The most consequential Paris Fashion Week in years. Jonathan Anderson's sophomore Dior womenswear show transformed the Jardin des Tuileries into a sun-drenched glass greenhouse, sending Belle Epoque ruffles reimagined as mini dresses alongside heritage tweeds and crystallized denim. Matthieu Blazy at Chanel stripped ornamentation to reveal precise tailoring and intellectual minimalism — rigor where Anderson offered romance. Michael Rider at Celine and the McCollough-Hernandez duo at Loewe rounded out a season defined by new creative directors finding their voice. Dior secured the top spot with $90.5M in earned media value. The collections move from romance to restraint, but the real story is a generational handover at fashion's most storied houses.
Why We Love This
The generational handover at Paris's biggest houses is complete. Anderson at Dior, Blazy at Chanel, Rider at Celine — every major house now has a new creative director showing their second collection. This is the season you stop comparing them to their predecessors and start judging them on their own terms. The glass greenhouse at Tuileries alone was worth the trip.