Category: Fashion Shows
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Thom Browne Burns Down Convention and Builds a New Galaxy in Paris
What’s great about Thom Browne is that even after decades of setting the tone for conceptual tailoring, he’s still willing to take risks. His Spring/Summer 2026 collection was a reminder that fashion, at its best, is both absurd and sublime — a world where the impossible can strut down the runway in six sleeves and… Read more
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Adam Selman Revives Victoria’s Secret: Big Wings, Blowouts, and the Bombshell Era Reborn
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back — and this time, it finally feels like it. After a six-year hiatus, last year’s revival aimed to modernize the brand with a focus on inclusivity and diversity. While that intention was universally praised, fans couldn’t help but miss the magic — the showmanship, the glittering spectacle, the… Read more
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Jonathan Anderson Is Burning Down the House of Dior — to Build It Anew
“Do you dare enter…the House of Dior?” With those haunting words projected across a massive inverted pyramid at the Tuileries, Jonathan Anderson made his womenswear debut for Dior — not with a whisper, but with a provocation. The message was clear: Dior’s next chapter won’t tiptoe in satin slippers. It’s going to make noise. The… Read more
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Matières Fécales Proves Diversity is the Real Luxury at Paris Fashion Week
The second act is always the toughest — or so the cliché goes. But for Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, the Montreal-based duo behind Matières Fécales, the follow-up to last season’s critically acclaimed debut felt more like a continuation than a hurdle. Backstage, Bhaskaran explained that they’ve already mapped out four collections in… Read more
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The Devil Wears Pajamas: Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring 2026 Statement
Leave it to Dolce & Gabbana to turn the act of lounging into a full-blown fashion fantasy. Their Spring/Summer 2026 show, aptly titled PJ Obsession, was less about sleepwear and more about seduction disguised as comfort. Pajamas, corsetry, and a hint of irreverence came together to reimagine what it means to get dressed—or undressed—for the… Read more
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Stella Jean Spring 2026: Where Women Move Mountains
After a three-year hiatus, Stella Jean returned to Milan Fashion Week with a runway show that was less about spectacle and more about substance. Titled Where Women Move Mountains, the collection was both a love letter to artisanship and a manifesto for its recognition as art. Jean, the Haitian-Italian designer whose work has always bridged… Read more
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Fendi Spring/Summer 2026: A Whimsical New Energy
Leave it to Fendi to brighten up the runway. On Wednesday afternoon, the luxury house—celebrating its centennial earlier this year—presented a collection that blended Italian ease with a mod sense of athleticism. The pixelated show set, designed by Marc Newson, resembled an analog-era video game and emphasized the clothing’s distinctly Pop Art aesthetic. Within each… Read more
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Armani Privé’s Mantra for Fall 2025 Couture: 50 Shades of Black
When Giorgio Armani turns his attention to a single color, the results are rarely subtle—and Fall 2025 proved no exception. Unveiled on July 8 inside the house’s lavish Parisian headquarters on Rue François Premier, the latest Armani Privé couture collection, titled “Noir Séduisant” (“Seductive Black”), was a masterclass in monochromatic magic, showcasing black in all… Read more
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Iris van Herpen Fall 2025 Couture: When Fashion Breathes, Grows, and Glows
At Paris Haute Couture Week, Iris van Herpen unveiled her most transcendent collection yet—Sympoiesis, a symphony of art, science, and sustainability that pushed the limits of what fashion can be. The Dutch designer, long known for her fusion of cutting-edge technology and ethereal design, introduced a couture first: a living gown, cultivated—not constructed—with 125 million… Read more
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Rahul Mishra Explores the Seven Stages of Love in a Lush, Soulful Couture Collection
For his Fall/Winter 2025 Haute Couture collection, Rahul Mishra embarked on an introspective and poetic journey into the nature of love—not just as emotion, but as a profound, evolving force. Drawing inspiration from Sufi philosophy, the designer conceptualized the seven stages of love: attraction, infatuation, love, trust (reverence), worship, madness, and death. But as Mishra… Read more