Design by Philippe Ledoux Year: 1962, 1970s, 2014 (as 70cm) No. 1350 Centred on the heraldic arms of the City of Paris, a charming mise en scène captures images of everyday life in the French capital during the First Empire: promenades, bygone trades and children at play. Soldiers and onlookers throng the kiosks, fashionable cafés […]
Design by Henri d’Origny Year: 1992, F2013 (as Festival des Amazones) No. 1797 Hermes.com: Catherine de Medici is widely credited with the invention of a new form of saddle, allowing ladies to ride sidesaddle in comfort, galloping alongside their male companions. Shapes and styles evolved down to the twentieth century, when women riders asserted their […]
Design by Philippe Ledoux Year: 1974, 1986 (Sp. Ed.), 2013 (as 70cm and twilly) No. 1592 Riding high on the racehorses of the world, the jockey’s traditional attire has been transformed and simplified since the nineteenth century. Heavy riding coats were replaced by lightweight, brightly coloured ‘silks’, boots replaced buckled slippers, and black riding hats […]
Also known as Cathy Latham-Audibert. Her output at Hermes covers over 45 incredible years. Best known for designing Cles (one of the Top 10 best-selling Hermes scarves of all time) and her self-referential designs. Her first two designs have no signature (Cles and Vendanges). Afterwards, she signed her designs as “.Caty.” for a decade before […]
Design by Pierre Marie New 70cm design in Sp 2014, twilly in Sp 2014 No. 2812 The sirens of legend were women whose melodious singing bewitched mariners, drawing them down into the depths of the ocean. George Sidney’s Le Bal des sirènes (Bathing beauty, 1944) – a love story between a ravishing girl swimmer and […]
Artist: Hugo Grygkar Year: 1953, 1970s, 1980s, 1992, 2007, Sp 2014 No. 1191 Subject: View of ship’s hull from the deck of Louis XIV’s ship La Reale (The Royal) Note: often referred to by the letters on the carre “Vue de Carrosse” Hermes.com: Among the major works on show at the Musée Nationale de la […]
