The Craft Continuum

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Global haute couture unveiled: A celebration of strength, legacy, and craft. Witness tradition and technology merge in collections from Purple Reign to Mayahuél, connecting the world through pure, intentional, and visionary fashion artistry.

Lara DizeyeeLara Dizeyee – Milan Enchanted Collection During Milan Fashion Week, American-Kurdish designer Lara Dizeyee unveiled her Milan Enchanted Collection—a poetic fusion of storytelling, craftsmanship, and cultural pride. Each of the 30 custom-made pieces reflects her signature blend of Kurdish heritage and modern couture. As Kurdistan’s Cultural Ambassador, Lara continues to bridge cultures through fashion.

Robin TowalePurple Reign: A Legacy of Grace and Power Purple Reign was created to honor the spirit of the brand—empowering women through their majesty. The name signifies royalty and grace (Purple), and the strength, confidence, and purpose every woman carries (Reign). It is a tribute to the women who wear the designs and the legacy that began with the designer’s mother. This season’s collection focuses on rich plums and lilacs, featuring placement prints of winter florals highlighted by the glorious amaryllis. Purple Reign celebrates the majesty of mother and daughter—a crowned legacy of timeless beauty and strength.

Peach & Penny

Peach & Penny: The Enchanted Collection Peach & Penny unveils its latest collection, The Enchanted, an ode to delicate, ethereal femininity. With fairy silhouettes and whispers of ballerina charm, each piece floats like a dream woven from gossamer and starlight. This collection is about a feeling—bringing to life the longing to twirl barefoot in a secret garden. It seeks to channel the spirit of a princess as a symbol of inner light, grace, and wonder.

Team Credits:

  • Designer: Peach & Penny
  • Collection name: The Enchanted Collection
  • Photographer: Gabriel Guihard
  • Location: Shangri-La Paris
  • Agency: Katie Andelman Models
  • Production: Fashion Week Studio

NK NORIKO KIKUCHI

Wrapped in light and gentleness, NK NORIKO KIKUCHI creates designs that embody inner strength and beauty—clothing that lets everyone shine as their true selves.

Ninja Tokyo

Ay Ay Spring Summer 2026 Collection “Tradition is revolution.” This collection revives the lost kimono textile, Isesaki Meisen. The fabric’s playful color palette and delicate kasuri patterns are now faithfully reproduced on silk with the precision of Monna Lisa by EPSON high-resolution inkjet technology. Where tradition meets technology, Ay’s new innovation is born.

Moa Ikumi

Collection Name moa.IKUMI – the pink collection A project to connect the world with a rainbow through fashion. moa.IKUMI, a Japanese fashion brand, launched this collection driven by the desire to connect the world. Drawing inspiration from her late great-grandmother, the designer created eight looks combining materials such as silk, tweed, satin, and tulle.

Credits:

  • Photographer: Scott Schmidt
  • Models: Leira, Vivienne
  • Location: Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

Mee Dress

The concept of the show is “Treasures to Be Passed Down” and “Harmony.” The collection transforms old kimonos and obi that can no longer be worn, giving them new life. By cutting and incorporating traditional patterns into modern dresses, the pieces blend old and new, Japanese and Western, expressing a unique fusion and a wish for harmony and peace in today’s world.

Maison Pacinthe Badran

Mayssa Wasfi has built an established career spanning more than 25 years in the fashion industry, having coordinated the openings of retail stores for globally sought-after luxury brands such as CHANEL, BALMAIN, and ALAIA. She established MW Fashion Consultancy, specializing in consumer psychology in the Middle East, brand strategies, and contemporary trend forecasting to help brands achieve their full potential.

M.Kais

Turning the palazzo into a cathedral of dreams, M.Kais unveiled a vision of love eternal. The collection featured high-neck lace gowns, corseted bodices, and sweeping veils echoing Victorian grace. The finale—an illuminated sequin gown under a translucent, cathedral-length veil—drew hushed awe.

HEVA Couture

HEVA philosophy centres around seasonless high-end design and construction. The designs are transforming, striving to inspire women to live creatively and richly. Timeless, modern, and tailored with an unexpected edge, HEVA represents a sophisticated sensibility and longevity that holds innovation at its heart.

Credits:

  • Collection name: HEVA Pret-a-Couture SS26
  • Photographer: @viktoriia_photographer

HARUKA AYA

HARUKAAYA SIBORI Collection 2026 Spring/Summer Concept: Peace comes naturally. Elevating the historic Arimatsu Shibori technique into contemporary art, this collection expresses an elegance that connects to the future. The natural wrinkles and dyed textures merge with Haruka’s graceful designs, creating a refined world filled with wishes for peace.

Credits:

  • Dress : Feather Art SIBORI,Model: Vivienne Oesch
  • Dress: Blue MIX ,  Model: Jullyanna Christopher

Bilal el Dana

“Belle Époque Reimagined” by Bilal El Dana Couture pays homage to the golden age of artistry and elegance, reinterpreted for the modern woman. The Spring-Summer 2026 collection features sculpted silhouettes, luxurious fabrics, and intricate handcrafted embroidery—a fusion of nostalgia and innovation, celebrating femininity in motion.

Credits:

  • Collection name: “Belle Époque Reimagined”
  • Photographer: Charbel Mousallem

Anna Day

ANNA DAY, a New York-based custom suiting house, redefines classic tailoring for the modern woman. The designer draws on her work in both high fashion and executive boardrooms to sculpt collections that balance couture refinement with easy functionality (think: undetectable pockets). The ANNA DAY woman is a force: poised, discerning, powerful.

Credits:

  • Photographer: Jordyn Katz
  • Styling & Production: LLCINCNYC
  • Look: The Day Suit
  • Location: NYC’s Financial District

Andrea Quezada

Collection name: Mayahuél Mayahuel is a tribute to the soul of Mexico, inspired by the ancestral process of tequila making and the divine legend of the goddess who gave life to the agave. Each piece honors heritage as living art, intertwining artisanal craftsmanship with contemporary couture, blending hand-finished textiles, structured silhouettes, and symbolic details in leather and metal.

Credits:

  • Designers: Andrea Quezada (garments), Corta Vida (jewelry), Yeyo México (accessories), San Miguel Shoes (shoes)
  • Sponsor: Tamaulipas seguro te enamora
  • Styling: Andrea Quezada, Sofía Rodríguez, Diego De León
  • Location: Palazzo Serbelloni
  • Photographer: Vidal Castillo
  • Models: Alejandro Lopez , Evan Westman , Summer , Yelyzaveta , Vukcevic
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