Posts in The Fashion Edit
TAAKK SS26

"We got T-Shirts!" I excitedly told JP when we took our seats at the SS26 TAAKK show. Always the perfect ending to my PFW season TAAKK presented an introspective and quietly radical meditation on what it means to create. Designer Takuya Morikawa presented not only garments but a philosophy, a pursuit of creation distilled to its purest essence.

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Doublet SS26

Food. We all love it. But Doublet might just love it the most. At Paris Fashion Week, Masayuki Ino transformed a lush natural garden into a runway celebration of life’s simplest, yet most profound pleasure.

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KidSuper SS26

PFW gifted us many unforgettable moments this season, but one show soared above them all, literally. Colm Dillane’s KidSuper SS26 presentation, The Boy Who Jumped the Moon, wasn’t just a fashion show. It was a parable, a bedtime story come to life, stitched in fabric and imagination under the grand ceilings of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Without hesitation I’ll say it, this was my favorite show of all time.

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Kolor SS26

The sun was beating down on us long before the first model stepped onto the Kolor SS26 runway. Most of the attendees were armed with oversized sunglasses and handheld fans. Moments before the show began, much of the audience had sought shelter under the arches of the runway space, "shadow chasing" if you will. JP leaned over to me, bringing me into an observation with a playful smirk, "We're Asian, we don't do tan!"

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White Mountaineering SS26

This was one show where the ending should have been the entire show, an electrifying cross current of energy as every model flowed onto the courtyard at once, weaving and crossing paths. For a few mesmerizing minutes, the entire collection lived and breathed together, becoming a moving topography of athleticism, utility, and subtle refinement.

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System SS26

Office Daydream embraced that private yearning, offering a collection that felt like a pause in time. A fleeting breath of freedom, a wardrobe caught between reality and imagination. With more than 300 pieces, SYSTEM imagined a balance between pragmatism and dreamlike elegance, seamlessly blending sharp minimalism with fluid sportswear undertones.

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Camperlab SS26

This season, Camperlab (yes, that Camperlab), under the visionary direction of Achilles Ion Gabriel, unveiled its SS26 collection, marking a compelling new chapter for the brand and a bold step away from its experimental roots in footwear to a full-fledged fashion label.

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Ouest SS26

Lights dim, projectors whirred (in reality we were outside but use your imagination), and suddenly we were no longer in Paris but at a mid-century drive-in theater, complete with popcorn in hand.

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Hed Mayner SS26

It must have been about 100° in that concrete parking garage, the kind of heat that makes you hyper-aware of your body, your breath, the faint flutter of air when someone’s handheld fan passes too close. We waited, patiently and glistening, for the show to begin.

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Kidill SS26

Paris was its usual restless, impatient self as the crowd swelled outside the Kidill SS26 show. The heat had already taken its toll, I noticed one woman who seemed to surrender to it altogether. Stepping out of her Uber in nothing more than stockings and lingerie. And yet, as I watched her stride past us with a kind of defiant insouciance, I couldn’t help but think, isn’t this precisely the sort of unfiltered authenticity that belongs here?

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Etudes SS26

The Études Studio SS26 show at Paris Fashion Week, titled "Surroundings," was a deeply poetic exploration of the artist's relationship with their environment and wardrobe. Held at the Palais de Tokyo, the collection reflected on Land Art, using this concept to examine the marks left on landscapes and clothing alike.

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Ujoh AW25

UJOH’s AW25 collection unfolded as a nostalgic yet fiercely modern ode to the subversive spirit of Japanese high schoolers in the ‘90s. Designers Aco and Mitsuru Nishizaki, masters of deconstructed tailoring, reimagined the school uniform as a canvas for self-expression, blending rigidity with fluidity. Oversized cardigans draped over asymmetric skirts defied conformity, while leg warmers, echoing the era’s iconic loose socks, whispered of adolescent rebellion.

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HAYELI AW25

The debut of HAYELI’s AW25 collection was a philosophical inquiry draped in liquid organza and laser-cut illusions. The question posed by designers Armine Ohanyan and artist Tigran Tsitoghdzyan lingered in the air like a refrain... Are we the image we see in our reflection, or the one we invent?.

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Shiatzy Chen AW25

Miao silversmithing inspired detachable brooches (sun, butterflies, dragons) and cascading silver-chain necklaces. Studded leather bib tops and quilted jackets echoed the tribe’s talismanic aesthetic, while mandarin collars gleamed with metallic precision. Ten one-off bags, each dedicated to a Miao embroidery technique, stole the show. The Hobo and Secret-zip crossbody offered playful versatility, but the true stars were the embroidered classics, their panels stitched with "histories one by one".

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Paula Canovas Del Vas AW25

Canovas transformed the embassy’s dining hall into a linguistic battleground. Models clad in oversized lime-paper letters rearranged them into English, French, and Spanish phrases, blurring the lines between fashion and performance art. The collection itself was a riot of her signature bold hues and graphic play consisting of lace-up bustiers inspired by Converse sneakers (adorably accessorized with flowers by her mother) and shirting reinvented with furry cuffs and reversible silhouettes.

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Vautrait AW25

"While creating this collection, I understood there is no closure. Perhaps this is why one collection always follows another, there is never a finish line, never a definitive answer, only the question that persists. It may shift in angle or narrative, but it remains the same at its core, a question that will never find resolution." Yonathan Carmel

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ATLEIN AW25

Antonin Tron’s ATLEIN Fall Winter 2025 collection, unveiled at the Palais de Tokyo, was a study in sartorial sculpture. Drawing from prehistoric Venus figurines; symbols of fertility, power, and the female form, Tron reimagined the body as a canvas for architectural drapery.

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Florentina Leitner AW25

Paris Fashion Week’s enfant terrible, Florentina Leitner, turned the American Church in Paris into a fever dream of preppy rebellion with her AW25 collection, “2 Cool 4 School”. The Austrian designer’s signature whimsy met alien futurism in a riot of puffed sleeves, sequined mini skirts, and frilly 3D-flower schoolgirl blazers as if "Princess Diaries" was reimagined by a cyberpunk stylist.

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Maxhosa Africa AW25

Maxhosa Africa’s AW25 showcase was an unmissable crescendo of heritage and innovation. Titled Lo Ngu-Mbulelo (an ode to gratitude and lineage), Laduma Ngxokolo’s collection wove ancestral Xhosa symbolism into a contemporary tapestry of knitwear mastery.

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Matieres Fecales AW25

As Coco and I approached the show venue we were treated to a pre show of brand aesthetic adoring attendees. It was amazing and I told him "...oh this is going to be good..." Because when people go all out for a show, you know the label is truly worth the cult following.

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