The Paris Fashion Week for the fall-winter 2025/26 season has officially ended, and with it the entire marathon that lasted about two months. During this time, we reviewed dozens of original, bold, classic and extremely nostalgic collections that designers presented on the catwalks.
In particular, some of the most vivid emotions were given to us by the final day of Paris Fashion Week, the final chord of which was the show by Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent. For several seasons in a row, the designer has chosen as his main goal the rethinking of the codes of the fashion house and the tribute to the designs of Yves Saint Laurent himself.
This time, the power dressing aesthetic came to the fore with its exaggeratedly broad shoulders, slightly tapered waist, and knee-length. Thus, the collection sought to reflect what the Saint Laurent woman really is—bold, strong, and confident.
“Instead of speaking through ornamentation or lining, I chose to shape the clothes through fabrics and clear cuts. Pure shapes and volumes were born through construction and silhouette,” Vaccarello noted in the show notes.
In addition to shades and clear shapes, Anthony Vaccarello experimented with spectacular materials: he complemented floral and animalistic dresses with a glossy silicone coating, covered turtlenecks and skirts with guipure lace, and enhanced elongated bomber jackets with bright, multi-colored leather.
The show concluded with a series of sculptural looks that contrasted femininity and masculinity with voluminous turtlenecks, grunge bomber jackets, and flowing skirts with low waists and bow ties.
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