For four year now, French luxury accessory brand Hermès has created unique objects with its iconic scarves for its 'Petit h' workshops. Most recently, the company, with the help of Godefroy de Virew, created a decorative sailboat.
The point of the sailboat is to highlight the company's emblematic materials, which include leather, metal and silk scarf. Of course, it is also inspired by the toy sailboats that both children and adults use; many people have sailed similar boats on the pond at the Jardin de Luxembourg in Paris, while others simply use them as office decor.
This conceptualized boat is solely for decorative purposes and you may want to keep prying child hands away from it because it costs a few pretty pennies. The $10,200 sailboat is being sold for a limited time exclusively at Hermès stores, but will be showcased permanently at the Hermès store in Paris.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Luxury Scarf Creations
- Fashion brands are integrating their iconic scarves into unique, luxury products.
- Decorative Boats
- Boats are being created for decorative purposes, meant to showcase fashion brands' materials and expertise.
- Petit H Workshops
- The Hermès 'Petit h' workshops continue to create unconventional objects to highlight their design and excellence.
Where This Applies
- Fashion
- Fashion brands are exploring creative ways to integrate their materials into new, high-end products.
- Home Decor
- The home decor industry has an opportunity to incorporate decorative boats into their product lines.
- Luxury Retail
- Luxury retailers can highlight the quality of their materials and design through unique, limited edition products like decorative scarves and boats.
