With La Touriste, Renaissance Renaissance turns inward. Cynthia Merhej crafts a sunlit world of softness and strength—a quiet rebellion where femininity finds power in stillness. Renaissance Renaissance, founded Cynthia Merhej in 2016, blends her family’s couture heritage with modern femininity. Raised in Beirut in a lineage of female couturiers, she studied at Central Saint Martins […]
Lamine Badian Kouyaté, widely known as XULY.Bët, is a Malian fashion designer whose creative vision has been influential in pushing the boundaries of what fashion can be, especially with regard to sustainability, identity, and street culture. Born in Bamako in 1962, he moved to Paris in the 1980s after studying architecture. He founded his label […]
Façon Jacmin wakes up Paris Fashion Week with The Morning After—a witty, wearable ode to the post-party blur where Belgian cool meets real-life chaos, and style survives the night. Façon Jacmin wrapped up the last day of Paris Fashion Week with their Spring Summer 2026 collection “The Morning After”. Sisters Alexandra Jacmin and Ségolène Jacmin […]
There has always been talk of what’s in a French woman’s closet. No matter the age or background, you will always find at least one agnès b. cardigan, usually in black. It is the staple that is swung over the shoulders, tied around the waist, worn for years, it follows you throughout life like your […]
Paloma Wool drifts through Paris like a soft sigh. For Spring/Summer 2026, intimacy and ease take form in sheer layers and quiet color—an ode to feeling, not performance. Paloma Wool’s Spring Summer 2026 show unfolded like a daydream inside a quiet hall in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, backstage, photographer Thomas Lizzi captured quiet smiles and soft […]
At CELINE, Michael Rider rewrites memory in motion. His second collection drifts through Parc de Saint-Cloud like a lucid dream—sharp, nostalgic, and alive with the imperfect beauty of what we wear to remember. It seemed just like yesterday, Michael Rider made his debut as creative director at CELINE. This past Paris Fashion Week marked his […]
As Paris Fashion Week SS26 unfolded across Grand Palais courtyards and gritty industrial showspaces, the streets outside became their own runway. Photographer Denzil Jacobs steered away from the Palais de Tokyo and Les Tuileries, where street style has become less about style and personality and more about brands’ “dressing” and celebrity attendees with carefully planned […]
Paris might be the city of luxury and heritage houses, but this season it was the independents armed with upcycling techniques, razor-sharp tailoring, and a touch of audacity who are the ones to watch.
Inside a raw, concrete car park in the 8th arrondissement, grounds cracked open its SS26 universe a darkly playful dive into beauty, decay, and mutation. Photographer Denzil Jacobs captures the first looks backstage before they graced the parking made runway ground. The Japanese label, led by Mikio Sakabe, has always toyed with the uncanny from […]
With Everyday, Jenny Fax transforms the banal into the sublime. In a quiet Paris office, imagination slips between routine and rebellion—proof that her peculiar, poignant femininity still speaks louder than fashion’s noise. It has been one year since Jenny Fax made her Paris Fashion Week, since launching her brand in Tokyo in 2011, Jen-Fang Shueh […]
For Spring/Summer 2026, Hermès loosens the reins. Nadège Vanhée-Cybulski channels the free-spirited horsewoman—where craft meets sensual ease, and tradition rides effortlessly into the now. Hermès has mastered the rare ability to resonate across generations, from Gen Z to horse girls and women who have long embraced silk-printed carrés. Rooted in craftsmanship and discretion, the house […]
With DÜRER, Torishéju turns the uniform into poetry—fragmented, reassembled, and charged with new identity at Paris Fashion Week Photographer Thomas Lizzi takes us backstage for peek at the artistry and ingenuity at Torishéju during Paris Fashion Week following her 2025 LVMH Savoir-Faire prize. The collection was made up of floor-length black dresses adorned with wooden […]
During Paris Fashion Week at the iconic l’Ecole Duperré, Gabriel Figueiredo unveiled Sex by De Pino, his second runway collection composed primarily of deadstock materials and workmanship of Parisian couture. Photographer Rita Castel Branco takes us backstage where models wore nude provoking neutral alongside a cold color palette and oversized hats, in collaboration with Boswell […]
In the fading glow of Pigalle’s last surviving pornographic theater, Coucou Bebe 75018 unveiled Botox—its first women’s collection for Spring/Summer 2026. More than fashion, it was a cinematic requiem: a collision of intimacy, satire, and memory staged within a vanishing Parisian underworld. The first women’s collection for Spring Summer 2026 by Coucou Bebe 75018, Botox, […]
Photographer Louise Reinke goes backstage at PRESSIAT Spring Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week show staged La Caserne is Europe’s largest fashion-focused incubator dedicated to sustainability. Halsey, Julia Fox, Bad Bunny, Megan Thee Stallion, Charlotte Rampling, and model Alton Levon Mason have all been spotted in Pressiat, but the brand is really the bone of young […]
Photographer Rita Castel-Branco goes backstage to get up close to the exaggerated proportions and distorted scales making a visual playground, where humor is not only welcomed but celebrated.
Backstage at Kimhekim in Paris, a quiet romance lingers—silhouettes in motion, whispers of fabric, and the soft glow before the chaos of the runway. Photographer Thomas Lizzi takes us backstage at Kimhēkim at the iconic Palais de Tokyo kick off Paris Fashion Week. The mood fit the theme “I Feel Love” as guests were greeted […]
Nike unveils the Shox Z, a sleek sportswear silhouette that’s designed for disruption Nike is bringing back the energy with the all-new Shox Z, a silhouette that reimagines early-aughts nostalgia with a minimalist edge. Stripped back but far from subtle, the sneaker channels the rebellious spirit of its predecessors while stepping into a new lane […]
Paolina Russo’s SS26 collection marks a bold continuation of her signature fusion of craft, nostalgia, and forward-thinking innovation. Paolina Russo‘s SS26 collection is a whimsical fusion of retro romance and sports functionality: tracksuit items are reimagined into picnic-ready designs, floral jerseys become flowing skirts, and each ensemble exudes creativity, freedom, and community. Photographer Meen Kyung […]
Zomer unveiled their Fall/Winter 2025 campaign, Back to Front, photographed on the streets of Paris by David Luraschi. Building on the playful spirit of their show in Paris earlier in the year. The series brings Zomer’s imaginative world into the flow of everyday life, reminding us that fashion can be both expressive and light-hearted. The […]