Givenchy: Ready-To-Wear SS26
“I was actually looking at female power and how to empower women through the architecture and the iconography of the feminine,” said Sarah Burton of her masterful Givenchy show, full of clothes that traced the curve of the female form.
Loewe: Ready-To-Wear SS26
We hereby declare that Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, formerly the Proenza Schouler boys, are hence forth to be known as the Loewe boys.
Schiaparelli: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Why do something average, when you can do something extraordinary? That’s the magical thinking that has propelled Daniel Roseberry and Schiaparelli into fashion’s premiere league.
Ahead Of The SS26 Hermès Show, Read Our Interview With Nadège Vanhée
“I do not ride horses,” says Nadège Vanhée, 47, artistic director of womenswear at Hermès, “but I like the culture of horses.” Not only has she studied how the millennia-old relationship between horses and humans has shaped civilisation, she’s also
Carven: Ready-To-Wear SS26
The season of debuts continues apace with Mark Howard Thomas who showed his first collection for Carven in the court yard of the house’s Paris HQ.
Tom Ford: Ready-To-Wear SS26
The house of Tom Ford has always had a libido and in Haider Ackermann’s hands, seduction reigns supreme.
Dior: Ready-To-Wear SS26
How do you prepare for the biggest day of your fashion life? For Dior’s Jonathan Anderson, presenting his debut women’s collection, it started with an ice bath for his face.
Louis Vuitton: Ready-To-Wear SS26
For its SS26 show, Louis Vuitton took us to the newly renovated 17th century summer apartments of Anne of Austria, Queen of France and mother of Louis XIV.
Saint Laurent: Ready-To-Wear SS26
With the strong-shouldered silhouettes, giant jewels, diaphanous gowns and sunglasses worn at night, Anthony Vaccarello took his queues from the libidinous Seventies and Eighties YSL era.
Giorgio Armani: Ready-To-Wear SS26
There was a deep poignancy to the SS26 Giorgio Armani show, which closed Milan fashion week.
Bottega Veneta: Ready-To-Wear SS26
It was as self-assured a debut as you could get. With functional softness as her guiding principle Louise Trotter’s first Bottega Veneta collection married awe-inspiring artisanship with an utterly modern silhouette.
Dolce & Gabbana: Ready-To-Wear SS26
For SS26, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana had a flex that no-one could compete with. A Hollywood blockbuster was filming on their front row. Miranda Priestly is in the building and she’s wearing Dolce.
Prada: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Prada SS26 took familiar pieces and made them strange.
Max Mara: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Let other designers channel Marie Antoinette. Max Mara’s Ian Griffiths focused on an alternative 18th century icon for SS26, the ultimate self-made woman Madam Pompadour.
Fendi: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Silvia Venturini Fendi used colour magic at Fendi.