Updated
Updated · WWD · Jun 5
Hermès Unveils Fall 2026 Dresses Recast From Carré Scarves in Los Angeles
Updated
Updated · WWD · Jun 5

Hermès Unveils Fall 2026 Dresses Recast From Carré Scarves in Los Angeles

3 articles · Updated · WWD · Jun 5

Summary

  • Bel Air hosted Hermès’ fall 2026 Chapter Two show Thursday, where Nadège Vanhée shifted the spotlight to dresses — a softer category for the house — built from its signature Carré scarf.
  • The Los Angeles installment extended the collection first shown in Paris, using dance, performance and California ease to recast the scarf into draped, body-conscious silhouettes with a strong ballet thread.
  • Leather still anchored the lineup through sculpted parkas and coats, while duchesse satin, velvet silk dresses, embellished knitwear and a cowboy-tinged leather look widened Hermès’ usual ready-to-wear vocabulary.
  • The show was the third stop in Vanhée’s traveling Chapter Two format after New York in 2024 and Shanghai in 2025, staged in a structure that took about a month to build.
  • Los Angeles also underscored the U.S. market’s importance to luxury groups during a slowdown, following recent Dior, Gucci and Louis Vuitton shows and ahead of Zegna’s runway there Friday.

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