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Julie Kegels SS26

Julie Kegels’ show unfolded at the metro stop Passy in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, models spilling out of an apartment door like they had just remembered, mid-thought, that they were late to somewhere else. Caught in between never arriving and always on the move, they walked to a soundtrack of 32 women’s voices, internal monologues drifting from anxious to hopeful to blank. “Change. Change. Left, right, left, right. Don’t trip. Don’t forget your head.”, turning the runway into a collective stream of consciousness.

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Charlie Constantinou SS26

What resonates strongest this season is how history is present but never loud. It flickers at the edge of perception rather than dictating the narrative.

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Ewuise SS26

From the first look, there’s a duality at play, exhaustion and euphoria. The grit of wet concrete and the freedom of a midnight breeze.

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Hector Maclean SS26

Once upon a time, in a London crypt Hector Maclean unleashed a heroine. Not just any heroine, but one forged in fire, light, and self confrontation. The Girl Who Ate the Dragon, his SS26 collection, translated personal battle into couture poetry.

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Ray Chu SS26

What makes SS26 deeply compelling is its sensory layering. Sustainability isn’t an afterthought, it’s the root system. Chu continues his commitment to mindful creation by fusing upcycled, plant based fabrics with next generation materials.

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YAKU SS26

As we stepped back into the real world, it became clear that this wasn’t merely a fashion presentation. It was a family gathering, a landscape of memory stitched into motion.

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Completedworks SS26

Just when you think Completedworks could not possibly outdo itself, it produces Jerry Hall.

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LABRUM SS26

I was completely beyond words and that was a terrible predicament to be in when one is a writer. But this extravaganza of a show was just too much to take in all at once. I have never been so culturally imbued in my entire life.

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Mark Fast SS26

The palette runs pale stone, frosted pink, muted yellow, cream and nude, colors softened and weathered like polished glass shaped by the sea. These tones don’t shout; they glow quietly, allowing texture and form to do the emotional heavy lifting.​​

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Keburia SS26

The collection is a merge of worlds where inspiration is pulled from both history and the digital realm, brought to life through bold silhouettes and sculptural textures.  There’s a constant push‑pull between severity and play.

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Prototypes SS26

Series09 is described as “a memory of an inclusive and welcoming Britain,” a phrase that reads almost like a question when set against the backdrop of anti immigration rallies and counter protests that filled London’s streets just days before. Prototypes’ answer is not to retreat into rose tinted nationalism, but to confront the British flag and its loaded visual language head on.

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Sprayground SS26

The runway channeled the gritty, fearless spirit of New York streetwear into a more avant-garde London facing language, transforming travel pieces into protagonists rather than supporting characters.​

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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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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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