Piecing Together
GQ India|April 2022
The Hermès "Petit h" collection is sustainable luxury at its zenith-made from pieces that have been cast aside. The collection's creative director Godefroy de Virieu tells GQ about "creating in reverse", the kinetic energy that drives Petit h, and exemplifies how sustainability always begins with preservation.
SAUMYAA VOHRA
Piecing Together

Take us through the journey of a Petit h object-from how it's conceived to how it comes together.

Godefroy de Virieu: Skilful hands and clever minds manage to use our unused Hermès materials and improvise, combining them in different ways with the aim of making useful and surprising objects. All of our products must be used for one purpose: functionality. All the Petit h objects are useful and can be used for a long time.

The objects are created from materials handed down by Hermès's other métiers....

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