Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Chanel pays homage to house codes ahead of Matthieu Blazy's debut, Schiaparelli draws star power from Cardi B and Dua Lipa, and Armani Privé delivers midnight glamour
Here's a look at three of the biggest shows of the week so far.
Schiaparelli: Back to the Future
A sequinned leopard-print look at the Schiaparelli haute couture 2025-26 show. Photo: Handout
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During a recent conversation in Hong Kong,
Schiaparelli owner Diego Della Valle , also chairman of Tod's Group, talked about the importance of sticking to a brand's codes while constantly updating them in order to stay relevant.
This is even more important, Della Valle explained, when dealing with previously dormant houses like Schiaparelli, which he single-handedly revived after acquiring it in 2007.
His advice has not fallen on deaf ears. Since taking over as creative director in 2019, American
Daniel Roseberry has been building on the rich visual vocabulary and surrealist tropes of Schiaparelli without, however, staying stuck in the past.
A matador-inspired outfit at the Schiaparelli haute couture 2025-26 show. Photo: Handout
For the autumn/winter 2025-26 show, Roseberry wanted to go 'back to the future'.
The predominantly black line-up had plenty of the
whimsical touches Schiaparelli is known for – eye motifs, dramatic silhouettes, trompe l'oeil effects – but reinterpreted through a futurist, sci-fi lens.
The starting point was 1940, the year founder Elsa Schiaparelli left Paris for New York. That pivotal change in the life of the designer made Roseberry reflect on those fraught times – the early days of World War II – and the tension between past, present and future at the heart of every creative endeavour.
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