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26 June 2026

An eight-metre wave in a drought: Paris is picking apart the Louis Vuitton show

LVMH says the water ran in a closed loop and went back into the sewers. The students living beside the structure say something else: “It is a complete paradox.”

26 June 2026

“I started with five quid at my kitchen table”: Studio Nicholson steps onto the runway

The British label broke through in Japan first, at home only later. Sixteen years on: a first Paris show and revenue up 56% in three years.

25 June 2026

Luxury lost 70 million customers — and is only now starting to win them back

The market is showing its first signs of recovery. But the number that matters is another one: since 2022 the industry has shed tens of millions of customers by raising prices and chasing top spenders.

23 June 2026

Pharrell opened fashion week with an artificial waterfall in 40-degree heat

Models walked over sand carrying surfboards while the audience sweated: it was still above 30°C in Paris at 9pm. The Eiffel Tower closed that day.

23 June 2026

Valentino swung to a €103 million loss — and its shareholders put in more money

Revenue fell 15% and net debt rose to €1.13 billion. Kering holds options to take its stake to 100% by 2029.

22 June 2026

Armani closed Milan with a Mediterranean collection — and Silvana’s first Cruise

“There is enormous loyalty, but there is also a moving forward,” says Leo Dell’Orco. The silhouette got longer and narrower; the palette is white, sand and greys.

22 June 2026

McQueen returns to London for the first time in three years

The September 20 show is the first at home since 2023 and the first in London under Seán McGirr. The house left for Paris back in 2001.

21 June 2026

Prada strips it all back: “to do something new with nothing”

The collection is called “Clarity.” Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons: “Against exaggeration, against complex material. Against useless design.”

21 June 2026

Moschino goes to the Sunnei founders — the pair who staged a show as an auction

Their last show was not a show but a mock auction with bidding in “fashion dollars.” They announced their exit hours later. Now they inherit Franco Moschino’s house.

20 June 2026

Dolce & Gabbana sent its men on a Sicilian holiday

The backdrop was the coast near Taormina, its shades shifting with the time of day. The show opened in all black and closed in total white.

19 June 2026

Ralph Lauren is back in Milan — showing how to dress two generations at once

A show in the brand’s palazzo, with Lewis Hamilton, Henry Golding and Maluma watching. “That navy blue tuxedo… oh my god, it was phenomenal.”

11 June 2026

At four he told his parents he was a dressmaker. At ten he showed a collection in Paris

“You can make a dress out of pickles. Out of spoons. Out of hangers.” Max Alexander is the world’s youngest runway designer, per Guinness World Records.