Mysterious ‘Mademoiselle D’ inspires Hermès’ classic luxury bags
Geometric, art deco design of Plume 28 and Kelly Retourné 28 bags based on sketches of enigmatic draughtswoman employed by fashion brand in 1930
We love a good mystery, and it appears we’ve stumbled across a good one when looking into the inspiration behind the latest Hermès leather launches.
The Plume 28 and Kelly Retourné 28 bags – both in Lettres au carré print on toile de camp and Swift calfskin – showcase a geometric print that’s distinctly art deco-esque, and that’s no surprise given that the inspiration behind the design came from archive works that date back to 1930, created by an enigmatic draughtswoman in the maison’s employ.
The mysterious and prolific “Mademoiselle D” – the name she signed on the back of her drawings – spent little more than a year with Hermès, but the brand has more than 60 of her sketches in its archives.
Some people have hazarded a guess that Mademoiselle D’s first name could have started with a “d” as well, given that her signature resembles a double-D figure, but this is pure conjecture, and little is actually known about this enigmatic draughtswoman whose work inspired the brand’s latest collection.
If the Plume 28 and Kelly Retourné 28 are a bit on the sporty side for you, the new special edition Kelly bags are more in line with classic Hermès offerings – vibrant and on the right side of fun-loving irreverence.
