Need the perfect wardrobe for that yacht getaway? Hermes delivers

Hermes delivers perfect wardrobe for yacht getaway

PARIS — If you haven’t yet picked out your wardrobe for the summer’s yacht vacation, Hermes’ spring-summer 2011 menswear collection Saturday was just the show for you.

Designer Veronique Nichanian delivered a sumptuous collection of tasteful white linen suits and casual chic printed silk blouses that would feel right at home on even the highest-end of 200-plus-foot yachts.

Well-toned models sported khaki blazers and safari jackets — with only one button done to better highlight their chiseled pecs — paired with white trousers that were neither wide nor narrow, neither long nor high-water, but simply the perfect cut. Cardigans in featherweight silk were layered beneath chunky sweaters and adorned with silk scarves knotted jauntily at the neck. A pair of silk pajama pants was worn alone, as if the model just rolled out of his cabin below deck.

Windbreakers and shorts in jade suede nodded to the leather-working tradition of the storied house, which got its start as a saddlemaker and has since morphed into a purveyor of ultra luxurious accessories and garments with exorbitant price tags.

Nichanian called the collection “nonchalant,” and it was just that — easy, classic, tasteful chic for the discriminating, yacht-set consumer.