HERMES

Veronique Nichanian said her new collection for Hermès had a 'casual elegance': in place of suits, she proposed blazers or blousons, cut in unlined poplin as light as a shirt. Nothing matched, instead colours like desert, brown and shades of blue were mixed and matched, along with subtle stripes, micro checks, patterns like rubbed-out florals on shirts and shorts, 'H' jacquards so fine they were little more than texture, geometric spots, and squares reading like a fine chequerboard. Nichanian sees summer as 'the time to play with pattern and print' for men.