Hermes goes Hijab Friendly
Hermes Ready to Wear Spring / Summer 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 2, 2011 in Paris, France
The handbag collection on the runway showed shoulder bags which were classic in silhouette; yet evoked a 1970’s vibe.
The collection was defined by its colours. The first and longest white period included oversized, near-harem trousers and oversized jackets, simple-looking shift and tunic dresses, and wide culottes with three delicately wrought strips running through the calf. There were a distressing amount of headscarf-cum-wimples, a full skirt split to the side, and a wide shouldered gilet with shoulders of leather and a back panel of mesh. Things became a half Grecian, half 1980's vision of futuristic dress with a series of heavily pleated white numbers with leather details that would have been great in an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25st Century . Most of the models wore leather headbands from which fell a fringe cut severely straight at the eye-brow line.
