HERMÈS HEADS TO LA FOR FW26

The maison presented sunset shades in a Bel Air canyon.

Hermès creative director Nadège Vanhée presented the maison’s second installment of FW26 in a canyon high above Bel Air, inside a pale-yellow pavilion that mirrored the golden hour sun. A neon sculpture that read Silhouettes on the Horizon hinted at what was to come.

The show opened with sunshine-y yellow looks: a flowy skirt with a slit revealing tonal leather boots, a sequined high-neck jumpsuit, and an equestrian-inspired belted jacket with jodhpurs. As the show progressed, head-to-toe looks in orange, oxblood, fiery red, jade, and midnight black—mirroring the colors the sky takes on as day turns to night—paraded down the runway.

Vanhée framed the collection around “dressmaking meets dance,” with the dancer’s wardrobe supplying inspiration. Ballet slipper satin dresses came in sunset colors. Fine piping traced the body, grosgrain ribbons fastened and untied at the waist, and cache-cœur knits wrapped into dresses to hold structure. Smocked-knit jumpsuits with flared legs, traced in glittering embroidery, played as an elevated take on warm-up attire.

The show notes propose a vision for dancers post-rehearsal, too: “Sensual foulard dresses in luminous silk velvet remain in motion, reined in by biker jackets and glossy leather coats: a ride with no limits but the horizon of the Pacific.”