Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login “It’s like a city here,” says Nadège Vanhee in describing Hermès, where she has been creative director of the women’s ready-to-wear range since 2014. The 16 métiers, or specialties, that make up the house are the arrondissements that comprise this city.
Womenswear is just one of them; of which Vanhee is mayor. Hermès is a company that is decidedly not about star power. It doesn’t have ambassadors or court influencers to wear its goods.
Its creative directors work behind the scenes; they aren’t showboats. At Hermès, it’s about the product. This is a company, after all, that started with saddles – and is still considered the world leader in this area – but makes hardly any of its revenue from them.
It’s best known for handbags but makes it quite difficult for you to buy one . It eschews efficiency and even innovation. It wants to be known for doing things well – but only in the quietest and most polite ways.
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