Analytical, Not Literal: Inside Nadège Vanhee’s Hermès Vision

PANTIN, France – As a child, Nadège Vanhee was discouraged from wearing red: It would match her hair, she was told. But since her first collection for Hermès in 2015, she has embraced the colour, using it like another inky black. Sensuous and radical.

In 20 seasons, Vanhee has gradually reinvented Hermès’ ready-to-wear collections, working from the inside out without gimmicks or parody. There are no celebrity muses, rather, inspirations roam from urban to country landscapes, from…