At @hermes, Nadège Vanhée, the artistic director of women’s ready-to-wear, has spent 12 years looking for imaginative ways to explore the confluence of style and substance. But in a fashion world brimming with big personalities and chronic over-posters, she has managed to maintain a certain aura of mystery. In W’s upcoming Summer Issue, the elusive designer opens up about bringing the quintessentially French house to Los Angeles for its latest collection—as seen here on Kristen McMenamy —and charting Hermès’s next frontier: haute couture." – WMagazine.com
Photographed by Karim Sadli
Styled by Max Pearmain
Writer Christopher Bagley
Hair by Anthony Turner
Makeup by Lynsey Alexander
Manicure by Hanaé Goumri
Set Design by Alexander Bock
Production by Brachfeld
Casting by Ashley Brokaw
W MAGAZINE
Editor-in-Chief Sara Moonves
Creative Directors at Large Kevin Tekinel & Charles Levai