Miley Cyrus, Kerry Washington, and More Rejoice As Hermès Descends in Bel Air
There was lots to want, for Cyrus et al., in this collection, one of Vanhee’s most impactful in some time. At a preview, the free-spirited French designer, who spent years at The Row before joining Hermès in 2014, spoke about the wide range of her inspirations while prancing barefoot in a makeshift showroom at a film studio complex in Culver City. She said she loves LA, a city that inspired the pungent color palette in her lineup. “Los Angeles [has] this color that is unreachable in Europe,” she said: A sharp suit in bright red satin reminiscent of the interior decor in an old Hollywood home (earlier that day, I had visited the home of famed LA decorator Hutton Wilkinson, with its red satin pillows sitting on animal print furniture); an embroidered letterman’s jacket in a washed scarlet and a pastel yellow leather coat, both the kinds of bright hues made softer by the constant exposure to sun one spots around the city; an almost-black deep violet bomber jacket finished with speckles of glitter under …
