First, there was the ascent. Individual black SUVs collected guests and delivered them 900 winding feet above sea level into the Santa Monica Mountains, to a canyon-vista hilltop beside the Getty Museum. The setting — classical columns, grand scale — looked vaguely like the Parthenon. Large letters announced the show’s title: “Silhouettes on the Horizon.” Inside, artistic director Nadège Vanhée was about to unveil her Women Fall-Winter 2026 Second Chapter (the first having debuted in Paris back in March).
Outside those towering columns, the crowd itself was a fashion show. This wasn’t L.A.’s usual front-row set: these were young, Hermès-devoted female customers, decked out in the brand’s signature silk scarf-print coats, perforated leather dresses, leather shorts with matching jackets, and Hermès riding boots paired with everything. And a literal wealth of Kelly bags. Birkins, apparently, have been banished to the back of the closet. Mini Kellys, in every size and color, wrapped with classic Hermès scarves — some barely big enough for a lipstick — were out in droves. Several guests had mini Kelly charms dangling from their mini Kellys: Kelly à deux. A big-money crowd with a low-key attitude.
