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 looks created by their stylists. Instead, Jacobs explored the tucked-away alleys of Le Marais and side streets in search something reflecting a new nonchalance in the post-trend era.
Vintage pieces and logo-free dominated, signaling a collective pivot toward individuality over hype. Quiet luxury still reigned outside the major shows while at smaller independent designers we caught more offbeat experimentation, but with an unmistakable Parisian twist. Street style no longer felt like a performance but a conversation, where creativity outweighed the trend chasing of recent years. Theres some hope left that confidence and character can be just as compelling as the runway.
Images by Denzil Jacobs for VEIN MAGAZINE. More streetstyle here.
