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Hermès

News and insight on the French luxury goods and high fashion house that produces leather goods, perfume, jewellery, haute couture and ready to wear

Chairman / President

Axel Dumas

CEO / Managing Director

Éric Vallat

CFO / Finance Director

Eric du Halgouët

Industry

Fashion & Beauty

Website

hermes.com

Headquarters address

24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France

Year founded

1837

Saint Laurent Nocturnal Temptation by Anthony Vaccarello. Photo: Handout

Christmas

Christmas 2025 gift guide: white and gold from Hermès, Ray-Ban and more

From an Anteprima bag charm and Officine Universelle Buly soap holder to Lito earrings, these present ideas range from quirky to extravagant.

1 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM

Celebrity style

How to Style like the cast of Stranger Things, from Sadie Sink to Finn Wolfhard

31 Oct 2025 - 4:00AM

Style Edit

Style Edit: Hermès women’s ready-to-wear spring/summer 2026

27 Oct 2025 - 10:00AM

Gold in Hong Kong

How Chinese jeweller Laopu Gold has become a luxury phenomenon

Blending tradition with marketing savvy, the brand is luring young, cost-conscious buyers despite a sluggish market and soaring gold prices.

26 Oct 2025 - 9:30AM

Laopu Gold’s outlet in IFC Mall. Photo: May Tse

Luxury brands

Meet Grace Wales Bonner, the first Black woman to lead a major fashion house

She dressed Lewis Hamilton, Jeff Goldblum and FKA Twigs for this year’s Met Gala, and her first collection is set to debut in January 2027.

23 Oct 2025 - 12:04PM

Fame and celebrity

Hermès levels up the ‘man purse’ trend – male stars love the Birkin and Kelly

Famous men are embracing their love of Hermès’ coveted bags, with A$AP Rocky, Marc Jacobs and others spotted with pieces from the maison.

24 Oct 2025 - 10:41AM

How luxury is made

The leathers behind the world’s most iconic luxury brands

Houses including Hermès, Prada and Bottega Veneta have taken to producing their own unique leathers, each perfected to suit a particular bag.

15 Oct 2025 - 4:00AM

Leather has been a key component in Hermès’ creations since the maison was founded in 1837. Photo: Handout

Fashion

Gem-studded bags from Gucci and more promise sparkling nights out

At the Paris Haute Couture Week shows, luxury maisons gilded the lily by adding beautiful stones to statement accessories, bringing back the minaudière.

12 Oct 2025 - 6:00AM

Fame and celebrity

‘Baby Gisele Bündchen’? Meet Angelina Kendall, a supermodel in the making

Kendall has already walked runways for Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Loewe, and Stella McCartney raves about her – so who is she?

13 Oct 2025 - 9:55AM

Fame and celebrity

Meet Awar Odhiang, the model who just went viral after a Chanel show

The South Sudanese-Canadian model closed Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut show at Paris Fashion Week with a bang – so who is she exactly?

9 Oct 2025 - 4:43PMvideocam

Model Awar Odhiang on the runway for Matthieu Blazy’s spring/summer 2026 women’s ready-to-wear collection show for Chanel during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, on October 6. Photo: Reuters

Paris Fashion Week

Valentino, Celine, Hermès and more highlights from Paris Fashion Week

Meanwhile, Chloé presented draped outfits, Jean Paul Gaultier brought back moulded bras à la Madonna, and McQueen turned to horror film The Wicker Man.

6 Oct 2025 - 2:17PM

Models looking up at an imaginary sky filled with fireflies at the Valentino spring/summer 2026 show. Photo: AP

Icons and Influencers

Marisa Meltzer’s new book dissects the life of archetypal ‘It’ girl Jane Birkin

The woman whose practicality and style inspired the iconic Hermès bag was also a complicated character who struggled to be taken seriously.

4 Oct 2025 - 6:00AM

Fragrances

With fragrance sales on the rise, these are the hottest perfumes for autumn

From ‘neo-gourmands’ to rich ambers, these latest drops are tempting buyers in the market for a splash of affordable luxury.

1 Oct 2025 - 12:00PM

Style Edit

Style Edit: Hermès men’s winter 2025 collection – key looks and craftsmanship

Shown this month at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, the collection marries exquisite fabrics, masculine tones and versatile silhouettes.

29 Sep 2025 - 10:00AM

The Hermès men’s winter 2025 collection was shown at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on September 19. Photo: Handout

Beauty

News and releases from major beauty brands this autumn

Besides new product drops, Tom Holland was declared the global ambassador and face of Prada Beauty’s latest men’s fragrance, Prada Paradigme eau de parfum.

23 Sep 2025 - 12:21PM

A beauty look from Chanel’s autumn/winter 2025 haute couture show. Photo: Handout

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$15 million in bogus items in record online sale case

Customs says syndicate believed to have sold bogus health supplements online, in addition to allegedly handling other counterfeit items.

19 Sep 2025 - 5:09PM

Fashion

4 new luxury collections to watch out for this fall

Fendi takes on Labubu, Hermès highlights colourful footwear, Jonathan Anderson refreshes his lifestyle range, and Prada is set for the great outdoors.

6 Sep 2025 - 6:00AM

Zoë Kravitz

Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz’s best matching Caught Stealing promo fits

Kravitz has been sparking romance rumours with Harry Styles lately – but fans still can’t get enough of her and Butler.

1 Sep 2025 - 10:52AM

Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler have been turning heads in their matching outfits during promotional events for their upcoming film, Caught Stealing. Photos: Getty Images, AFP, AP

Fashion

Orange Era? All about the colour linked to Taylor Swift’s new album

Following Taylor Swift’s swathing of her new album The Life of a Showgirl in Portofino Orange Glitter, we explore the colour deeper.

17 Aug 2025 - 7:15PM

Singapore

Singapore to sell luxury items, gold bars seized in US$2.3 billion scandal

The sale of confiscated watches from brands like Richard Mille and Patek Philippe is also part of Singapore’s largest money laundering case.

12 Aug 2025 - 8:03PM

Beauty

How luxury beauty packaging is balancing sustainability and sensory allure

Tactile details matter in the beauty industry – as luxury players from Dior, Hermès and Chanel, to Tom Ford and Byredo understand.

5 Aug 2025 - 7:00AM

Maison Margiela’s aesthetically arresting perfume bottles. Photo: Handout

Fame and celebrity

Lindsay Lohan’s Freakier Friday press tour looks: from Balmain to Jacquemus

Lohan also chose looks by Roberto Cavalli, Giambattista Valli and Pucci – and even paid tribute to her iconic role in The Parent Trap.

1 Aug 2025 - 6:00PM

On her Freakier Friday press tour, Lindsay Lohan wore a Roberto Cavalli dress in a clear nod to her character from The Parent Trap. Photo: @lindsaylohan/Instagram

Timepieces

Blue is back: our rundown of the new watch models that matter most

Zenith, Chopard, Chaumet and Ulysse Nardin also showed off new models in blue at Watches and Wonders 2025.

26 Jul 2025 - 6:00AM

High Jewellery

All that glitters: brands are betting big on gold jewellery amid price surges

Amid market turmoil and tariff threats, gold is seen as a safe bet – and its prices reflect that; but luxury brands and independent designers are feeling the effects differently.

28 Jul 2025 - 6:17PM

Fashion

Meet Snejyo, the Insta-famous Indian sisters bringing back maximalism

If Gwyneth Paltrow and The Row once embodied quiet luxury, Instagram-famous duo Snejyo epitomise the new maximalism: here’s what you need to know about them.

14 Aug 2025 - 6:27PM

Snehal and Jyoti Babani, aka Snejyo, in black Chanel outfits. Photo: @snejyo/Instagram

Fashion

She’s dressed Chappell Roan and Reneé Rapp – with biomaterials

Fashion designer Caroline Zimbalist hopes her experiments with sustainable materials set an example for larger brands to follow.

17 Jul 2025 - 4:15AM

Chappell Roan (centre) wears a bio hand-painted garden dress with appliqués by Caroline Zimbalist on The Tonight Show in 2024. Photo: Instagram/carolinezimbalist

Icons and Influencers

Meet Shinsuke Sakimoto of Valuence Japan, which paid US$10m for the OG Birkin

‘Jane Birkin’s embodiment of freedom and independent beauty resonates deeply with our philosophy of supporting women’s empowerment,’ stated Sakimoto, who plans to put the iconic bag on public display.

14 Jul 2025 - 4:00PM

France

Original Birkin bag by Hermès sells for record US$10 million at Paris auction

The price smashed the previous record, held by a Hermès Kelly 28 that fetched nearly US$513,000 in 2021 at Christie’s in Hong Kong.

11 Jul 2025 - 12:45PMvideocam

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