While preparing for the hurricane last weekend, you might have missed excellent article, The Battle for Hermès in the Wall Street Journal. For those of you who don't know, Bernard Arnault, the owner of LVMH, has been buying up shares of Hermès in an attempt to add the venerable brand to his stable of luxury goods companies that includes Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and Givenchy among others. While I like LVMH brands, they seems to be a lot of more glitzy and glam than the understated luxury of Hermès. It will definitely be interesting to see how this new French revolution plays out. The feature was written by Dana Thomas, the author of Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster and I love the accompanying photos by Brigitte Lacombe. Also makes me want to take riding lessons so I can order a saddle. They are almost more beautiful than the bags.
Photos by Brigitte Lacombe