Hermès surf? Pour quoi pas!
Following Chanel's love affair with surfing , it's not surprising to see images of women who surf being used in other luxury campaigns. This time it's Hermès who surfs . I can't find the film to embed (yet), but you can check it out via this link . Famed for their exquisite scarves and handbags, Hermès is luxe to a new level. This little film they've shot to promote their beautiful, hand made, labour intensive scarves (apparently engraving the silk screen takes 750hours!), is very pretty. It does all the usual things relating to mainstream marketing images of women's surfing - young, slim, feminine, white women - but it's pretty. The bit where the scarf shimmers like the surface of the water is mesmerising. I wish there had been more of that because the rest isn't particularly interesting or innovative in terms of images. Like the Chanel film and film and images before it, this is hard to read or think about or critique this o...