French fashion house Hermes released its 2024 Fall/Winter women's collection in Paris on Saturday.

The setting was designed to reflect the streets of Paris in the rain. Nadège Vanhée, Hermes' artistic director for women's collections, dressed her models like fearless riders, either on a horse or a motorcycle.

Tires glide and splash, drops of water pitter-patter from trees and ledges onto open umbrellas. Boots click-clack, as horses clip-clopped. She smiles at the rain. Zipping a collar, a skirt, buckling an overcoat, tightening the ripcords on rainwear she looks at ease.

The models wear resilient leathers, studded biker jackets whose shape recalls the imprint of a saddle. Her clothes stand out, a painterly palette with vibrant accents: earthy browns and inky blacks, buttery beige and gray, deep and luscious reds.

A saddle pad transformed into a quilted leather biker jacket, a blanket coat that unfurls into a real blanket. In a forest, in a park, it seems to fit any location. Between archetypes, between masculine and feminine, with versatility, solidity, and attention to detail, the collection displays the brand's creativity. A ray of sunshine pierces the cloud cover, parting the fine curtain of mist as if welcoming a new era.