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McQueen Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear #McQueen #Spring #ReadytoWear

At a time when brands, designers, and makers from all over are voicing a need to return to the roots of their craft, MaXhosa, the only Africa-based brand on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar, finds itself sitting right at the heart of the conversation.MaXhosa has been striving for cultural representation on the international fashion stage for 15...

For spring, Lebanese designer Cynthia Merhej decided to loosen up a bit. “Resting was my starting point,” she said during a showroom preview in Paris.“Since I do everything myself, I wanted to go back to what makes me excited and happy about fashion, what I loved about it as a kid. There’s the fantasy and aspiration of it...

In a once-in-a-lifetime Paris season, with all the churn and noise that implies, how can a young, budget-conscious brand find its place? For Luis de Javier, the answer lay not in a runway presentation, but “24 Hours of Love and Labor,” a goldfish bowl of a livestream performance straight from a shopfront in the Marais to the world.Hours...

Chloé Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear #Chloé #Spring #ReadytoWear

These are not easy days for small independent labels, which are shouldering the weight of shrinking fashion appetites and dwindling resources. Lutz Huelle, ever pragmatic, skipped the runway in favor of a showroom presentation; his fall offer is already on the racks, no waiting required. Like many of his peers, he spun the idea of the uniform into...

Following a two-year hiatus, Tomo Koizumi is circling back to fashion. “I was thinking I would do something different, like painting,” the designer explained via video from China. He staged a gallery show in Tokyo during his break, but fashion’s lure proved too great—partly from exasperation at seeing tulle copycats of his work, but also because he hit...

Ottolinger Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear #Ottolinger #Spring #ReadytoWear

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear #Jean #Paul #Gaultier #Spring #ReadytoWear

Shuting Qiu Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear #Shuting #Qiu #Spring #ReadytoWear