French brand Hermes put felt at the heart of its fall-winter collection at its Paris Women’s Fashion Week show on Saturday in a beige-toned setting resembling a labyrinth.
The label sent out models in fitted designs with sharp cuts, small belts accentuating the waist and jackets with padded shoulders, bucking the oversized trend seen on many other catwalks over the last week.
Felt appeared first in mica grey or slate grey, paired with leather at the purpose-built venue in central Paris that was shaped like a horseshoe and decked out in brown felt.
The advantage of felt, which other brands like Marie Adam-Leenaerdt have also highlighted this Fashion Week, is “being able to work it like leather, cut it however you want”, explained the house’s designer, Nadege Vanhee.
The collection also featured short biker-style jackets and a bomber jacket.
