STYLE Edit: Hermès launches a collection of 144 accessories for spring/summer 2022, including new Colormatic Birkin and Kelly bags, equestrian-inspired leather goods, and Apple watches

Mar 21 , 2022

Hermès launches a bumper collection of 144 accessories for spring/summer 2022, including the new Birkin Colormatic in swift calfskin. Photos: Hermès

From the elegant to the whimsical, the collection spans everything from powerbanks to portable kennels, many showing the brand’s equestrian heritage

The house’s Petit h re-creation workshop has even fitted a large earthenware jar with a Kelly bag handle, with plenty of fashion items, jewellery and homeware available too

Whether it’s accessories, jewellery, travel gear or even electronics you’re looking for this spring and summer, you can pretty much guarantee that Hermès has got you covered. The venerable Parisian maison is well known for its range of glamorous objects that allow fans to inject a drop of Hermès elegance into every aspect of their lives – witness the recent release of sunny tableware – but this season it’s really excelled, with a collection of 144 new items for spring/summer 2022 that covers all bases, from home to the beach to nights out.

The new Hermès Kellydole in epsom calfskin will appeal to those with a playful sense of style.

Among the bags alone, there are pieces that run the gamut from traditionally luxurious to highly innovative, even whimsical. The brand’s highly coveted Birkin and Kelly handbags are reinterpreted with playful designs crafted in swift calfskin, adding new iterations to the Colormatic series.

A powerful equestrian influence is front and centre as ever with Hermès. It’s most immediately noticeable on a dazzlingly unique bag that mimics the shape of a horse’s hoof, available either in full leather or in laced leather with braided wicker. But it’s also there on a canvas and leather tote that displays pop art-like, graphical patterns alluding to the equine world, alongside handles inspired by riding crops and a stirrup charm; and on a cylindrical bag with a metallic handle based on the design of a horse’s bit.

A delightfully idiosyncratic fringed bag inspired by 1920s flapper dresses, meanwhile, is available in a range of new colours; while the daringly different new Kellydole bag, a recreation of a piece unveiled back in 2000, originally designed by former Hermès chairman Jean-Louis Dumas, comes adorned with a pixelated, video game-style character.

Hermès Bolide Skate bag in togo calfskin, natural cowhide and swift cowhide, complete with bright, statement-making base.

Inspiration for the collection’s bags comes from other sources, too. The Bolide bag, for example, takes its cues from the world of skating, with a base that echoes the shape of a skateboard, decorated with a street art-inspired design. A new backpack looks to the military, featuring a new material, bivouac canvas, which is both tough and water-repellent.

The Simple Tour Circuit H Band Apple Watch in swift calfskin with a 41mm case in steel.

Among a range of new watches and jewellery, the new Faubourg Polka women’s timepiece features an eye-catching new bracelet showcasing off-centre lines and dots. The farrier nail, meanwhile, which attaches horseshoes to hooves, forms the basis of the new Clou de Forge collection of necklaces, pendants, bracelets, rings and earrings.

An Hermès men’s ankle boot in cotton canvas and calfskin is just one of the many pieces of footwear available in the new collection.