Story of an exceptional saddle-maker at Hermès | Hermès Footsteps Across The World

On the fifth floor of 24 Faubourg in Paris, Laurent Goblet’s workshop, a saddle-maker at Hermès for forty years, has been turned into a design office for the creation of the Arpège saddle, in collaboration with German dressage champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl. 

A simple stroke, a curve, a line give birth to this fine, light dream saddle that keeps a low profile, contrary to certain museum pieces.

Tree, seat, flaps, girths–it is all a matter of balance in this métier that Hermès has been mastering for more than 150 years.

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Welcome to the world of Hermès:
In 1837, Thierry Hermès opened his workshop making the finest quality harnesses and saddles in the heart of Paris.
Today, Hermès is still a family company whose craftspeople make, often by hand and always with love , bags and belts, diaries and dishes, scarves and shoes, perfumes and purses, ties and travelling furniture, as well as gloves, hats, watches, jewellery and clothes.