New York [US], October 5: Hermes creative director Nadege Vanhee presented an airy spring/summer collection using gauzy fabrics at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday.
Models wore loose-knit brown and black tops and ses revealing bandeau tops underneath, or mesh dresses embroidered with panels of fine leather strips.
Open latticework was also used on cream leather bucket handbags, and models mostly wore flat, minimalist leather sandals, with the occasional knee-high leather boot. Midi-length leather dresses and skirts were sliced into thigh-high strips, and trousers too had side zips open for ventilation.
In a bright white show space inside the Garde Republicaine, the sprawling barracks of Paris' mounted gendarmes, guests including actors Sofia Vergara and Emmy Rossum fanned themselves on an unusually warm and sunny October day.
The collection had splashes of colour, too, with a billowing parka in bright orange worn over a knit mini dress, and a skirt in what Vanhee called sunflower yellow, paired with a matching high-collared jacket.
Vanhee has been womenswear creative director since 2014 for Hermes, which caters to the ultra-wealthy and tightly controls access to its products, with years-long waiting lists for its most exclusive handbags. She will present the first haute couture collection for the brand in January.
Source: Fijian Broadcasting Corporation
