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In celebration of 50 years of creation, Agnes b.’s Spring/Summer 2026 show at Paris Fashion Week felt less like a conventional runway and more like a lived-in archive come to life. The designer, Agnès Troublé, brought forth a collection that quietly underscored her enduring values—functionality, humanism, and a distinctly Parisian ease—while also acknowledging the breadth of her half-century journey. Agnes b.'s SS26 offering delved into her wardrobe staples—denim, stripes, wo

Thom Browne arrives in SS26 with a visible tension in its DNA: the rigor of uniform meets the impulse to unravel. Browne has long made a signature out of tailoring, shrunk proportions, and gesture (cropped lengths, accentuated sleeves), but this season feels more willing to fracture the code itself. Browne does not abandon structure—he interrogates it. The show offers looks that might read first as disciplined: sharply cut jackets, pleated trousers, structured outerwear. But

Zimmermann's Spring/Summer 2026 collection appears to deepen its signature romance, embracing a drift between ethereal fantasy and structured charm. For seasons now, Nicky Zimmermann has been weaving together lightweight fabrics that catch skin and air with elements that anchor looks in shape and purpose. SS26 seems to offer more of the same magic, but with a slightly sharper story: what beauty looks like when it moves, when it leans into daylight, when it flirts with both ex

The Spring/Summer 2026 collection from Boyarovskaya made a quiet, potent statement at Paris Fashion Week. Founded by Maria Boyarovskaya, the brand has long excelled in exploring minimalism's emotional register — and with SS26, the house pushed deeper into the space between presence and absence, structure and vulnerability. The presentation space itself offered a clue: models strode through a stark white gallery void, dressed in the brand's signature black-on-white architectur

Miuccia Prada's latest runway for Miu Miu feels like a reclamation of softness amid instability. In a Paris season colored by political and social unease, this SS26 show at Palais d’Éléna offers a kind of feminine choreography that is both gentle and defiant. The label revisits its signature codex—mini skirts, floral whispers, school-uniform echoes—but frames them through apron dresses, folk prints, visible bras, and pointelle knits. It's a conversation between nostalgia and

Coperni continues its trajectory as a brand that thrives in the space between innovation and sensual minimalism. Under Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, the house has become known for memorable "moments" — the spray-on dress, the Swipe bag, the experiments — but this season feels like both a consolidation and an opening: consolidating its techno-chic vocabulary while making moves toward approachable wearability. Coperni isn't just chasing virality; it seems to want resonan

In her Spring/Summer 2026 collection showcased at Paris Fashion Week, Shiatzy Chen channels a spirited fusion of heritage and ease—an aesthetic rooted in Chinese craftsmanship but infused with the loose-limbed freedom of '70s hippie culture. The collection, titled "Unstill,” leans into motion, symbolised by the house's reference to the horse—fluid, strong, and ever in transit. Shiatzy Chen's framework remains the marriage of East-meets-West, but this season she re-frames it t

When Ungaro presented its Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week, Creative Director Kobi Halperin steered the historic house into a realm of elegant exploration— one that draws from the grandeur of the Louvre Museum and the eclectic spirit of the flea markets of Paris in equal measure. The show felt like a curated journey through beauty, heritage, and reinvention. The collection's inspiration is layered: it takes cues from the formal symmetry and refined interior

For SS26, Chitose Abe returns with "Everyday All Day," a collection that doesn't chase spectacle but rather elevates the ordinariness of daily life. What becomes immediately clear is Sacai's ambition to reconcile the utilitarian with the luxurious: clothes built for many hours of being, moving, existing, yet rich with detail, craftsmanship, and disruption. The ordinary is used as a canvas rather than a constraint. Silhouette is central to this season. Sacai restates its signa

Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2026 collection under Seán McGirr arrives as a vivid statement of tension: between tradition and exposure, between structure and erotic abandon. There is something tribal in its fractures — uniforms undone, surfaces sliced, corseted forms stripped back - all playing out against a soundscape of rain and bird calls, a frenetic yet primal setting. The show evokes ritual: of clothing, of body, of identity being constantly remade. McGirr leans har

For SS26, Chloé under Chemena Kamali leans into its heritage in the most light-footed way, letting prints, drape, and ease carry the brand's romantic DNA forward without letting it feel stuck in the past. Flowers, dropped hems, pastel tones—all markers of classic Chloé -return, but the show's energy is one of refinement: of looking back not to replicate but to reinterpret. The result is a collection that breathes, moves, and flutters more than it demands. Kamali's work here b

For their Spring/Summer 2026 collection, Swiss duo Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient lean into a "big sister" persona—one that blends toughness and care, boundary pushing and nurture. Marking a decade of their brand, they reflect on not just how you dress to be seen, but how you dress to endure, to fail, to rise, and to support others doing the same. The collection plays off contradictions: exposure and coverage, tenderness and structure. The mood feels both rebellion and refu

Jean Paul Gaultier enters SS26 under the creative direction of Duran Lantink—his first full ready-to-wear collection since being appointed permanent artistic director. The show is heralded not simply as a reset, but as a provocative reimagining of what JPG can—and should—mean today. Lantink makes clear that he is engaging with the legacy, yet determines not to simply mine the archives but to build from his own imaginative territory. The energy of SS26 is disruptive, electric:

Alessandro Michele's Valentino SS26 arrives as what feels like a turning point — an exercise in containing exuberance, editing excess, and refocusing on wearability without losing identity. After seasons known for lush maximalism, ornate embellishment, and archival abundance, this collection leans into prim 1970s silhouettes with bows, ruching, and velvet skirts, while still allowing signature Valentino theatricality to flicker in select moments rather than dominate. Under st

At its core, Akris SS26 leans into what Albert Kriemler calls "Flou and Pragmatism"—a design philosophy that marries delicate fluidity with functional structure. The show is not about flamboyance, but about refinement, restraint, elegance of line, and craft. It offers both dreamlike softness and quiet readiness. The venue and atmosphere reinforce this duality: light plays across fabric layers, shadows accent tops, trenches, coats; architectural influences like soft tailoring

Niccolò Pasqualetti's Spring/Summer 2026 collection arrives as an exploration of boundaries: between menswear and womenswear, between workwear and ornament, between structure and looseness. Shown outdoors at Pitti Uomo in Florence, in the heat and architecture of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the collection feels like an argument for garments that live through movement— breathing, shifting, resisting static expectations. Pasqualetti's approach isn't about glamor for glamor'

Stepping into truly big shoes—those left by Phoebe Philo's intellectual minimalism and Hedi Slimane's razor-edged rock attitude—Michael Rider's SS26 at Celine feels like both a homecoming and a declaration of intent. After his stints at Ralph Lauren and earlier years with Philo and Balenciaga, Rider returns not just to a familiar atelier in rue Vivienne, but to a brand's heart. And what he brings back is clarity: clothing that lives, that lasts, that holds memory while still

Lacoste's Spring/Summer 2026 show unfolds not on a traditional runway but in the symbolic space of a locker room—“The Locker Room”—a setting that sets the tone for a collection that oscillates between vigor and ease, sport and recovery. The venue (Lycée Carnot, ornate and academic) becomes more than a backdrop-it echoes the formative years of René Lacoste, the intensity of competition, and the quiet moment when the game is done. Designers often lean into heritage; Kolotouros

The Spring/Summer 2026 collection from Véronique Leroy arrives at the heart of Paris Fashion Week as a refined meditation on structure, texture, and quiet confidence. Rather than pivoting wildly from previous seasons, Leroy continues to evolve her design language—one rooted in sculptural precision and architectural tailoring—but introduces fresh materials and a subtle shift in mood that mark this as a moment of considered progression. Leroy's signature silhouette remains unmi

In her Spring/Summer 2026 offering at Paris Fashion Week, Margaret Howell remains true to her enduring philosophy of quiet utility and considered ease—but here with a subtle recalibration of proportions that injects fresh energy into her rigorous restraint. According to reviews, the collection revisits key archive gestures while re-thinking how they live now: relaxed tailoring, soft outerwear, and lightweight separates defined in muted seasonal tones. Howell's SS26 is less ab