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Play It Forward: Hermès Spring/Summer 2018 Accessories

  • By Wilson Lim

Hermès’s annual theme is “Play” and its interpretation for the year follows like second nature. After all, founded on equestrian sport, Hermès’s first playmate was the horse. Pierre-Alexis Dumas, the Maison’s artistic director, posits, “Doesn’t play itself form the outline of utopia?” It is no wonder that we often find ourselves enthralled by its luxurious fantasies.

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For Spring/Summer’18, accessories are heavily inspired by ball games – a backpack is dressed in white boundary lines of basketball courts while the classic Bolide bag is decorated with leather laces like the stitching on a baseball. Shoes are splashed with bright colours adding zest to comfort and style. The homeware collection also sees new game additions – an Hermès interpretation of Ludo called “little horses game” made in luxurious maple and a foosball table with the players carved into the shape of jockeys as a nod to the house’s equestrian roots. The fun never ends with Hermès.