SCHIAPARELLI HAUTE COUTURE FALL-WINTER 2025–2026
- Matheus Hooks/ Editor-In-Chief
- Jul 7, 2025
- 2 min read
Surrealism, Power, and a New Way to Dream About Fashion
Cardi B arrived cradling a live crow, setting the stage for Daniel Roseberry’s latest performance for Schiaparelli. But this was more than a show, it was a statement. Inside the golden halls of the Petit Palais, the American designer reimagined Elsa Schiaparelli’s legacy through a surrealist lens that was as emotional and provocative as it was timeless.
Between Memory and Momentum
Titled Back to the Future, the collection drew upon a haunting moment in Elsa’s life, her escape from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1940, to explore themes of transformation, resilience, and creative rebirth. Where Schiaparelli once bridged art and fashion in radical ways, Roseberry now continues her mission, crafting a couture that dares to move forward without forgetting where it began.
Black, White, and Beyond
A strict black-and-white palette anchored the collection, but it was anything but minimal. It became the foundation for an exploration of contrast, form, and illusion. Dramatic fringe, floating feathers, shattered-metallic embroidery, and hidden ceramic details revealed themselves in anatomical cutouts, turning garments into living sculptures.
Gone were the corseted silhouettes of seasons past. In their place: fluid bias cuts, architectural drapes, and raw elegance with a whisper of controlled chaos. A visual language that felt both grounded and otherworldly.
Schiaparelli’s Spirit, Alive and Rebellious
This wasn’t a show about trends, and perhaps that’s why it was so powerful. It was about identity. About resisting the ease of AI-generated fashion and the hollow aesthetics of repetition. “Haute couture can still be a laboratory,” Roseberry seemed to say. A place where dreaming is allowed. Where risk is sacred. Where originality matters.
A Front Row of Icons
The front row mirrored the drama of the runway. Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Hunter Schafer, and Karol G were among the names watching as art, history, and high fashion collided in a spectacle that felt part cinema, part fashion folklore. Paris never looked more like a dream.
Final Thoughts
More than a collection, this was a vision — a manifesto dressed in feathers, fringe, and fearlessness. In a world obsessed with speed and sameness, Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli reminds us that real luxury is time, emotion, and the courage to see fashion as something worth reinventing.
