And so, to Paris, the place the tectonic plates of a historic reshuffling of inventive administrators is grinding into place for Paris Trend Week.
Within the days forward, Matthieu Blazy will unveil his imaginative and prescient at Chanel; Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez at Loewe; Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga; Duran Lantink at Jean Paul Gaultier; and Miguel Castro Freitas at Mugler. From Jonathan Anderson’s long-anticipated Dior womenswear debut to Glenn Martens’s first ready-to-wear assortment at Maison Margiela, the stakes really feel all the upper. Reputations can be made. Some could be damaged.
The problem for these designers shouldn’t be solely to outline the look of the second, however to attract the precise folks—and the precise headlines—in direction of it. Which is the place the visitors are available. Already, this season has drawn in some critical star energy—Gwyneth Paltrow at Michael Kors in New York, Emily Ratajkowski at H&M in London, a constellation of Hollywood names at Demna’s Gucci debut in Milan, Miranda Priestly—but it’s in Paris, the capital of all style capitals, the place celeb, spectacle, and the collision of the 2, will attain its peak. To this point, we’ve witnessed a glamorous reunion for Kim and Kylie on the Margiela frow, Jenna Ortega in her gothic rhythm at Givenchy, and the Hilton sisters taking Vivienne Westwood. Additional, Balenciaga introduced two Satan Wears Prada assistants collectively—Anne Hathaway and Simone Ashley—and Valentino was a starry affair with laughes shared between Colman Domingo and Pamela Anderson.
Scroll on for all of the well-known faces on the entrance rows at Paris Trend Week spring 2026.
