PRESENTED AT FONTAINES DU TROCADÉRO IN PARIS, ANTHONY VACCARELLO’S SUMMER 2026 WOMEN’S COLLECTION UNFOLDED IN A CINEMATIC ATMOSPHERE. THE SAINT LAURENT WOMAN APPEARED BOTH HEROINE AND CLASSIC, SINGULAR AND MULTIFACETED, MOVING THROUGH CONTRASTING WORLDS: BLACK LEATHER-CLAD PRINCESSES À LA MAPPLETHORPE ADORNED WITH CROWN JEWELS, ENIGMATIC FIGURES IN RIVE GAUCHE SILHOUETTES, AND DESCENDANTS OF “MADAME X” TRADING SILKS FOR TECHNICAL TEXTILES.
AT SAINT LAURENT, AESTHETICS ARE A LANGUAGE. BENEATH A SCINTILLATING EIFFEL TOWER, A HYDRANGEA-LINED, MONUMENTAL YSL CASSANDRE TRACED THE RUNWAY. THE SHOW ASSERTS THAT CLOTHING IS BOTH A VISUAL AND SYMBOLIC ARGUMENT. BEAUTY IS PLURAL. AESTHETICS BECOME A LANGUAGE OF RESISTANCE, RESPECT, AND INCLUSION.
NOTABLE GUESTS INCLUDED ARTISTS MADONNA, ROSÉ, PEGGY GOU AND CHARLIE XCX, ACTORS ZOË KRAVITZ, CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, CATHERINE DENEUVE AND KIKO MIZUHARA, AS WELL AS MODELS HAILEY BIEBER AND ANJA RUBIK.
