It\u2019s an element that\u2019s been inextricable from Herm\u00e8s\u2019 designs, ever since their origins as a harnesser and saddler in 1837: skin, or rather, leather. It\u2019s always been clear in the brand\u2019s mind that leather is more than just a material. The Faubourg Saint-Honor\u00e9 label is taking leather\u2019s entire universe and using it to create its language of beauty, resistance, and especially elegance. Idyllic objects are the norm here, since Herm\u00e8s has made leather its choice material.<\/p>\n
So, why not a ball? After making a baseball bat and a jumprope out of leather, the brand is now continuing to think up beautiful and resistant objects for everyday life. And this basketball is no exception to the rule: in veal leather, it is hand-sewn just like the Birkin. This savoir-faire and mastery assure the object such solidness that you can even play with it for real. This led the brand to color the ball, if not in red and black, with a rich blue. The international creative director, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, explains that this blue is the sky, the ocean, and all the beautiful swimming pools in LA and throughout all of California. But get this: only two copies of the ball will be produced. You have to wonder, will it be Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, or Tony Parker who ends up shooting hoops with this most stylish of basket balls?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s an element that\u2019s been inextricable from Herm\u00e8s\u2019 designs, ever since their origins as a harnesser and saddler in 1837: skin, or rather, leather. It\u2019s always been clear in the brand\u2019s mind that leather is more than just a material. The Faubourg Saint-Honor\u00e9 label is taking leather\u2019s entire universe and using it to create its…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9974,3334,21284,374,9932,9935,9933,9975],"class_list":["post-5156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-accessories","tag-basketball-michael-jordan","tag-birkin","tag-hermes-en","tag-hermes","tag-hermes-sellier","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-pierre-alexis-dumas","tag-tony-parker"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n