Stella McCartney: Ready-To-Wear SS26
“Come Together for humanity, animals and Mother Earth,” read the opening line of Stella McCartney’s SS26 show notes. It’s a unifying notion, calling together the designer’s heritage in music and activism, but also a clear direction for the new collection
Zomer: Ready-To-Wear SS26
When fashion goes smaller, Zomer goes bigger. The womenswear label helmed by duo Danial Aitouganov and Imruh Asha, presented its SS26 collection – Collection 05 – which eschewed minimalism and instead tapped into the tension between playfulness and sophistication.
OBO’s René Célestin Is The King Of Fashion Spectacle
“All things in the past are dying,” René Célestin tells me over a video call from his office in Paris. “I’ve never been a big believer in, ‘And now, ladies and gentlemen, here’s René, who’s going to tell you about
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.
Lanvin: Ready-To-Wear SS26
A cacophony of bold colours commanded the runway at Lanvin SS26 as Peter Copping presented his sophomore collection for the house.
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.
Vaquera: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Vaquera was thinking about what makes good or bad taste when it comes to dressing for SS26.
Hodakova: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Within the Portzamparc Wing at Musée Bourdelle, Ellen Hodakova Larsson – fresh from her 2024 LVMH Prize win – bid adieu to last season’s slim, gothic mood, stepping instead into something softer, brighter and charged with confident bravado.
Durazzi Milano: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Durazzi Milano’s SS26 outing, The Nymphs, opened with an atmosphere that felt more installation than runway.
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.
Ferrari: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Inside the crisp, white space of the Officina – “a futuristic laboratory where the absence of distraction directs all attention to the making” –, Ferrari’s SS26 show unfolded with clarity and control.
Sportmax: Ready-To-Wear SS26
Set inside Milan’s Frigoriferi Milanesi – once a space for preservation, now reimagined – Sportmax’s SS26 show offered a clear-eyed take on softness and structure.
Moschino: Ready-To-Wear SS26
It seems being drilled in school to reduce, reuse, recycle hasn’t been lost on Adrian Appiolaza.