Vaquera’s Paris moment: between lost perfumes and half-dresses

06 / 10 / 2025
POR Sara Barahona

At Paris Fashion Week, Vaquera unveiled its Spring 2026 collection, where irreverence met couture proportions and the launch of its first fragrance, Classique Perdu.

Couture silhouettes distorted, half-dresses suspended from bras, faux-fur skirts clashing with track pants — the mood at Vaquera Spring 2026 was one of chaotic elegance, where irony met ambition. Patric DiCaprio and Bryn Taubensee staged their Paris show as a statement on reaching the ten-year mark: no longer outsiders, yet still intent on pushing against fashion’s codes.

Alongside the clothes, the duo introduced Classique Perdu, a fragrance created with Comme des Garçons Parfums. With notes of lavender, rose, sage and even “permanent marker,” it recalls ’90s perfume ads, blow-dried hair and the chill of car air-conditioning.

The runway balanced fantasy and function: a netted hat topping a patchwork party dress, scribble-print denim made with Moussy, and futuristic sneakers from their latest collaboration with Nike. Tailored jackets, logo tees and acid-wash jeans grounded the spectacle in everyday wearability, pointing to a more mature business while keeping the brand’s outsider streak intact.

Even the fragrance packaging carried that tension — a clear bottle covered in clearance stickers, buried in packing peanuts, more lost-and-found than luxury. Together, collection and perfume reaffirmed that Vaquera’s Paris chapter isn’t about assimilation, but about amplifying the friction between authenticity and theater.

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