Hermès brings polished fashion to the desert at Paris Fashion Week.

PARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Hermès ( HRMS.PA ) artistic director Nadge Vanhey-Cybulski seized on the Burning Man festival, with colorful hues and touches of luxe taking to the runway for its spring and summer collection on Saturday. To techno beats.

“A rave in the desert,” announced the show notes, handed out by clad hosts greeting guests with champagne glasses.

At the start of the event, the audience was seated on risers facing a hulking set of white shapes with vibrant colors.

Models marched around the carpet covered in cubist-style platform shoes.

The first look was Hermès classic: a pale, skinny shirt and pant ensemble, with a high-necked top and wide sleeves, with pant legs tapered at the bottom.

Later, russet-hued looks emerged, followed by oversized orange and pink silk dresses, made of perforated leather and slightly bolder, graphic prints outlined in black.

Tent-like straps lifted the panels from the hem and embellished midriffs, the straps flowed up and down, and the mini military-style leather dress had a slim pouch pocket.

In the year Celebrities and international audiences flock to the French capital for Paris Fashion Week on October 4, and the fashion industry is making a big comeback as luxury sales soar after the pandemic.

Italian fashion house Valentino shows on Sunday, Chanel and Louis Vuitton hit the runway on Tuesday.

Reporting by Mimosa Spencer; Editing by David Holmes

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