Every season, Hermès manages to capture not just a mood, but a world. For Autumn-Winter 2025, the house presents Objets—a collection that stretches from timeless leather goods to playful homeware, drawing together artistry, heritage, and contemporary refinement. As always with Hermès, the collection is less about trends and more about the pursuit of craftsmanship elevated to poetry.
The leather atelier, the soul of Hermès, once again takes center stage. This season’s bags are a dialogue between the equestrian codes of the house and unexpected reinterpretations. The Besace Attelée, inspired by horse harnessing, marries silversmithing with supple Evergrain calfskin. Equally striking, the Double Longe bucket bag embraces both grained and smooth Barénia leather, its gleaming ring hardware a bold reference to stable equipment reimagined for the urban sophisticate. Each piece whispers of the saddle workshop, yet belongs resolutely to the rhythm of city life.
Miniature proportions also find their poetry. A Petit Sac in box calfskin captures harmony through perfect symmetry and a delicate H-signed handle, while the Bridon bag, a tribute to dressage bridles, balances structured strength with the softness of its curves. These pieces reflect Hermès’ unique talent for transforming equestrian references into coveted, everyday objects—functional yet irresistibly elegant.
Among the season’s novelties, trunks are revisited with contemporary verve. The Mallette vanity case in Butler calfskinfeels like an heirloom built for modern rituals, with compartments for perfume, beauty, and skincare cleverly arranged beneath a mirrored lid. The Minaudière Mallette in Tadelakt leather continues this homage to Hermès’ trunk-making origins, refined with an H-shaped clasp. For connoisseurs of the unexpected, the Onbody Ancrage bag takes cues from scuba gear, its anchor-link clasp a subtle nod to the house’s maritime codes.
Hermès silk—long the canvas of artists—is as rich and eclectic as ever. A botanical firework of blooms erupts across Katie Scott’s Bouquet Final scarf, while Jan Bajtlik’s Academia Hippica transforms equestrian lore into a whimsical parade of references from Da Vinci to Hokusai. Elsewhere, Alice Shirley’s Tyger Tyger prowls against spiraling flora inspired by India’s Periyar forests, and Carine Brancowitz sketches the intimacy of a Parisian apartment in Rendez-vous chez Hermès, complete with a dalmatian watching from the shadows.
Jewellery and watchmaking echo the maison’s duality: both bold and discreet. The Crescendo line reimagines diamond setting in audacious gradients, while the Adage collection sculpts white gold and diamonds into asymmetrical chains of light. Time itself is wrapped in signature codes: the Arceau Petite Lune sparkles with ninety-nine diamonds on its dial, while the Arceau Chronographe offers steel and calfskin simplicity for collectors who cherish the understated.
Home is no less poetic. Nigel Peak’s Hermès en contrepoint tableware juxtaposes kaolin-white porcelain with pastel geometry, suggesting endless combinations for casual dinners or grand evenings. Playfulness also finds its place: the Solo solitaire game, crafted in cherry wood and calfskin marquetry, elevates leisure into art. Lighting, too, becomes sculpture—the Voltige d’Hermès lamp with its braided-leather stem and linen shade feels more like an equestrian gesture captured in light than a mere object.
Even sound is touched by Hermès savoir-faire. Under its Ateliers Horizons banner, the house introduces audiophile-grade speakers and headphones clad in supple Pippa cowhide, marrying cutting-edge technology with saddler tradition. A lacquered mahogany DJ system and a whimsical Neon Cheval jukebox—with Murano glass and eight speakers—remind us that Hermès thrives where craft and imagination intersect.
There is a quiet confidence running through the collection: nothing shouts, everything sings. From the warmth of hand-embroidered blankets to the modernist rigor of hammered aluminium furniture, Hermès’ Autumn-Winter 2025 Objets are less about possession and more about presence. Each creation feels like an invitation—to pause, to admire, to live with objects that breathe heritage into modern life.
