After presenting the first part of its Autumn/Winter 2026 womenswear collection in Paris, Hermès transported the story to Los Angeles, where Artistic Director Nadège Vanhée unveiled what she described as the collection’s “second chapter.” Staged in a hilltop pavilion in Bel Air that took a full month to build, as the California sun disappeared behind the horizon, the presentation felt like a continuation of an ongoing conversation about movement, femininity and freedom. The setting, a structure framed by classical columns and grand scale, announced the show’s title in large letters: ‘Silhouettes on the Horizon.’ Washed in neon-lit pale yellow designed to dissolve into the golden-hour light of the surrounding hills, it was less a venue than a proposition: that what happens when the light changes, when the lines between fiction and reality soften, is exactly where Hermès wants to be right now. The front-row spectators formed a star-studded, multi-generational crowd that embodied the evening’s blend of Hollywood classicism and modern subculture. Miley Cyrus, Keke Palmer and Natasha Lyonne sat among the guests under the neon-lit pavilion. Vanhée has been artistic director of women’s ready-to-wear at Hermès since 2014, and the Los Angeles presentation marked the third instalment of a... Read more »
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