McQueen S/S 2026 Paris

[MyNameIs]

I enjoyed looking through thr pictures, even if I'm not entirely sure who the client is. In any case, this is more fun, spontaneous, sexy than anything SB did.

 

[miyawaki]

So he finally pulled off a good collection… it actually feels modern and cool. Love the inspirations.

 

[Delleone]

The clothes seem definitely more polished, the focus tighter. A lot of house codes ticked but it does feel a bit like around the McQueeniverse in 51 looks. How much should one peep into the archive exactly? I wonder what the brand would look like in today’s world if the founder was still alive? How would he react to all this darkness? This feels like a pitch perfect lip sync to a great song, beautifully done but missing some true grit.

 

[bennyboy]

Did he just take the looks from the achive and change the colour fabric etc. then sent down to the runway ????

 

[Lola701]

Did he just take the looks from the achive and change the colour fabric etc. then sent down to the runway ????

He tries, he tries…

 

[tourbillions]

Atleast its not that dilara girl

 

[Squizree]

He's certainly trying to capture the spirit of McQueen, but I still don't know if he actually has the creative audacity to pull it off or if he's just regurgitating house codes.

Regardless, the separates in this collection are gorgeous.

 

[Phuel]

Admittedly more polished, but still on the same juvenile cosplay level as Harris Reed’s Nina Ricci. It's just a soulless, junior version of Irere, with not even a whiff of fresh effort to contribute. The Tomb Raider 3 South Pacific hut setting is kind of neat.

@Salvatore --feast on the real thing that is eternal evergreen and not this Jamie Oliver’s McQueen, which will smell bad in a few days:



(You know what’s so off-putting about this more than anything? How it's just another obnoxiously infantile showing of infantile showings that's been from so many of the once fearlessly provocative high-profile brands: Gaultier’s once visionary anarchist rebel with the masterclass tailoring skills of a classic bourgeoisie has now been reduced to a harmless toddler’s school pageantry that giggles at cheaply rendered male frontal nudity print; YSL is now permanently reduced to not just a fashion caricature, but a full-on fashion cartoon dressed in the widest of shoulders, brightest of clashing color-palettes, and biggest of accessories without a hint of irony, wit nor charm for children to easily digest; Valentino is more tedious Virgin Suicides teen wallflowers and their gay BFFs playing dressup/crossdressing in their mums’ vintage designer wardrobe; and this utterly charmless showcase of the Bratz/OMG/Descendants dolls cosplaying in OG McQueen knockoffs shamelessly devoid of any commitment, intimation and edge. And Cathy Horyn has the paid nerves to criticize Haider’s Tom Ford women and men for daring to be adults amongst so many children playing dressup.)

 

[Salvatore]

Admittedly more polished, but still on the same juvenile cosplay level as Harris Reed’s Nina Ricci. It's just a soulless, junior version of Irere, with not even a whiff of fresh effort to contribute. The Tomb Raider 3 South Pacific hut setting is kind of neat.

@Salvatore --feast on the real thing that is eternal evergreen and not this Jamie Oliver’s McQueen, which will smell bad in a few days:



(You know what’s so off-putting about this more than anything? How it's just another obnoxiously infantile showing of infantile showings that's been from so many of the once fearlessly provocative high-profile brands: Gaultier’s once visionary anarchist rebel with the masterclass tailoring skills of a classic bourgeoisie has now been reduced to a harmless toddler’s school pageantry that giggles at cheaply rendered male frontal nudity print; YSL is now permanently reduced to not just a fashion caricature, but a full-on fashion cartoon dressed in the widest of shoulders, brightest of clashing color-palettes, and biggest of accessories without a hint of irony, wit nor charm for children to easily digest; Valentino is more tedious Virgin Suicides teen wallflowers and their gay BFFs playing dressup/crossdressing in their mums’ vintage designer wardrobe; and this utterly charmless showcase of the Bratz/OMG/Descendants dolls cosplaying in OG McQueen knockoffs shamelessly devoid of any commitment, intimation and edge. And Cathy Horyn has the paid nerves to criticize Haider’s Tom Ford women and men for daring to be adults amongst so many children playing dressup.)

Oh yes, I feast on this era of fashion in general and so happy to have been alive during it to witness it real-time. I feel sorry for those just coming into fashion to not have experienced the electricity, creativity, and fun of that time. I can imagine some in the decades and eras before then say the same thing towards us that came after. My feeling is that, no matter how superficially McQueen it is, I appreciate the fact he is trying to honour McQueen. It is nowhere near perfect and it was the equivalent of a tribute band giving it their all, but never with the it factor. Sometimes for a night out that's sufficient.

 

[Lola701]

Atleast its not that dilara girl

Be scared of what you fear…
Considering what’s going on with her and Matière Fécale, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is appointed at the position post Sean.
They have already restructured the brand that there’s no going back in trying to recapture this feeling at McQueen.

 

[dieinmytabis]

the models are walking a little too fast for my taste. cant see much before it transitions to the next look.

 

[reese06]

I’m not quite sure how I feel about his approach of throwing so many identifiers in each collection.

It has McQueen-isms but the energy is very Cavalli, Dundas when he had taste, and Decarnin - Fausto could never and hasn’t ever delivered tbh.

With that said, he improves with each collection but the tailoring never feels sharp. Not sure if it’s the fabric he is using but it always feels like a juniors McQueen interpretation.

 

[Salvatore]

Be scared of what you fear…
Considering what’s going on with her and Matière Fécale, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is appointed at the position post Sean.
They have already restructured the brand that there’s no going back in trying to recapture this feeling at McQueen.

To me, Matière Fécale wouldn't be so bad. It would get old at some point, but it would be a fun, dark, and beautiful ride. Their last collection was surprisingly very lovely.

 

[Xone]

Did i miss something?

 

[LadyJunon]

Hot take: you are paid six to seven figures to to sell products that cost several thousands of euros to supprot the salaries of several hundreds of employees. Is it's sh*t, you deserve to be torn to shreds.

 

[Phuel]

Did i miss something?

Just shills be shilling. Gaslighting at its best.

If professional adults can’t take “bedside critiques” (otherwise known as this Edward Buchanan person's dismissal of us pathetic nobodies that aren’t/weren’t invited to the shows so our opinions don’t matter), then perhaps rethink your creative directing positions in these huge corporate brands.

Oh yes, I feast on this era of fashion in general and so happy to have been alive during it to witness it real-time. I feel sorry for those just coming into fashion to not have experienced the electricity, creativity, and fun of that time. I can imagine some in the decades and eras before then say the same thing towards us that came after. My feeling is that, no matter how superficially McQueen it is, I appreciate the fact he is trying to honour McQueen. It is nowhere near perfect and it was the equivalent of a tribute band giving it their all, but never with the it factor. Sometimes for a night out that's sufficient.

You know Salvatore, just a friendly reminder that for a superficial, reckless, fluffy casual-sex night out collection— Olivier’s Balmain works really well: It’s so rooted in a specific fashion time and fashion place but so non-cimmittal, and without outright ripping off a specific designer/collection. Olivier’s always evolved his pop sensibility from Christophe’s take on Balmain, but never outright stole. (And of course I’m talking about just the women’s, because I don’t believe there is even a customer for his menswear, anymore. Even the unisex male customer isn’t touching Balmain menswear, never mind any stockist.) This Sean person however… is unintentionally hilarious in how unqualified he is even in designing casual fluff: His debut tried for a a raw, punk McQueen and ended with a middle school fashion show vibe instead; then the sophomore offering attempted a The Girl Who lived In A Tree romantic dreamscape but ended up looking more like a promwear at the local mall’s seasonal fashion show with Bottega accents; and now with McQueen’s epic Lord of the Flies Irere referenced— and it’s giving Dundas’ Cavalli instead, like reese mentioned… I’m hoping for some attempt at darkness next and it’ll end up resembling Kanye’s Gap collab. HIs trainwrecks are becoming entertaining rather than a disappointment.

Still hoping for Diliria x Elena for McQueen tho. The potential for an even higher level of a trainwreck entertainment is just too good to pass up. Or they could very well surprise us nicely and I’ll gladly eat crow.

 

[tourbillions]

it was the equivalent of a tribute band giving it their all, but never with the it factor.

This is giving me margiela's live band 😭

 

[GERGIN]

I’m not coming here pretending to be a Lee McQueen expert, but I liked what I saw.

It’s wearable clothes heavily inspired by past Alexander McwaQwan collections that retain some kind of edge and playfulness that felt lost from Sarah Burton’s much later collections for the brand.

It’s still a far cry, but it’s nice and isn’t that enough in this bland state of fashion?