Nadège Vanhée Turns Hermès Tradition On Its Head
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
Nadège Vanhée Turns Hermès Tradition On Its Head
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How Hermès Unharnessed Fashion
At Hermès, Nadège Vanhée is loosening the reins without abandoning the house’s exacting traditions. Lauren Collins traces how the designer has introduced sensuality, provocation and psychological depth to a brand built on continuity, while resisting fashion’s demand for spectacle. As Vanhée prepares Hermès’s first couture collection, her greatest rebellion may be preserving craftsmanship in an industry increasingly governed by speed.
THE NEW YORKER
Long before American landscape painting became the domain of men like Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, young women were quietly charting their own artistic territory. Through needlework, maps, watercolours and painted scenes, they documented the places around them, and, occasionally, inspired famous brothers along the way. A new exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum makes the case that “schoolgirl art” deserves considerably more than a footnote.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The promise of corporate feminism was straightforward: that women’s professional ambition, properly encouraged and strategically deployed, could bring about meaningful equality. Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In and Sophia Amoruso’s #GIRLBOSS became touchstones of that moment, as “Lean In” and “Girlboss” feminism entered the cultural lexicon. Diabolical Lies revisits the era to consider what its prescriptions got right, and why the movement ultimately lost its momentum.
DIABOLICAL LIES
At Autista, Dune Chambaud has built an entire fashion world around one exceptional garment: the Alpine-style Janker jacket. Inspired by her father’s wardrobe and Hubert de Givenchy, the Paris boutique offers meticulously made versions in fine merino wool and Japanese blends, distinguished by sculptural collars, functional pockets and jewel-like buttons. Its most fitting devotee may be Charlotte Rampling, who became the brand’s first customer and now fronts its autumn campaign.
HOW TO SPEND IT
Emily Dawn Long has become an unlikely force in menswear, building a devoted following around clothes that feel personal, slightly nostalgic and difficult to categorize. The former stylist has grown her business one small-batch hit at a time, from crochet bucket hats to embroidered caps, vintage tees and retro-inspired shirting. Now, with celebrity fans, a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund nomination and bigger ambitions, her downtown world is expanding.