The weather may have been hotter than hell, but Paris’s Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture shows delivered heavenly head-to-toe details.
There were handcrafted textures to delight the senses—sheer micropleats, 3-D petals, dripping pearls—layered alongside beauty looks to match our modern world.
For the classicist ready for a little fun, there were hints of glittering gold from Chanel to Dior and smokey wings at Armani Privé. For the cool minimalist, there were eternal wet looks at LVMH Savoir-Faire Prize-winner Michael Stewart’s Standing Ground and chalk-dusted ballet hair at Julie de Libran. For the child at heart, enormous hair bows trailed the floor at Duran Lantink’s debut couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier and floated, frozen in midair at Robert Wun.
Below, 4 standout trends from Vogue Beauty’s couture report:
Gilded Age
Photo: Armando Grillo / Gorunway.com
Photo: Salvatore Dragone / Gorunway.com
The week was a gold rush of runway beauty. At Chanel, makeup artist Lucia Pieroni applied gilded faux lashes and glittering wings to match hairstylist Duffy’s gold-painted pin curls. There was creative director of makeup Peter Philips’s sparkling liner at Dior and makeup artist Ana Takahashi’s golden crystal wings at Viktor & Rolf. “Halos in the center of the face” is how makeup artist Andrew Gallimore describes the aura-like “glowing celestial skin” he created for Iris Van Herpen’s light-and-lightning inspired collection, and credits the champagne shimmer from Anastasia Beverly Hills Iced Out Highlighter with helping deliver “a parade of goddesses from another universe!”
Fairytale Bows
Photo: Courtesy of Jean Paul Gaultier
