The performance, between the parade and the choreography, begins in a murmur and ends in a lively farandole.
At the Gaîté lyrique on Wednesday, Hermès commissioned the Lithuanian artist Lina Lapelytè (golden lion at the Venice Biennale in 2019 and currently exhibited at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris) to stage its new collection Les jeux de l 'shadow.
Sometimes funny, sometimes poetic, the members of this little singing troupe, dressed in black, wear the 53 pieces of fine jewelry imagined by Pierre Hardy.
A few days earlier, in a small salon of the Faubourg Saint-Honoré boutique, the creative director of the saddler's jewelry store sheds light on his idea of shadows.
“
I was guided by the spirit of contradiction!
” he laughs.
In jewelry, everyone always talks about sparkle, shine, light… You have to impress.
What can be very beautiful, I'm not saying the opposite, but I wanted to assert its counterpoint, to seek out beauty...
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