January 17, 2026 |
This year’s Winter Olympics started earlier than expected last night, with the Dsquared2 boys transforming their AW26 catwalk into a ski slope cloaked in fake snow. The design duo decided to skip out on bobsleighing, though, in favour of chiselled torsos and fierce fashions that came at you at breakneck speeds.
While the show set looked chilly, things soon heated up when man-of-the-moment, Hudson Williams of Heated Rivalry, opened proceedings in a bomber fused with a shredded denim jacket. What followed was a homage to Dean and Dan’s Canadian roots, by way of sexy clubwear. For the guys and gals whose après-ski translates to getting up to mischief until the early hours, you’re in for a right treat. Yes, these clothes will keep you warm (bulbous fake furs, swollen puffers, cable knits), but they’ll make you look even hotter. Like snowsuits transformed into form-hugging catsuits, or ski boots re-imagined as killer heels.
The menswear was a heady mix of belly-baring knits that emulated hockey jerseys, baggy jeans frosted with sequins and long johns with branded waistbands. The looks were mostly topped off with supersized trapper hats and sunglasses that emulated ‘70s ski goggles. The pair used their women’s looks to give ski gear an experimental bent. Exciting were technical jackets that were chopped up and pieced together in abstract formations to make up corseted dresses – chalet girl gone wild.
To top things off, the duo took a victory lap for the show’s finale, mounting the shoulders of two shirtless models before the venue was transformed into a dance floor that went on until the early hours. If only every trip to the Alps could be this fun.
Photography courtesy of Dsquared2.
