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Mithridate Spring 2027 Collection

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Mithridate Spring 2027 Collection

Mithridate Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Mithridate turned British eccentricity into its most extravagant expression yet. Designer Daniel Fletcher imagined a meeting between Princess Diana and London DJ and fashion muse Princess Julia somewhere near Covent Garden, on their way to the legendary Blitz nightclub of the 1980s.

Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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That collision of personalities became the foundation for a collection built around character, attitude, and the freedom to dress without restraint. Fletcher drew on the New Romantic spirit of the Blitz, combining it with the polished irreverence of British preppy style.

The club’s anything-goes dress code translated into Edwardian- and Victorian-inspired tailoring, low-rise briefs finished with fringed scarf ties, party dresses with rounded hems, feathered corset dresses, and silhouettes framed by layers of tulle. Cotton-candy-pink ballet pieces added a softer note, while oversized bicorne hats by Noel Stewart pushed the collection further into theatrical territory.

Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Mithridate Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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Yet beneath the extravagance was a distinctly English wardrobe. Rugby shirts and ribbed knit polos appeared in unexpected colors with striped school scarves and sculptural shapes. Striped micro-shorts were worn beneath fluid trench coats, cropped cable-knit sweaters were layered under strong-shouldered jackets, and relaxed denim was punctuated with oversized studs.

The tension between uniform and rebellion gave the collection its character. Traditional British references were repeatedly distorted through proportion, styling, and decoration, turning familiar preppy codes into something more provocative.

Fletcher described the collection as an exploration of self-expression through clothing, using Mithridate’s increasingly established identity as a foundation for experimentation.

Thom Browne Spring 2027 Collection

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Thom Browne Spring 2027 Collection

Thom Browne Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Thom Browne turned fashion into an elaborate study of insects, metamorphosis, and transformation, taking inspiration from Disney’s A Bug’s Life and translating its playful world into one of his most theatrical collections yet.

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Presented at The Shed in New York, the show unfolded across an artificial grass runway covered in earth, surrounded by oversized branches, leaves, and a single giant daisy. The setting established a miniature ecosystem in which Browne’s sharply tailored universe could evolve into something far more fantastical.

The transformation began with models dressed as caterpillars, wearing sheer dance skirts and anatomical bodysuits in shades of gray. One model entered a chrysalis at the center of the runway, introducing the collection’s central idea: life as a continuous process of transformation.

Browne’s signature manipulation of proportion provided the framework. His precise tailoring was covered with embroidered dragonflies, ants, caterpillars, moths, flies, and beetles, often accompanied by the flowers and habitats associated with them. A yellow tweed skirt suit, for example, featured a long-stemmed sunflower and embroidered bee, while another look was covered in sculptural moss cascading from the bodice.

The insect references became increasingly three-dimensional. Enormous couture silhouettes took the shapes of beetle and ladybug shells and butterfly wings, their rounded forms covered in intricate embroidery. Browne singled out the ladybug as one of his favorite pieces, while smaller accessories continued the theme through colorful caterpillar-shaped bags and shoes decorated with three-dimensional leather butterfly wings and insect-inspired details.

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Sequined flies, dragonflies, and moths appeared to flutter across pleated skirts and coats. Ants embroidered in gold and traced in red and black moved across tailored silhouettes, while oversized butterfly motifs formed intricate mosaics through embroidery.

The most sculptural looks translated insect anatomy directly into clothing. Corsets and narrow skirts suggested protective shells and segmented bodies through interwoven and manipulated panels of fabric, turning the architecture of the insect into a form of couture construction.

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The palette eventually shifted into a brief sequence of entirely black looks as Metallica’s “Moth Into Flame” filled the space. Then came the final transformation: the caterpillars returned as butterflies, dressed in low-waisted pleated skirts with asymmetric hems and high-neck bodysuits.

The finale introduced Browne’s queen—a dramatic figure framed by intarsia wings, wearing a cropped double-faced silk duchesse satin jacket, padded silk velvet corset, and long jacquard skirt layered with asymmetric pleats.

For more than two decades, Browne has treated classic tailoring as a language capable of constant reinvention. Spring 2027 pushed that idea to its most literal extreme, transforming suits into shells, embroidery into ecosystems, and the runway into a stage for metamorphosis.

Dario Vitale Joins Armani as Creative Director of Emporio Armani

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Dario Vitale Joins Armani as Creative Director of Emporio Armani

Dario Vitale Joins Armani as Creative Director of Emporio Armani

Dario Vitale has been appointed creative director of Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani’s accessories line, marking a significant new chapter for the Italian fashion group. The appointment makes Vitale the first designer from outside the Armani family to assume a creative leadership role within the company.

Effective immediately, Vitale will oversee the creative direction of both areas. The upcoming Emporio Armani Spring 2027 men’s and women’s collections, however, were designed by Silvana Armani and Leo Dell’Orco and will be presented at Armani/Teatro on September 24 in a presentation format rather than a traditional runway show.

Vitale arrives at Armani after a closely watched period in his career. He left Versace in December 2025 after just one collection, following his appointment as creative director in March of that year. His debut, presented in September 2025, marked the first time a designer outside the Versace family had led the house’s creative direction.

Before Versace, Vitale spent 15 years at Miu Miu, where he served as ready-to-wear design director and played a central role in the brand’s development. He left the company in January 2025. Born in 1983, Vitale studied at Istituto Marangoni and began his career working with Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta.

His arrival comes at a pivotal moment for Armani following the death of Giorgio Armani. Leo Dell’Orco, Armani’s longtime collaborator, was appointed head of the group’s menswear division and chairman of its board, while Silvana Armani assumed creative responsibility for the women’s collections.

Silvana Armani and Dell’Orco described Emporio Armani as a space historically defined by freedom, experimentation, and energy, expressing their confidence that Vitale would interpret those values while bringing his own perspective to the brand.

For Vitale, the appointment represents an opportunity to work within one of Italian fashion’s most established creative legacies. “Armani possesses a powerful heritage and an unmistakable design language,” he said. “I approach this with a deep sense of responsibility and enthusiasm as we build on that rich foundation and define a new era together.”

The dual appointment also expands Vitale’s role beyond a single fashion label. At Emporio Armani, he will inherit a brand whose identity has long been associated with accessible sophistication, youthful energy, and a more experimental interpretation of Armani’s design philosophy. At Giorgio Armani, his remit extends into accessories, placing him within one of the group’s most visible categories.

Vitale’s next major test will be translating that experience into Armani’s established vocabulary without simply reproducing its past. His arrival signals a generational shift in the creative structure of the group—one that places a designer with a strong contemporary track record inside the house Giorgio Armani built.

Carolina Herrera Spring 2027 Collection

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Carolina Herrera Spring 2027 Collection

Carolina Herrera Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Wes Gordon celebrated 45 years of Carolina Herrera by returning to the glamorous spirit of the 1980s—the decade in which Herrera established her name—while giving its most recognizable codes a sharper, more playful contemporary edge.

Gordon embraced the world of Park Avenue and the “Ladies Who Lunch,” drawing on the polished extravagance, femininity, and wit that have long defined the house. Yet rather than reproducing the decade literally, he treated its references as a starting point for a modern wardrobe.

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“There’s a sophisticated campiness to the clothes, and it’s worn proudly,” Gordon said. “It’s super chic, but in a playful way.” That balance shaped a collection built around the pleasure of dressing up, with Herrera’s characteristic polka dots, dramatic ruffles, and precise silhouettes appearing throughout.

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The show moved through distinct color stories. Graphic combinations of white, black, and taxi yellow established the opening, followed by softer shades of pistachio green, dusty pink, salmon, and baby blue before culminating in more extravagant evening looks.

Daywear carried the same sense of occasion. A textured yellow knit combining ribbon, tweed, and chiffon captured the collection’s playful sophistication, while lace and tweed pencil skirts were paired with openwork cardigans and matching bralettes. Knit dresses finished with curled crinoline hems brought structure to otherwise simple silhouettes.

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For evening, Gordon turned toward transparency and movement. Sheer chiffon printed with florals and polka dots created a lighter, more sensual mood, while sleeveless tunic-and-skirt combinations and a fitted pistachio-green lace dress introduced a fresh softness. The finale pushed the Herrera language toward full-scale drama, with sculptural organza ruffles creating exaggerated silhouettes.

The collection also demonstrated how Gordon continues to reinterpret the house’s most recognizable archetypes. The classic white Herrera shirt appeared with skinny trousers and a cinched sash, while richly embroidered jackets—finished with beaded fringe collars and cuffs and playful frog and zebra brooches—were styled with denim or textured pencil skirts.

Magda Butrym Spring 2027 Collection

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Magda Butrym Spring 2027 Collection

Magda Butrym Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Magda Butrym brought her distinctly feminine vocabulary to New York for the first time, presenting her debut runway show at New York Fashion Week shortly after opening her first flagship in SoHo.

The move to New York prompted Butrym to explore the relationship between her Polish roots and the energy of the city. Her starting point was Natalia LL, the Polish multidisciplinary artist who moved to New York in the 1970s and became an important figure in feminist and conceptual art.

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Butrym saw a parallel between LL’s journey and her own transition from Warsaw to New York. That tension shaped a collection that explored femininity through a softer, more layered lens.

After emphasizing outerwear, monochrome crochet, faux fur, shearling, bouclé, and dense knits for Fall 2026, Butrym returned to the sensuality that has defined her work, but with greater delicacy. Sheer fabrics, lingerie-inspired details, and apron-like layers replaced some of the heavier drama of the previous season.

The collection’s most distinctive new element was the apron. Butrym drew on memories of her grandmothers wearing them at home, transforming a familiar domestic garment into something distinctly contemporary. Cut primarily from sheer silk, the aprons were layered over lingerie-inspired slips and lace-trimmed separates, or styled beneath sharply tailored trench coats.

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One floral version, rendered in cool cotton coated with latex, pushed the idea further, contrasting domestic nostalgia with a more provocative, urban attitude.

Butrym’s approach to layering also made the pieces feel adaptable beyond the runway. The sheer aprons could be worn over jeans and a T-shirt, while their combination with lingerie and tailored outerwear created a more sophisticated tension between intimacy and everyday dressing.

Area Spring 2027 Collection

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Area Spring 2027 Collection

Area Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Area creative director Nicholas Aburn stepped away from the label’s most elaborate technical exercises and trusted instinct instead. The result was still unmistakably Area—eccentric, tactile, and visually charged—but with a looser, more spontaneous energy.

After focusing heavily on craftsmanship and technique the previous season, Aburn approached Spring 2027 by following whatever captured his attention. “I just took the things that interested me without thinking too much about it,” he explained. The question was how far Area could simplify without losing its identity.

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At Area, simplicity is always relative. Aburn continued to cut, tear, pleat, and manipulate materials, but the techniques felt less like demonstrations of craftsmanship and more like acts of play. Denim appeared bleached and splattered with ink, while T-shirts from Aburn’s own collection were deliberately destroyed and reconstructed.

Laminated metallic knit was cut into reflective dresses that shifted with the body, producing a faint sound as the models walked. The effect added a subtle sensory dimension to the show, turning movement itself into part of the design.

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Aburn’s instinctive choices also brought an unexpected emotional quality. Jump ropes became graphic dresses in orange and white or electric blue; shells and pearls recalled summers by the sea; and feathers were chosen for the sensuality of their movement. Rather than treating these references as nostalgia, Aburn allowed memory to surface naturally through the clothes.

The everyday pieces carried that same sense of ease. Wide-leg denim shorts, airy tank tops, and distressed knitwear gave the collection a relaxed foundation, while sheer white lace and draped pieces were punctuated by flashes of neon-orange bras and underwear peeking through.

Altuzarra Spring 2027 Collection

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Altuzarra Spring 2027 Collection

Altuzarra Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Joseph Altuzarra traded quiet romance for something more liberated: a wardrobe built around self-expression, masculine codes, and unapologetic femininity.

The collection was inspired by Casa Susanna, a private retreat in New York’s Catskills during the 1950s and ’60s where men gathered to dress as women. Altuzarra was drawn to the photographs documenting the community’s freedom and joy, particularly the way its members transformed existing garments to create identities of their own.

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That spirit of transformation shaped the collection. “We were looking a lot around the idea of how someone would have made their own clothes or taken menswear and twisted it into something that felt really feminine,” Altuzarra explained. The result was a wardrobe that deliberately blurred the boundaries between masculine and feminine.

The show opened with punk-inflected femininity: raw silk taffeta full skirts in 1950s-inspired madras and twisted shift dresses set against mannish workwear and biker jackets. Exaggerated trapeze silhouettes and leather belts with metal grommets added a harder edge.

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The contrasts continued throughout. Workwear trousers were paired with soft T-shirts, while cardigans and precise tailoring were finished with removable menswear collars and cuffs. Delicate layered slips and linen handkerchief pieces introduced a more intimate counterpoint.

Altuzarra also played with the idea of revealing what lies beneath. Tropical wool—a traditionally masculine fabric—was torn open to expose exuberant feminine embroidery underneath. Lingerie details appeared beneath ripped tanks and shift dresses, turning destruction into a form of decoration.

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The collection softened further through vintage-inspired pleated and hand-embroidered body-skimming dresses, alongside gauzy knit cocktail dresses finished with crystal edges and dégradé sequin hems.

Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2027

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Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2027

Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2027

For Spring 2027, Veronica Leoni returned to the foundations of Calvin Klein Collection, stripping away excess to examine the relationship between minimalism, sportswear, and the female body.

Presented at Terminal Warehouse in New York, the collection drew heavily from Calvin Klein’s defining language of the 1990s, revisiting the wardrobe archetypes that established the house’s reputation: the pencil skirt, slip dress, tailored trouser, denim, the perfect T-shirt, and the trench coat.

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Leoni described her approach as a process of removal—taking away anything that does not serve the design until only what is necessary remains. For her, minimalism is ultimately about the space between clothing and body. With fewer distractions between the two, the woman herself becomes the focus.

That philosophy gave familiar Calvin Klein staples a more sensual and refined treatment. Ultrafine silk-knit T-shirts were paired with low-slung trousers, evening skirts, and light-wash denim, while baseball shirts in silk cady introduced a sporty note against elongated pencil skirts. The brand’s signature sportswear remained central, but the materials and proportions gave it a more sophisticated edge.

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Transparency further emphasized the body’s role in the collection. Layered straight skirts were reduced almost to nothing, revealing the figure beneath them, while silk bouclé knits introduced subtle texture. Softly feminine dresses balanced fluidity with restraint, avoiding the decorative excess often associated with occasionwear.

Tailoring was equally disciplined: long, lean, and sharply defined. A black brocade midi dress and a combination of matte and glossy silk slip dresses demonstrated how little is required to create impact when cut and proportion do the work.

Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027

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Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027

Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027

Michael Kors returned to one of his greatest sources of inspiration for Spring 2027: New York City. Presented in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art, the collection translated the energy, diversity, and constant reinvention of the city into a sharp, colorful vision of modern femininity.

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After celebrating his brand’s 45th anniversary at Lincoln Center last season, Kors chose another New York landmark for a collection rooted in modernism. The setting reflected the references behind the clothes, which ranged from Edie Sedgwick and Nico to the Wassily chair and the work of Carmen Herrera, Henri Matisse, and Alexander Calder.

That influence was immediately visible in the collection’s clean lines and graphic approach to color. Kors moved away from exaggerated volume in favor of a wardrobe that felt, in his words, polished, precise, and streamlined. Slim tailoring, structured coats, and miniskirt sets established the foundation, while Kelly green, tomato red, and vivid yellow introduced bold flashes of color.

Architecture also informed the accessories. Angular heels, sculptural handbags, and circular leather and silver jewelry echoed the geometric language of modern art without overwhelming the clothes.

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Kors traded traditional evening glamour for a more direct form of elegance. Simple monochromatic tank dresses were wrapped with color-blocked strips at the waist that moved with the body, while fitted crepe gowns covered in hand-applied sequins brought a sharper edge to eveningwear. One particularly striking black dress featured curved cutouts, proving that minimalism did not mean abandoning sensuality.

The collection’s more decorative moments appeared in dresses and skirts with rounded silhouettes, embellished with three-dimensional sequin flowers or shredded chiffon organza that resembled scattered confetti. These softer, more feminine looks were balanced by sporty bodysuits and graphic crop tops crafted from combinations of cashmere and leather.

Ralph Lauren Spring 2027 Collection

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Ralph Lauren Spring 2027 Collection

Ralph Lauren Spring 2027 Collection

For Spring 2027, Ralph Lauren sharpened the sensual side of his American vocabulary, bringing historical references, signature tailoring, and youthful utility into a more provocative modern wardrobe.

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Presented at Jack Shainman Gallery in Manhattan, the collection unfolded against the space’s stark white marble architecture, providing a clean backdrop for a wardrobe dominated by white and navy. After nearly six decades of defining American style through Western influences, preppy codes, and sportswear, Lauren approached those familiar signatures with a younger, more sensual attitude.

Historical silhouettes were reworked with a distinctly contemporary edge. A fitted cotton-jacquard corset shirt was paired with slightly low-rise white trousers detailed with a row of buttons running along the sides, while floral jacquard jackets, fluid wrap tops with embroidery and gold accents, and ruffled cropped tops introduced a softer femininity.

Lauren balanced that romanticism with the utilitarian pieces that have long anchored his vocabulary. Cargo trousers, distressed denim, and technical cotton parachute pants offset the more decorative looks, reinforcing his ability to make opposing references feel inherently American. A workwear-inspired denim jacket trimmed with marabou feathers, a sharply cut white leather jacket with a gathered back, and an ombré shearling vest exemplified that tension between ruggedness and refinement.

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Craftsmanship remained central to the collection. Lauren experimented with digitally printed three-dimensional floral motifs on jacquard pieces and eveningwear, while knit ruffles transformed even simple separates into elaborate compositions. A lingerie-inspired skirt featured intricate floral embroidery created with resin thread, giving an otherwise delicate silhouette a distinctly modern finish.

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Eveningwear pushed the collection’s sensuality further. Lightweight dresses were treated with knotting and Lauren’s “Spritz and Tumble” technique, creating deliberately crumpled surfaces, while sheer gowns covered in hand-painted sequins offered a more overtly glamorous proposition. Silk lamé draping, strategic cutouts, and open backs added further emphasis to the body without abandoning the sophistication of the house.

The result was a collection that expanded Ralph Lauren’s familiar world rather than abandoning it. Romanticism met utility, historical dress met contemporary sportswear, and polished tailoring was loosened by flashes of skin and deliberately undone details.

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