RUNWAY: Hermès SS17

In case one forgot what show they were watching, the opening look's leather cardigan and a myriad of leather touches would surely signal that this was Hermès. The French house's Veronique Nichanian is one of fashion's blue chip designers, she consistently creates some of the most sumptuous and wearable fashion around. These leathers and cashmeres are not the same type you'd find at fast fashion retailers, they're the best, most luxurious and most luscious. Season after season, she does this with a sense of ease and nonchalance that it's no wonder she's lasted so long at Hermès when so many stay no longer than 3 years at a fashion post. For SS17, aside from the requisite leather pants, cashmere knits and obnoxiously covetable bags, an electric hue of yellow stood out, like a billboard for the rich: buy me. Even if one doesn't have bottomless coffers, it still spoke to you and now you want to buy it but alas...