None of us were sure what to expect but I imagined something quite small, like the Dior exhibition in Harrods last year. I was wrong, it was gigantic.
As we came in I immediately thought of Norman Foster's roof at the British Museum. I love that style, bathing the space with natural light so that you have the feeling you're outside when you're in.
The exhibition was divided into rooms, each one very well done and each one telling a different part of the story. The first room gave us a chance to feel the leather and suede from different animals. A favourite was a blue-dyed ostrich leather.
We then had the opportunity to watch one of the craftsmen make a bag. It's a long and intricate process that I could watch all day long.
Next came various different rooms explaining the history of the brand, helping us to plot the trajectory of ideas that leads us to their place in fashion today. Each room had a distinct theme and design.
This included a North African refuge complete with desert sounds and sand.
A take on a silent moving picture.
A room for Hermès' sueños hechos realidad whose entrance was floor-length hanging strips of leather. There was even a pretty upmarket leather lunch box for your apple and pen knife.
There was even a room with Hermès saddles, stirrups and riding boots, which went so far as to *smell* like a stable.
The photo below is just too good to go unseen.
I leave you with their homage to Spain, bags mechanically dancing flamenco. It was all so well done, down to the extensive knowledge of those there working. If you can go, do. The exposición is on until the 13th October.
See Miss Fidalgo's blog for some more photos.
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