Yahoo Lifestyle Hermès Men’s Fall 2025: Off to the Races
Véronique Nichanian brightened up a rainy Paris afternoon with a show that was packed with cozy fabrics and warming colors inspired by jockeys’ jazzy racing silks. Hermès may have started life as a saddle maker, but that wasn’t the reason she turned to the racetrack for inspiration.
“I wanted this collection to be very strong, and energetic, with deep, dark colors,” offset by brighter shades and stripes, said the designer, who mixed earthy brown and dark teal with brighter shades of tomato soup red, rich lemon yellow and stone.
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It was warming all the way through, from the fuzzy teddy mohair coats to the velvet varsity jackets and suits. She layered chunky sweaters (some with matching snoods) under jackets, added blanket linings to coats and worked swathes of sheepskin and bouclé into all sorts of outerwear.
The sweaters — and zip front jackets — with chevrons and other sharp geometric patterns were a highlight of this handsome collection. Color combinations were inspired by racing silks, with the patterns mirroring the tall, lean architecture of the Palais d’Iéna show space.
A jacket with a shawl collar and hefty turtleneck sweater were made from a puzzle of blue, black and white stripes, while a multicolored cluster of triangles, rectangles and squares adorned a yellow turtleneck sweater. The designer clearly dusted down her old trigonometry books.
Those fabrics, and knits, certainly worked hard to keep models warm. Nichanian said there was less layering this season than in the past, because she wanted to keep her silhouettes sleek. Even her gray pinstripe suits were slim — she doesn’t want any extra fabric weighing her men down as they race through life.
Launch Gallery: Hermès Men's Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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