Monet met modern floral sophistication at the Dior show, while Bella Hadid walked in Saint Laurent’s grand spectacle with the Eiffel Tower as the backdrop.
Paris Fashion Week got off to a great start, weather included.
Clear skies and unseasonably high temperatures greeted buyers, editors and celebrities descending on the French capital for the fall/winter 2026 shows.
Here’s the lowdown on two of the biggest shows of the week from two quintessentially Parisian brands: Dior and Saint Laurent.
The weather cooperated on the second day of Paris Fashion Week as the Dior show took place on a gorgeous afternoon in a glass box in the heart of the Tuileries Garden.
At the centre of the structure was a human-made pond with floating water lilies, similar to the ones famously painted by Claude Monet, a selection of which is displayed at the Musée de l’Orangerie, a museum also located in the Tuileries.
Even before the show, guests had an inkling that the location would play a pivotal role in its inspiration. The invitation came with two miniature reproductions of the green chairs tourists and Parisians alike rest on in the Tuileries – if they can get one, that is, especially on a sunny day.