Way before quiet luxury was a trend, French maison Hermès was winning over customers with its exceptional craftsmanship, enduring quality and quiet confidence. Its recent spring/summer 2026 show in Paris speaks to this philosophy, while reaffirming the brand’s position as one of the world’s most desirable labels.
After over a decade at the helm of women’s ready-to-wear, creative director Nadège Vanhée knows exactly what the Hermès woman desires. For spring/summer, she created a sophisticated collection that celebrates the brand’s heritage but with a modern twist.
Utility meets artisanal craftsmanship in looks that are accented with hand-waxed leather, straps, buckles and rings. The maison’s leatherworking skills and ancestral craft of boutis needlework also shine in quilted dresses, skirts and coats. A cropped equestrian jacket is matched with a quilted asymmetrical linen skirt, while billowing trench-inspired dust coats are cinched with harness belts, combining tailoring codes with a rider’s need for freedom of motion.
Draped fluid dresses are punctuated with brassières and feature vivid motifs of the Aux Champs en Fleurs Rayé scarf, while belts and lacing encircle the body. Anatomical, corsetry-inspired quilted dresses offer a new type of armour and are worn over cycling shorts, fusing tradition with an athletic spirit. Carrés, or silk scarves, Hermès classics first introduced in 1937, are transformed into sculptural chokers intertwined with necklaces or folded into tops harnessed by leather brassières. Harness straps create a cool contrast on dungaree-inspired trousers made from crisp cotton.
Colouring this collection is a refined palette of beige, brown, navy and black, accented by pops of tangerine, red and plum.
