Vanessa Winship for Hermes

Beautiful portraits of the Hermes workers 

By 

Vanessa Winship 

for the Hermes A/W 11 magazine

They remind me of 

August Sander images

The beauty of Crafts people

It's a man's world

As New york gears up for the S/S 11 Womens shows

Here are some of my favourite things from the world of the other half

Backstage at John Galliano

Bags by Dries Van Noten

Details from Lanvin Homme

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Adler Fedora hats
the perfect hat for Fall, no?

and

This outfit
I want it!

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I love a pocket handkerchief like this

or

With a feminine lace touch

An unexpected blue shoe

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The colour of this Hermes shirt

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Hermes pour Liberty

 

So you are probably aware of the Hermes and Liberty collaboration. If not then basically from Sept 7th to Oct 18th there is an Hermes pop up store at Liberty in London. The two houses have collaborated and Bali Barrett, creative director of Hermes, created special edition scarves for the event.

 Photo from Liberty

She used liberty Tana Lawn cottons and placed the iconic "Ex Libris" hermes print on top to create a new and collectable item for a limited time.

Liberty have set aside what was the jewelry room as a scarf haven showcasing the 2009 collection with stylists at the ready to help you tie your Hermes masterpiece and a monogramming service from 1-5pm daily.

I think an Hermes scarf is on most ladies "wishlist", it is an iconic item and an heirloom, so yes I was tempted to purchase one but, that will have to wait until another day to be crossed off.

BUT what I would have loved to have taken home under my enthusiastic arm was this!

A scale model of Liberty made out of Hermes orange boxes! I can't believe they didn't release pictures of this in their press releases! Isn't it fantastic. For those of you who don't know Liberty looks like this.

Photo from New York Times

So pretty great job! 

It is hard to see (iphone picture blown up) but on the little orange canopy Hermes is written and there are pictures of ladies in Hermes scarves in all the windows, the attention to detail on the beams and lattice work is incredible.

I think they should have made these available to buy ! Iconic, yes! Whimsical, Yes! On my mantelpiece Yes Please!