HERMÈS’S TROPHY COAT

Hermès showed on a racetrack – how fitting for this impeccably equestrianminded house. For a label that is so jaw-droppingly, accountdepletingly expensive, Hermes does something interestingly stealthy with luxury. For spring, it’s luxe sensibility rooted in pleasingly functional pieces such as shorts and parkas in a soothingly pragmatic palette – from khaki to hi-vis orange. One stands out among plenty: this eternally chic woven coat with leather trim. Bourgeois Ascot fare this is not.