With this collection, designer Véronique Nichanian adds a new chapter to her long-standing artistic direction of Hermès Homme. A journey that, season after season, proves how elegance and innovation can coexist within the most refined simplicity. A perfect balance between structure and lightness gives rise to an image of true sophistication. The garments’ lines are sharp, essential, drawn with precision—yet behind every cut, there’s a vibrant energy. All the colors—kraft, ficelle, coffee, caramel, vanilla, burgundy, and an unexpected mint green—feel as though they’ve been captured from a Parisian summer.
Leather, a signature material of the maison, is treated and used as if it were fabric. Presented in various forms—marquetry, perforated, stitched with double saddle-inspired topstitching—it transforms into soft shirts, technical jackets, and overshirts. Nubuck takes on the airy texture of a feather, matte crocodile becomes a second skin, and silk twill carries the house’s iconic motifs, such as the Éperon d’or, printed on linings and delicate shirts. The silhouettes break away from the usual: jackets that are neither blousons nor windbreakers, wide and cropped trousers paired with open-toe sandals and rope soles, sleeveless cardigans, and deconstructed, lightweight shirts. A sartorial softness that rejects all rigidity: even the double-breasted suits in wool canvas defy convention, with shifted pleats, removable belts, and new collars—“softer than a caress.”
“Breathable clothing, just some lightness, softness, sensuality in the silk, in the prints.”
There is no use of black, but some pieces approach it through shades reminiscent of sun-warmed stone. The accessories—printed H canvas bags, suede sandals, silver and palladium-finish jewelry woven with leather—capture a clear vision of the Hermès man: a figure who resists convention and is always ready to reinvent himself.
With the SS26 collection, Hermès Homme continues to shape a masculinity that speaks in a calm yet resolute voice—one that finds its highest expression in lightness, through suspended lines and breathable colors.
