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Hermès' SS26 show is an exercise in distortion, dissolution and disappearance

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For Hermès SS26, the set designed by Villa Eugénie took the structure of a kaleidoscope further, suspending mirrors inside Palais d’Iéna. - Courtesy of Hermès
Because of the reflection – especially that of the building’s tall, gridded windows and the greenery outside – the spatial logic of the room dissolved completely. - Courtesy of Hermès
Villa Eugénie titled the set Displaced Horizons, and that’s precisely what the mirrors achieved: a total disorientation of space. - Courtesy of Hermès

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At Palais d’Iéna, Villa Eugénie used nothing but mirrors to erase a modernist icon. For Hermès SS26, the scenographers turned architecture into illusion, distorting symmetry, dissolving landmarks and refracting the summer cityscape i

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