Author: Design & Culture by Ed

Beauty, Awaken. Lanvin Pre-Fall 2026

| Design & Culture by Ed

Nearly a year has passed since Peter Copping’s debut at Lanvin. In that time, he has managed to reawaken the beauty of a brand that had been in a coma since Alber Elbaz’s glory days. For pre-fall 2026, the creative director of the oldest operating French maison pursued a refined elegance that feels comforting in its powerful discipline – while also delving deeper into Jeanne Lanvin’s history.

Not many people know that Venice holds a particular significance in the house’s chronicles. It was here that Jeanne traveled with her niece, Marianne, buying fabrics and visiting glass workshops. Archival photographs show Madame Lanvin in a white jacket and a black skirt falling just below the knee – a silhouette she favored whenever she visited the city on the water. That ensemble found its way into Copping’s pre-collection, looking contemporary and desirable.

Alongside creative meditations on Mariano Fortuny’s pleats and Murano glass beads, Copping also introduced striking double-flared silhouettes, ornamented capelets, and tweed tailoring featuring a skirt pinched with a brooch. One velvet column gown in ink black is dramatically gathered by a modernist, brooch-like embellishment. This one felt absolutely Parisian, “chic ultime“.

So far, Copping is offering Lanvin a truly exquisite vision.

ED’s SELECTION:

Lanvin Scarf-detailed Velvet And Gathered Chiffon Blouse


Lanvin Asymmetric Wool Skirt


Lanvin Pleated Chiffon Gown


Lanvin Double-breasted Satin-trimmed Wool Blazer


Lanvin Cat Leather Clutch


Lanvin Scarf-detailed Satin-trimmed Velvet Midi Dress


Lanvin Leather Ankle Boots

Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
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Assured. Khaite Pre-Fall 2026

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You know I haven’t been Khaite’s biggest fan in recent seasons, but Catherine Holstein’s pre-fall 2026 lineup arrives with a refreshing sense of clarity. Women have long gravitated toward the New York–based brand for its leather pieces, and they’ll be more than satisfied with the no-nonsense black jacket here – cool, streamlined, and completely assured. The same goes for a sculptural little black dress with deliberately off-kilter proportions, and for crisp white shirts punctuated by oversized, almost meaty bows tied at the neck. In essence, Holstein has returned to making clothes that resist arty posturing in favor of genuine wardrobe enhancement.

There’s also an unexpected dose of playfulness, particularly in the ruched pink dresses: one in vintage-washed silk charmeuse, the other in what she calls “light veil silk.” Holstein frames this season’s experimentation through two lenses – Courtney Love’s grunge sensibility and her own evolving experience of motherhood. She explains that after having two babies, her body changed so dramatically that “as things weren’t fitting anymore, but I still wanted to wear them, it led to this kind of questioning: What’s the right way to wear something? The right way for things to fit?” Embracing what she now calls “bad fits” became both a creative and personal shift.

That shift also sparked a new impulse: when she encounters something “really sleek and standard,” she now feels compelled to disrupt it – “to break these boundaries I’ve put on myself for so many years.” In doing so, Holstein finds a freer, more instinctive way of dressing, one that gives this collection its renewed confidence and ease.

ED’s SELECTION:

KHAITE Aimee Asymmetric One-shoulder Wool-blend Peplum Top


KHAITE Simona Leather-trimmed Leopard-print Calf Hair Shoulder Bag


KHAITE Mags Silk-gazar Mini Dress


KHAITE Ember Gathered Silk-gazar Maxi Skirt


KHAITE Cloak Studded Leather Mules


KHAITE Elona Leather Jacket

Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
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