As presented by Bliss Foster: “From front-row seats at Chanel to sprinting between shows across Paris, we return once again with uncompromising, high-level fashion criticism as Paris Fashion Week commands the global spotlight. The Spring/Summer 2026 season proved to be one of the most consequential in recent memory—a week defined by creative resets, major debuts, and a recalibration of luxury’s future”.
At the center of the conversation was Jonathan Anderson’s highly anticipated womenswear debut for Dior, a moment that signaled not just a new chapter for the house, but a broader shift in how heritage brands are approaching modernity. This season also marked a series of firsts for our own coverage, with Chanel, Alaïa, Celine, and Lanvin joining our lineup for the first time—granting unprecedented access to some of the most closely guarded rooms in fashion.
We take you behind the scenes of the industry’s most exclusive shows, distilling what truly mattered from the spectacle and noise. From Courrèges delivering its strongest and most coherent collection to date, to Matières Fécales accelerating its ascent from cult obsession to global force, the week revealed which brands are shaping fashion’s next era rather than reacting to it. ERD (Enfants Riches Déprimés) continues its steady consolidation of power, evolving from subcultural provocateur into a defining luxury voice.
Meanwhile, Paris’s established visionaries reaffirmed their dominance. Rick Owens pushed his radical formal language further into the realm of myth, Issey Miyake explored innovation through movement and material intelligence, Junya Watanabe dissected construction with surgical precision, Givenchy navigated its ongoing transformation, and Thom Browne once again demonstrated why narrative discipline remains his greatest strength.
This season’s megavideo captures not just what happened, but why it mattered—offering essential context, critical insight, and a clear-eyed view of what you missed during fashion’s most important, most intense, and most revealing week of the year.
