While the rest of fashion chases reinvention with speed, Hermès prefers a slower rhythm. Some may argue it’s because the historic house has the luxury to—after all, Hermès does not chase the people, the people chase Hermès. But it is a privilege, nonetheless, that the maison has earned the right to through its affinity for leather goods and craftsmanship that prioritise quality instead of passing fads. 

Season by season, its ready-to-wear unfolds like a new addition to an ever-expanding wardrobe, differentiated by colours and movement, but similar in stitching and staple pieces. This is a deliberate move on Hermés’s part, largely due to womenswear creative director Nadège Vanhée, who herself prefers to be pragmatic when it comes to clothing. Since taking the helm in 2014, the French fashion designer has focused on building a language grounded in the house’s equestrian heritage. As Paris Fashion Week prepares for the unveiling of Hermès Fall/Winter 2026, the question remains how Vanhée will continue this careful evolution. 

Recent seasons have revealed a comfortable broadening of Hermès’s style codes—which former menswear creative director Véronique Nichanian had a tendency for as well. For Spring/Summer 2026, Vanhée turned to the windswept landscapes of the Camargue in southern France, where salt flats meet the Mediterranean sea, and white horses roam freely. The collection unfolded on a sand-dusted runway at La Garde Républicaine, the historic cavalry barracks that has become Hermès’s favoured stage. Silhouettes moved with relaxed ease: leather harnesses layered over crisp shirts, silk scarves transformed into airy tops, and jackets cut with the precision of riding gear but styled with an almost beach-bound nonchalance. 

The balance between heritage and experimentation has become the signature rhythm of Vanhée’s tenure. In the Fall/Winter 2025 collection, the mood darkened considerably, filtered through hues of inky blacks, charcoal greys, and punctuated by flashes of forest green. Here, we see Vanhée’s preference for practicality again—that being, clothes designed to be lived in, as well as admired. Outerwear dominated the Fall/Winter 2025 season, where shearling coats and bombers were engineered with modular details that allowed garments to reverse or transform. 

While Hermès has made little indication (as it often does) of what this season will bring, recent collections have traced a line between untamed landscapes and urban sophistication, where the house’s equestrian origins are subtly acknowledged and reinterpreted each season. Its teasers so far, have alluded to a cliffside ambience, with rolling hills and moonlit pathways, suggesting a darker colour palette similar to last year’s Fall/Winter collection.  

If history recalls, expect leather to stay central, perhaps treated with even greater fluidity. And for those wondering, yes, Birkins and Kellys will remain aplenty, but it is not in Vanhée’s habit to define a Hermès woman by the bag she’s carrying. At Vanhée’s Hermès, the most radical idea in fashion might simply be consistency. The Hermès Fall/Winter 2026 fashion show will take place on Sunday 8 March at 12.30 a.m. (Singapore time). Watch the Hermès womenswear collection, live from Paris Fashion Week, via the livestream below.

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