The fanny-pack across the chest has made it to the highest echelon of fashion: Hermes. For those who wish to showcase their wealth, Veronique Nichanian offered up a seafoam fanny pack for you to wear alongside your wide-legged pants, loosely tailored zip knits and stripped pajama bottoms. Is the end really nigh now that offers pajamas?

Hermès' Veronique Nichanian offered up stunning outerwear for Fall/Winter 2019 in shades of cobalt, sherbet and vermillion in supple leathers, some with fur trim and lining. As for ready to wear, the silhouette was looser but still flattering on the body - Hermès's subtle adherence to the oversized trend - while abstract geometric patterns broke up the color blocked looks. Like many of Hermès's collections, there is a strong color palette that's equally confident and quietly daring, whether it's a moss turtleneck, sherbet pants, or shiny chainmail-esque knit.

Hermès' strength is in its stalwartness and, at least with regard to its menswear, a big part of that is because of Veronique Nichanian. The Frenchwomen has been at the helm of Hermès menswear for decades and has honed the quiet luxury that most labels aim for but rarely attain. This is, of course, due in part to the ultra luxurious fabrics Nichanian has access to and the capital to hire the best atelier to achieve her vision. For SS19, there were strong elements from the general population that popped up here, such as fanny packs - let's call a spade, a spade at this point - as well as a tracksuit, sans shirt of course for a little sex appeal. Though both looked elegant enough that they wouldn't be lumped in together with one from, say, Juicy Couture. There were stunning lambskin outerwear and amazingly rich hues, like a series of tangerine colored pants, while some abstractly patterned knits added some depth to the collection and the two horse-bit printed shirts were likely the most street this high end collection went.

A dramatic, medieval setting quickly set the mood at Hermès' Fall/Winter 2018 collection. A dozen or so braziers lit up the runway and sent embers abound and gave the clothes a richness and depth that only real fire could bring. The clothes were not as dramatic as the setting but it was far more capital-F Fashion than Hermès tends to be. There were plenty of quiet luxury, like the super-soft leathers and cashmeres, the latter offering an arty mountainscape pattern while more ostentatious fashions like a hooded crocodile trench and furry overcoat were also present. The usually-reserved label, still family owned, brought a new willingness to try new things this season and while not everything worked (like the ultra-thin down jackets), most achieved the goal: offer unparalleled luxury at nosebleed-inducing prices.

The laid-back designs at Hermès are always a sight, the nonchalant clothes are deceptive in their richness and the richness of the wearer. These clothes are exorbitantly expensive and even the pieces that aren't crocodile or leather are eye wateringly expensive but put it on a man and one would never know because that's the genius of Veronique Nichanian. That was on display here, with fuller cut bottoms, slimming tops and a healthy dose of athletic-minded garments that could be Nike or Under Armour but is, instead, technical expertise in the richest of fabrics from Hermès.

Sporty elements invaded Hermès' super-luxe FW17 collection that offered almost every ultra-expensive fabric and exotic skin available from cashmere to crocodile to calfskin to velvet to astrakhan...you get the idea. First, the accessories: oversized haut-a-courroies in mixed fabrics showed the brand's renewed emphasis on bags while calfskin dual-zip fanny packs signaled that the once unfashionable bag-for-your-hip is now de rigueur once again. The clothes were deceptively simple and pared back as usual, but sporty elements invaded the collection from a crocodile or fur band across the chest and arms of a few coats to a little bunching at the waist of the streamlined pants. Tiny changes like these worked well with Veronique Nichanian's proven formula of chic sportswear for the ultra-mega rich.

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...

Veronique Nichanian's collections for Hermès have always encapsulated how the well heeled dressed: understated and elegantly. For FW16, this was present seen through the multitude of easy layers in rich tones of greens, blues, and reds. Luxurious fabrics are seen in the thick and warm cashmere sweaters while suede and leather outerwear looked supremely chic. The well heeled can't work out in calfskin loafers so Hermès offered trainers to do errands in while a kitschy bag with a shark face lightened the mood and made the collection approachable and youthful.

If someone is fortunate enough to afford Hermès, there are no such things as "seasons" so a leather jacket or goatskin trousers from the Spring/Summer 2016 collection could be very useful when one is jet-setting from one locale to another, from St. Barths to Gstaad. That's the premise of Veronique Nichanian's latest collection for the venerable French house. There were casual and cool trousers, relaxed and rolled up at the ankle, as well as various foliage-patterned jackets. Nothing was outlandish or screaming for attention, that's not Hermès. Instead, the unassuming luxury that Nichanian has perfected during her time at Hermès continues to shine through while those large structured top-handle bags she proffered are sure to fly off the displays and sure to illicit a waitlist or two.

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The glacial speed by which Hermès' fashion moves is why it's so often considered timeless. For FW15, the men's designer, Veronique Nichanian proffered a relaxed collection showcasing effortless looks, most of them would fill an entire year's weekend wardrobe choices. Highlights include soft scarves tied around the neck, paired with everything from a tailored suit to slim fit trousers and a multi-ply cashmere sweater. New additions to the lineup include sweatshirts and ethnic patterns seen on knits, though it should be noted that one of the sweatshirts was crocodile, just in case one may forget that Hermès only offers the best and most expensive.

Yannick Abrath, Lasse Pedersen, and Fabian Nordstrom are snapped by Marton Perlaki's lens for Hermès' semi annual book entitled Le Monde d'Hermès. For this story, the trio of models are styled by Hannes Hetta in Veronique Nichanian's designs for the French heritage house.

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The world of Hermès knows no bounds, for the men and women who afford these clothes, not much in life is unattainable. So what does the Hermès man want? If Veronique Nichanian has any say in it, that man will be wearing elegantly tailored sportswear, from straight leg trousers in crisp white and cream tones to a hooded crocodile blouson. Nichanian treads a very narrow line between luxury and casual wear for her men's collections but the former always wins out, take the exotic skinned slip ons, these aren't your father's slip ons. When she does prints, like florals, it is understated and elegant, just like the rest of the collection.