With Milan Menswear Fall/Winter 2026/27 Fashion Week coming to a close, all eyes are now on Paris. Fashion insiders are awaiting one event in particular with great interest.
On Saturday, January 24, 2026, Véronique Nichanian will show her last menswear collection for Hermès, closing a chapter that has lasted 37 years. This is not tenure – this is authorship.
Nichanian not only designed clothes, she developed a philosophy. She shaped the Hermès man as someone who does not flaunt masculinity, but lives it. Nichanian’s legacy is characterized by discipline and desire: garments that quietly seduce, feel comfortable and age with dignity. Timeless, but never static. Modern, without noise.
While fashion increasingly turned to novelty, Hermès remained committed to depth – to material intelligence, proportions and craftsmanship. Nichanian showed that modernity is not synonymous with speed and that authority does not require loudness. Under her direction, menswear became quietly expressive, confident rather than declarative, and designed to withstand both use and time.
Véronique Nichanian’s influence on luxury menswear is profound. Entire generations of designers have learned from her restraint. And now, as the torch is passed to Grace Wales Bonner, the discussion shifts from reinvention to continuity. The foundations are solid. The standards are high.
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Hermès will be showing a film about the Fall/Winter 2026/27 menswear collection on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 9:00 p.m. (Paris time). You can watch it on the Hermès website.
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