Three golden threads within the tangled web of Paris Fashion Week SS26
Opulent nostalgia, buoyant surrealism, and a modern vision of femininity emerge from fashion's most tumultuous week in years
Comme des Garçons evokes whimsy through distortion for SS26
Under fluorescent lights, Rei Kawakubo's latest collection 'After the Dust' repurposed burlap, canvas and lace into deflated dresses, turned inside out to reveal their seams
Thom Browne goes extraterrestrial
In his sci-fi-inspired SS26 collection, aliens invaded the designer's signature greyscale tailoring, implanting colors and twists of the Third Kind
Courreges looks to the future—and it’s bright
For SS26, Nicolas di Felice reorients the modernist brand toward a solarized tomorrow
Changing of the guard at Milan Fashion Week
For SS26, four debuts revealed a city in flux, some reverent, some rebellious, all charged with the weight of succession
Officina siren: Ferrari resort 2026
Rocco Iannone honors the brand's ingenuity by fusing creamy palettes, second-life leathers, and oily canvases into sculptural allure
Pierre-Louis Mascia’s “Les enfants du paradis”
Drawing on Carné’s 1945 masterpiece, Mascia sends silks and trompe-l’œil fabrics drifting across the runway for SS26
After dark with Blumarine SS26
Gothic literature meets girlish fantasy in David Koma’s Milan runway, as fluttering silhouettes collide with sharp tailoring and acid hues
Best in show: LFW Spring/Summer 2026
Punk grit, rococo reveries, and cheer-nihilism marked the season’s sharpest turns on the London runway
KNWLS makes Milan debut with Nike collaboration
Air Max Muse, corseted jackets, and draped jersey define a collection at the intersection of clubwear and performance gear
Nothing to see here—except Moschino SS26
The collection “Niente” flips the concept of nothingness, making unforgettable spectacle out of recycled whimsy
All that glitters is gold in Milan for Roberto Cavalli SS26
Designer Fausto Puglisi swapped Cavalli's bold prints for a monochromatic gilded collection
Missoni speaks in pattern
For SS26, Missoni revives ’60s shapes through textured knitwear, signature stripes, and jacquards in grounded tones
A street-born Diesel takes Milan
Backstage with Diesel SS26, where denim alchemy meets deconstructed tailoring and optical riddles
Inside Brioni’s master tailoring school in Penne
The house invests in a new generation of artisans to secure the future of Italian menswear
Versace Embodied sets the tone for Vitale’s direction
Meisel, Schorr, Myles, and others contribute to a multi-disciplinary project that reflects the house’s evolving identity
Dip him in the river who loves water
Photographer Angalis Field and fashion editor Marcus Cuffie collaborate on this fashion portfolio featuring Gucci for Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue
Spring 2026, Michael Rider’s opening act at Celine
Blending his own design lineage with the fashion house’s storied past, Rider lays the groundwork for a new chapter at Celine
Eternity is in love with the productions of time
Photographer Jonathan Frantini and fashion editor Taylor Thoroski collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue
Viktor & Rolf haute couture finds drama in duality
For Fall/Winter 2025, the Dutch design pair presented a showcase of 15 billowing feather-filled looks, each with a deflated counterpart
Doublet Spring/Summer 2026 is ripe for picking
In Paris, designer Masayuki Ino cultivates a produce-inspired collection named after the Japanese phrase, 'Itadakimasu'—a statement of gratitude before a meal
For Mihara Yasuhiro, deception is in the details
The designer's Spring/Summer 2026 collection 'Ordinary People' riddles the everyday with a series of extraordinary twists
‘Balenciaga by Demna’ looks back on the former creative director’s decade with the house
At Kering's Paris headquarters, a self-curated exhibition elaborates upon Demna's final show for Balenciaga, featuring pieces across 30 collections
Flow & form: Issey Miyake’s IM MEN unfolded
For SS26, IM MEN teams up with ceramicist Shoji Kamoda, translating earthen textures and sculptural lines into dynamic menswear
Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2026: To bathe in the ‘Temple of Love’
Named after Owens's retrospective which opened directly following the show, the collection was a baroque-inspired, leather-filled homage to the designer's career
Lot 001: Dressing the auction house
FRAME and Sotheby’s reimagine the art world uniform in a collaborative capsule collection, fittingly launched with an uptown dinatoire
Second skin: How the leather daddy infiltrated catwalks from club darkrooms
Writer Pedro Vasconcelos traces leather’s journey from underground queer spaces to high-fashion runways, while photographer Jonny Marlow documents the origins of this aesthetic at LA’s...
Mystery at the Grooms’: Hermès’ Workshop of the Imagination
At Pier 36, the French house transforms craft tradition into immersive theater, asking what luxury means when the world refuses to slow down
A new map for menswear
With a quietly radical show in Dubai, Zegna shifts the geography of luxury—and the silhouette of the modern man
Inside the Parsons 2025 BFA show, ‘A Common Thread’
Backstage at the former Barneys New York building, Document spoke with three designers shaping the future of fashion
Tailoring the spirit
Jerry Lorenzo and Andre Walker on the sacred responsibility of dressing for the Met, the language of rebellion, and the quiet spirituality of Black formalwear
Joe Alwyn and Jonathan Anderson find personal salience in historical narratives
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue, the actor and designer trace the transformative power of dress and drama
Threads of history: Gucci unveils ‘The Art of Silk’ initiative
The iconic fashion house celebrates its silk scarf heritage with nine contemporary artists, a retrospective book, and a Steven Meisel campaign featuring Julia Garner
Closed stalls and open doors in Alessandro Michele’s Valentino
For Fall/Winter 2025, the maximalist designer probes community and privacy with a panoptic showcase
Haider Ackermann’s Tom Ford is after a different kind of queerness
In his first collection for the house, one writer speculates if the new creative director can live up to the brand's signature sensuality
Demna enters his Gucci era
In a surprise announcement by parent company Kering Group, Demna has been named as Artistic Director of the Italian luxury brand.
Inside Marine Serre’s Red Room
The eco-futurist label's fall 2025 Paris showcase was a trompe-l'oeil-filled comment on money and power, inspired by the late filmmaker David Lynch
Issey Miyake’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection merges art and commerce
With an opening referencing Austrian artist Erin Wurm, the designer's latest offering effectively walks the tightrope between fashion, performance, and fine art, challenging construction and...
For Ludovic de Saint Sernin, business is anything but casual
After his first couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier, the French designer's latest ready-to-wear offering returns to form with nine-to-five clothing placed under pulsating club...
Duran Lantink goes into the wild
The designer's Fall/Winter 2025 self-titled collection 'Duranimals' is a tasteful take on "bad taste," merging human form with animal motifs
Nicolas Di Felice performs another magic act
The Belgian designer presents his latest collection for Courrèges, combining mod details with sensual silhouettes among suspended confetti
Critic’s Notebook: Does anyone care about New York Fashion Week?
For Document's fashion critic Katharine K. Zarrella, the thrills were few and far between at NYFW 2025. A new guard of emerging designers held their...
Diesel finds luxury in the abstraction of the everyday
For the brand's Fall/Winter 2025 collection, Creative Director Glenn Martens renders even the most unconventional colors and hemlines as casual
For Ann Demeulemeester’s Stefano Gallici, the kids are alright
During a visit to New York’s multibrand concept store ESSX, the next-gen creative director sat down with Document to share his thoughts on the city...
To bleed the myth of the American woman
Fashion designer Elena Velez thrives in paradox, daring the fashion world to digest contradicting narratives and the rawness of self-exposure in her latest collection, ‘Leech’
Testing the scientific method at Copenhagen Fashion Week
Associate Editor Maya Kotomori shares the disproven thought experiments from CPHFW Autumn/Winter 2025
Copenhagen sets the bar high as an incubator for emerging talent
CPHFW Autumn/Winter 2025 cements the Danish city’s status as a launchpad for emerging designers, blending sustainability and collaboration for a truly impactful season
Critic’s Notebook: Fantasy, history, and the question of wearability
During Couture Week Spring 2025, fashion critic Katharine K. Zarrella reconsiders the role of the time-honored craft as ready-to-wear prices skyrocket
Sacai’s Fall/Winter 2025 co-ed collection is as chic as it is snow-ready
Photographer Alexander Fischer shares behind-the-scene snapshots of the Japanese brand’s paisley-printed and ski-inspired runway show
