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But Gaultier era Hermes was still the golden time
Ye, imho Hermes homme worth seeing more than their femme nowadays. The womenswear are just dullHermès femme and homme are two completely different departments. Véronique Nichanian has been in charge of over 3 decades...She hardly changes or say..evolves. Some suits, some leather jackets, some oversize men's bags, some men's silk scarves. That is it.
I mean…^^^ Hermes men’s-- unlike so many other menswear labels, and even more so in 2024, serves their customer with respect and assurance, rather than desperately pandering to children. You can say that brands like Armani and Ralph Lauren also serve their male customers faithfully; although, I find Armani just too dusty and dated, and Ralph just too uniform by this point. The majority of the look offered here, even the separates, aren’t my preference (because I loathe argyle and tie-dye). But, the handful of modern and refined leather coats/jackets and that leather pant, they’d be all mine if money were no object. Great coats/jackets/suit jackets over a t-shirt is my uniform; and there are such great leather coats/jackets here. But their typical male customer, and likely it’s also their loyal female clientele shopping for their husbands (...aren't you tempted to snacth up a few of the leather pieces for your husband???), will snatch up the majority of the looks because the men that wear this label have more important things on their minds than being a walking billboard for groundbreaking fashions of the Season, only to be discarded for the next fashion fix. Thankfully that’s not the Hermes male customer— and I hope it never will be.
It’s a shame that Gaultier never did design for the menswear when he was with Hermes. I do believe that it would have been supreme going by his womenswear— which was Gaultier at his very best.