Paris Fashion Week: Hermès channels Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau in surrealist womenswear spring/summer show – what were the key takeaways from this year’s part-digital runways?
Fewer celebs and masked front rows at the largely digital take of one of fashion’s biggest calendar events – where home-grown Hermès used one its live runway show to play with depth, using projections and reflections of Greco-Roman sculpture to evoke Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau
Hermès headlined Saturday’s (October 3) instalment of Paris Fashion Week with a cinematic, surrealist runway, but the lack of celebrities and patchy drizzle put a slight dampener on the usually high-octane event.
Prints of Greco-Roman goddess sculptures adorned columns at the Hermès show, with mirrors reflecting parts of their marble forms. The creative presentation referenced surrealists Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau, evoking a sense of magic, mystery and depth.
Depth was indeed the key theme for minimalist designer Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, but the magic and mystery were sometimes missing in the clothes. Shimmering metallic mesh came as an outer layer over pared-down undergarments in dark and muted hues.