Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski presented her autumn/winter 2021 collection for Hermès via a contemporary dance triptych set across Paris, New York, and Shanghai. Just as thrilling as the emotive performances choreographed by Madeline Hollander and Gu Jiani? Vanhee-Cybulski’s reimagining of Hermès’s impossibly luxurious handbags, a nod to our collective desire “to live again, to venture forth into the unknown, to gain a new lease of life”.
Among the most covetable items on the runway? Lariats designed for keeping your Hermès lipsticks close to hand—releasing your lip colour at the pull of a string. Worn under practical nylon coats and fringe-trimmed suede jackets, the tiny accessory is named the Kiss Holder, and is the ultimate symbol of the discrete luxury that Hermès has come to represent. Also of note: the introduction of The Hermèsway bag, made up of a number of compartments and pockets, and the key-chain lariat, for the diehard minimalists among us.
Those who prefer a more capacious tote, meanwhile, will be happy to see that Hermès’s prized Birkin bag returned to the catwalk, albeit reinvented as the “3-in-1” Birkin. The style was left open in a nod to the collection’s overarching mood of charging towards a fresh start. As the revised name suggests, it can be used as a standard Birkin, a tote bag or a clutch made up from the bag’s interior pochette.
Here, the stellar accessories put forward in Hermès’ autumn/winter 2021 collection that will make “taking the present in stride” all the more luxurious.
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The “3-in-1” Birkin
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The Birkin pochette
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The Kiss Holder
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The Hermèsway
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The Hermèsway
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The Hermèsway
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The Hermèsway
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The key-chain lariat
This article was originally published on British Vogue