PARIS, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Hermes is looking

into adding an haute couture line, which it could launch as soon

as 2026 or 2027, Axel Dumas, executive chairman of the French

label said on Friday.

"We are thinking about an haute couture line," he told

analysts at a presentation of the group's full-year results.

"There has to be an aesthetic reason, it has to be

beautiful, there has to be specific know-how," he added.