Hermès

Scene-stealing runway sets from the A/W 2019 menswear shows

Silk route: foulard’s complex pattern systems mirror intricate high jewellery design

Easy lover: we’re at ease with the relaxed mood of modern tailoring

Moonstruck: Hermès takes on space and time at SIHH 2019

In making the moon the centrepiece of its new ‘Arceau L’Heure de la Lune’ timepiece, La Montres Hermès offers a refreshingly philosophical start to the year. The watch launch kicks off the annual SIHH (Salon International Haute Horlogerie) watch exhibtion...

Collectors’ corner: Hermès leather-dial watches

Hermès’ long heritage of exceptional materials, craftsmanship and creativity has weaved a seam through its watchmaking division since it was created just 40 years ago. Alongside its now-classic watch designs, such as the Cape Cod, the French maison also issues a...

The multifaceted influence of Anni and Josef Albers on fashion

‘Anni Albers avoided defining herself in narrow terms and was constantly innovating and exploring new avenues for creating art,’ says Lucy Weber, director of Albers by Design at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. The extensive and experimental output...

Scene-stealing runway sets of S/S 2019 womenswear

The watch designers: Marc Berthier and Philippe Delhotal on the Carré H

In 1996, Jean-Louis Dumas, then artistic director of Hermès, met with industrial designer Marc Berthier to discuss what an Hermès men’s watch might look like. They imagined ‘a watch for explorers, for heroes, for brave men and keen travellers’ and...

Hermès S/S 2019 Paris Fashion Week Women’s

Scene setting: The Hippodrome de Longchamp might not count as one of Paris’ usual tourist attractions, but (if you have the time and the patience to sit around in the Parisian traffic as you make your way towards the edge of...

Pierre Hardy on his trippy, space-travelling and equestrian shoe designs for Hermès

The day before Hermès footwear presentation in Paris, the luxury house’s shoe and haute joaillerie designer Pierre Hardy is serenely watching the mirrored and colour-blocked installation that will house his latest designs take shape. ‘It’s cool huh?’ he smiles, gesticulating to the...

Scene-stealing runway sets from the S/S 2019 menswear shows

Hermès launches pop-up café at London flagship

Over 3000 ping-pong balls on acrylic stalks sway in the summer breeze, like space-age poppies on an alien planet. White bistro tables and stools are dotted between these spherical blooms, while the Cellar Society’s finest waiters flit to-and-fro between the...