Dior men’s artistic director Kim Jones kept embellishments to a minimum for his winter 2025-2026 catwalk show, putting the focus on silhouettes, including long, cape-like coats and cropped leather jackets.

Nostalgia-tinged evening wear, fantasy-fuelled escapism and messages about world peace featured during a packed Paris Couture Week that also saw new changes on fashion's artistic director merry-go-round.

Williams teamed up with Japanese fashion designer Nigo, currently creative director of another LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA), opens new tab label, Kenzo.

Peter Copping’s debut at Lanvin, Willy Chavarria’s Paris premiere and Jacquemus’s return to fashion week — plus, the events and changes to note as you head to the French capital.

Princess Charlene rocked a seriously daring cut-out midi dress dripping in crystals and sported her signature platinum blonde pixie cut. The royal, then in her thirties, looked phenomenal in the glitzy number which showed off her toned midriff.

Pharrell Williams commenced Men’s Paris Fashion Week with a streetwear-heavy show for Louis Vuitton. The brand’s creative director, 51, designed the collection with his old friend and artistic director of Kenzo, Nigo.

Over the next four days the German capital will host more than 30 runway shows and a wide variety of aligned events.

Martens, 41, is currently creative director at Diesel and was promoted internally from within the Italian fashion company OTB Group, which also owns Maison Margiela

Belgian designer Glenn Martens was unveiled Wednesday as the successor to John Galliano as creative director of French fashion house Maison Margiela on a busy day of Haute Couture Week in Paris. Glenn Martens is the new creative director at Maison Margiela.

A growing number of designers are putting sustainability into practice, from supporting artisanal production to upcycling deadstock materials. Here are the ones to watch.

The French house, which has been inviting guest designers for couture since 2020, is said to have held discussions with the Dutch designer.