There’s just something about Chemena Kamali’s Chloé girl that never grows tiresome. Yes, she has a fixation on the past – but it’s a charming one. For pre-fall 2026 – shot by Mark Kean, who has an incredible way of capturing blown-out hair and a certain innocence in his subjects – Kamali proposes a strikingly chic formula: a basic henley elevated by a draped pencil skirt and a leather basque belt. Easy, flirty, fun. Elsewhere, a ruffled blouse – modeled after the Chloé dress Karl Lagerfeld designed for Paloma Picasso’s wedding – is dressed down with stretch-velvet stirrup pants, creating a look that feels Parisian in a postcard way, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Kamali is only approaching her third year at Chloé, yet it feels as though she’s been thriving there for an era (she did, after all, work at the house under Phoebe Philo’s helm in the early 2000s, so this tracks). She has rebuilt the brand into a sanctuary of unpretentious, witty femininity, with each collection reading as a natural continuation of the last. Kamali herself notes, “what I get as feedback is that you can mix the collections quite well – pieces from the first show with last season’s pre-collection, say.” This isn’t a PR line; it’s a fact easily observed on the streets of Paris.
Chloé Tiered Organic Silk-mousseline Maxi Skirt
Chloé Eve Suede Over-the-knee Boots
Chloé Embellished Cotton-velvet Jacket
Chloé Gathered Tie-detailed Lace-trimmed Silk-satin Mini Dress
Chloé Wool-crepe Straight-leg Pants
Chloé Jeanette Studded Platform Clogs
Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
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Dries Van Noten Belted Cropped Floral-jacquard Linen-blend Jacket
WARDROBE. NYC Pleated Grain De Poudre Wool Wide-leg Pants
SAINT LAURENT Mon Chéri Embellished Suede-trimmed Satin Sandals
Valentino Nellcote Alice Large Fringe Studded Leather Bucket Bag
Charvet Silk Grosgrain Cummerbund
Dries Van Noten Satin Lipstick Refill
Mischievous, horny, kinky – and chic – this is the ultimate Saint Laurent man as seen by Anthony Vaccarello. He’s the kind of guy Yves would have fallen in love with on a night out at Le Sept. He also makes women go crazy – in the same charged, homoerotic way “Heated Rivalry” does. Inspired by James Baldwin’s seminal novel “Giovanni’s Room“, Vaccarello was intrigued by the inner tension experienced by its protagonist. “I like the idea of being in contraction between something very conventional and something very sensual.” That tension was omnipresent in his autumn–winter 2026 collection, from printed silk ascots peeking out from the collars of crisp shirts to semi-sheer vinyl trench coats appearing in the latter half of the lineup. Stretch patent boots extending up the thighs? Corrado De Biase, Saint Laurent’s design director of shoes, knows exactly what he’s doing – and how to get the boys talking.
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