Fashion career profile
Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski
French fashion designer Nadège Vanhée-Cybulski is Artistic Director of Hermès women’s ready-to-wear. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 2003 and studied at the Institut Français de la Mode. Her studio career spans Delvaux, Maison Martin Margiela, Céline under Phoebe Philo, and The Row, where she was women’s design director. Hermès appointed her in July 2014; she presented her first collection for the house in March 2015 for Autumn/Winter 2015. Her remit is specifically women’s ready-to-wear within a house whose creative work is distributed across separate métiers and led overall by Pierre-Alexis Dumas. The Hermès role followed senior studio work in Paris and New York, and has become one of the longest current creative-director tenures among major European fashion houses. Her collections draw on the house’s equestrian heritage while developing a contemporary women’s wardrobe; they sit alongside distinct creative leadership for men’s ready-to-wear, silk, accessories, beauty and other métiers.
- Role
- Artistic Director, Women’s Ready-to-Wear, Hermès
- Nationality
- French
- Age
- 48
- Career appointments
- 4
- Fashion houses
- 4
- In Paris, Hermès and the light of dayFashionNetwork · 2026-10-05
- Education: Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp; Institut Français de la ModeShe graduated from Antwerp in 2003 and studied at IFM. · Palais Galliera
- Current remit: Artistic Director, women’s ready-to-wear, HermèsHermès identifies her as the creative lead for this specific métier. · Hermès
- Career path: Delvaux → Maison Martin Margiela → Céline → The Row → HermèsHer move to Hermès followed studio and design leadership work in Paris and New York. · Vogue
- Hermès debut: Autumn/Winter 2015 women’s ready-to-wearHer first collection for Hermès was presented in March 2015. · Le Parisien
- 2003 — Graduates from Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine ArtsShe completed fashion-design studies in Antwerp before moving into studio work.
- 2014 — Appointed Artistic Director of Hermès women’s ready-to-wearHermès named her to lead the women’s ready-to-wear collections.
- 2015 — Presents her first Hermès collectionHer debut women’s ready-to-wear collection was presented in March 2015.
- 2014–Present — Artistic Director, Women’s Ready-to-Wear — HermèsCurrent appointment · Le Parisien
- 2011–2014 — Women’s Design Director — The RowHistorical appointment · Vogue
- 2008–2011 — Senior Designer, Womenswear — CELINEHistorical appointment · Vogue
- 2005–2008 — Designer, Design Studio — Maison MargielaHistorical appointment · Le Parisien