Cult Gaia Fall 2026 Collection
At Cult Gaia, firsts tend to arrive with intention. For Fall 2026, founder and creative director Jasmin Larian Hekmat unveiled the label’s inaugural runway show—and with it, its first foray into menswear.
The expansion felt less like a pivot than an evolution. Known for sculptural silhouettes and artisanal detailing, Larian Hekmat translated the house codes into sharply tailored suits and refined separates. “We did a lot of tailoring,” she noted before the show, framing the collection as an exercise in restraint. The result was streamlined but unmistakably Gaia.
Signature elements carried over with subtlety. The brand’s calla lily motif surfaced in understated applications, while pleated fabrics—long a staple—appeared in deeper jewel tones, lending richness without excess. A hand-applied copper patina technique, inspired by tilework and finished with delicate embellishment, nodded to the designer’s Iranian heritage and her reverence for ceremonial beauty.
Menswear leaned clean and composed: precise suiting dominated, punctuated by standout pieces—a floral-embroidered jacket and a chocolate brown shearling coat among them. The embellishment was controlled, the fabrics elevated, the mood intentional.
Larian Hekmat described the category as both challenge and opportunity: an exercise in editing rather than embellishing. The restraint paid off. The men’s pieces felt considered, designed to stand alone yet fluid enough to invite crossover appeal. If the front row was any indication, the women may be first in line.
