Tag: 26SS

  • [Saint Laurent 26SS] At the Edge of Restraint and Excess

    Reflective leather, architectural shoulders, and a runway flooded with white flowers.Saint Laurent’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection resisted spectacle in favor of form—its authority, its tension, and its contradictions. Leather reaffirmed its centrality to the house, while voluminous, petal-like dresses opened an opposing narrative. What unfolded was not a clash, but a calibrated tension between strength and…

  • [Bottega Veneta 26SS] Louise Trotter’s First Chapter: Tradition, Rewritten with Restraint

    At Milan Fashion Week, Bottega Veneta opened a new chapter.Spring/Summer 2026 marked the debut of its new creative director, Louise Trotter—and with it, a measured recalibration rather than a dramatic reset. There were no declarations, no abrupt breaks.Instead, the collection unfolded as a quiet negotiation between heritage and renewal: intrecciato leather as the constant, structure…