyon silks, Indian fabrics and Japanese kimonos.
A Common Language
This, ultimately, is what makes Club Les Carrés compelling: an invitation to look past the surface of a beautiful object and ask what it has quietly kept. For Dhillon, that shared appreciation also became a form of connection. Reflecting on the launch, she described the scarves in the room as a common language, one capable of bringing strangers together over a shared object of meaning.
Luxury, Closely Held
It was a fitting beginning for a platform built around collecting as curiosity, discovery, knowledge and community, rather than acquisition alone. In a city increasingly defined by creative entrepreneurship and considered design, Club Les Carrés offers a reminder that luxury can be deeply personal, and that some of the most meaningful stories are already hanging in our wardrobes, waiting to be noticed.
All photography by Camilla Topola of Friday Eve Photo.
Author Profile
- Aradhna Singh is a dynamic creative and marketing professional in Vancouver. With a background spanning luxury lifestyle, retail, hospitality, and business, she brings a rich, international perspective to her work. Aradhna has worked extensively across Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar, where she developed and executed campaigns for high-profile brands in the luxury sector. A graduate of the Instituto Marangoni in Paris, she has also produced editorial work featured in PhotoVogue Italia, Ellements Magazine NY, and Elegant Magazine. Her multidisciplinary experience and global sensibility make her an ideal collaborator for 2025 expansion initiatives, particularly as a key connector between Vancouver’s luxury market and the Middle East. Visit her website HERE.
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