Art in the field
THE place where sporting art met fashion used to be Europe, where Hermès and Gucci constantly reference equestrian sports in their textile designs. Now the fashion of hunting, shooting and fishing has returned to its British roots with the work of Clare Haggas, an artist whose paintings have jumped off the easel and on to the shooting field.
The fashion houses of Hermès and Gucci both started out as saddlers, hence the signature stitched leather design of Hermès’ packaging ribbon and Gucci’s iconic eggbutt snaffle
