Now a cultural institution – and status symbol for the ultra-wealthy – the original bag will hit the auction block July 10 in Paris as part of Sotheby's inaugural Fashion Icons sale.

We can easily say Hermes ticks all of these boxes, with its wide moat, legacy brand, founded back in 1837, surviving world wars, depressions, recessions, high-tariff periods or political upheaval.

Hermes show, spring summer 2017, Paris Men’s Fashion Week, France – 25 June 2016 Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni Hermès Men’s Spring 2017 Hermès Men’s Spring 2017 Image Credit: Giovanni ...

They are also its original muse, inspiring stirrup-inspired closures on bags, designs on silk scarves and in the company’s horse-and-carriage logo. Last week, that connection was on vivid ...

Belted midis with plunging necklines. Short shorts. Vests. Fingerless gloves. The Hermès Fall 25 show, presented in Paris on March 8. Image: Getty Elsewhere, a reprieve from the sea of dark ...

The advantage of felt is “being able to work it like leather, cut it however you want,” explained the Hermes’ house designer Nadege Vanhee French brand Hermes put felt at the heart of its ...

Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Kelly Rutherford and her teen son Hermés Giersch stepped out in style this weekend as they attended Paris Fashion Week together. On Saturday, March 8, the mother-son ...

PARIS, March 8 (Reuters) - Hermes (HRMS.PA), opens new tab designer Nadege Vanhee presented a fall-winter 2025 collection of glossy coats, dresses and trousers in dark-coloured leather on Saturday ...

Today’s Hermès woman is too busy to look back, Gregoris Pyrpylis, creative director of Hermès Beauty, tells me backstage at the autumn/winter 2025 show. “This season, she doesn’t have time to look ...

PARIS (AP) — Hermes illuminated a gloomy Paris afternoon with its fall men’s collection Saturday, as Veronique Nichanian turned to the racetrack for inspiration. Jockeys’ vibrant racing ...

A model wears a creation for the men’s Hermes Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection, that was presented in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) by: THOMAS ADAMSON, Associated Press ...