From Jonathan Anderson’s highly anticipated debut at Dior to Julian Klausner’s debut men’s show at Dries Van Noten, Menswear Spring Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week heralded fashion’s subtle shift into a new era. The attention shifted from theatrics to construction, versatile travel-friendly garments, and utility — with shows staged at Parisian landmarks.
Menswear Spring Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week, which ran from June 24 to June 29, 2025, witnessed a dynamic interplay between heritage and modern design, where established maisons and emerging talents alike pushed boundaries to usher in a new era of masculine elegance. From Dior’s bold reinvention of archival silhouettes under Jonathan Anderson’s leadership to Louis Vuitton’s travel-inspired, artisanal craftsmanship brought to life by Pharrell Williams, each collection embodied a unique narrative rooted in cultural references and forward-thinking design.
This season also highlighted a return to storytelling through fashion—celebrating personal histories, local craftsmanship, and cross-genre collaborations—while maintaining an eye toward sustainability, technical innovation, and youthful expression. The presence of influential figures such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Gillian Anderson in the front row underscored the cultural relevance and broad appeal of these collections. Let’s take a closer look at the top shows of Menswear Spring Summer 2026 Paris Fashion Week!
Dior
Paris Fashion Week’s most anticipated showing took place at Hôtel National des Invalides — Jonathan Anderson’s first collection for Dior. The showing was a play on the Maison’s heritage, decoding the language of the House in order to recode it. Taking joy in the art of dressing, reconstructed formality witnessed tuxedo codes, tweed Bar jackets and archival couture silhouettes dreamed up by Christian Dior — reborn as cargo shorts. Sharp frock-coats met slouchy denim and Eighteenth-Nineteenth century French embroideries embellished sweaters and sneakers.
Per GQ: ‘Anderson presented a collection of clothes that felt like the regency redone for the digital age. In addition to crumpled shirts, gilets and overcoats gilded with metallic threads, there were so many clothes that, at one time or another, have been considered a little dusty. But under Anderson’s well-trained hands, they feel edgy, odd, and primed to be poured over by the fashion kids on TikTok. Those gilets? They were miniaturised, misshapen, almost crying out to be worn with nothing underneath. Under checked shirts sat huge, ballooning cargo shorts made of many ruffles and layers.’
Rihanna, Sabrina Carpenter, Donatella Versace and Robert Pattinson all sat front row for the showing, which was held in a room modeled on the velvet-lined rooms of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. On the walls were two still life paintings by Eighteenth-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin specially loaned by the Musée du Louvre and the National Galleries of Scotland.
Louis Vuitton
Pharrell Williams presented a magnificent elegant travel-friendly wardrobe for Louis Vuitton with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Bradley Cooper and Jackson Wang in attendance. The collection embodied a sun-scorched palette, the revived motif from The Darjeeling Limited film, painted stripes inspired by archival trunks, and Damier checks and iconic leather goods carried by the models.
Per WWD: ‘Williams said hitting up local markets and suppliers — from printmaking workshops to embroiderers — was his favorite part of the trip. “What art and painting is to Paris, textiles and embroidery is to India,” he said. “The intricacies were just off the charts.”’ Checked suiting wool was bonded with technical fabric on a windbreaker, while hoodies and puffer jackets came with bejewelled hoods fit for a maharajah.
Wales Bonner
British designer Grace Wales Bonner celebrated the tenth anniversary of her eponymous label by going back to school. Titled Jewel, the collection took the stage at the Lycée Henri-IV secondary school in the Latin Quarter. The garments’ layered, preppy lines drew on British know-how through collaborations with Savile Row tailors Anderson and Sheppard and milliner Stephen Jones for berets.
Staying true to her fusion of genres, Bonner also partnered with streetwear brand Y-3. In addition to sporty, paper-thin knits and sheer bejewelled shirting, Bonner paired flared silhouettes with opera pumps, and elevated tailcoats with baobab brooches and pops of colour on lapels and collars.
Jacquemus
Set against the backdrop of L’Orangerie at the Château de Versailles, Jacquemus’ ‘Le Paysan’ was a heartfelt tribute to Simon Porte Jacquemus’ rural heritage. ‘I want to create an autobiographical journey for June: one that begins in the countryside, soft and minimal, with linen as the foundation. From there, it gradually transforms, blossoming into an explosion of bonbon hues, stripes, embroidery, and prints. Various colors emerge, all connected, culminating in a look that is totally couture,’ Simon wrote on his Instagram.
The show drew an A-list front row including actors Matthew McConaughey, Gillian Anderson and Laura Harrier. Recognised for inspiration from his own life in his collections, Jacquemus looked to his South of France childhood. The collection featured a palette of white and baby pink, with looks constructed as ruffled aprons, structure jackets and corseted blouses. Delicate hand embroideries and leather tassels referenced Southern France as did espadrilles tied with grosgrain ribbons and trompe-l’œil leather accessories shaped like garlic, strawberries, and leeks.
Hermes
Véronique Nichanian at French luxury brand Hermès truly understands modern men’s luxury: the proportions, fabrications and palette are always spectacular; classic enough to be timeless, contemporary enough to feel current. This season, everything was graphic and light, with roomy shapes that softly fell on and around the body.
Hermès, founded in 1837 by Thierry Hermès, is recognised for its exceptional craftsmanship, timeless elegance, and high-quality products. Initially specialising in equestrian harnesses and saddles, the brand expanded its repertoire to include leather goods, silk scarves, ready-to-wear, accessories, and perfumes. Per the website: “Since 1837, generation after generation, Hermès has followed a dual thread – on the one hand the painstaking work of the craftsman in his workshop, and on the other Hermès remains highly sensitive and attentive to the changing nature and needs of society.”
Rick Owens
Rick Owens is a master of the Dystopian, deconstructed design aesthetic. Per BoF: “Rick Owens Tatlin-esque extravaganza celebrating the beauty of sleaze featured models wearily wading through the Trocadéro Fountain in front of the Palais de Tokyo before creating a superhuman, gravity-defying formation on the scaffolding that protruded high into the sky in lieu of the runway. The outing — particularly angular and skin-baring, but devoid of Owens’ masterful fluidity — was more performance than collection.”
Saint Laurent
At Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello drew an imaginary bridge between Paris in the 1970s and Fire Island in the 1980s for the Summer 2026 menswear show, and paid tribute to artists Stanton, Angus, and Ellis who gave a face to silent desires. And to Yves Saint Laurent, of course, who in 1974 sought refuge, only to create anew.
Inspired by a time when desire was style, when beauty served as a shield against emptiness, the collection explored this subtle sensuality, that fragile moment when one dresses as much to reveal oneself as to hide. The collection unfolded around clinamen, an installation by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: a circular basin where porcelain bowls drift and collide, drawing invisible lines across water.
Silhouettes were sculpted, not exaggerated. Cinched waists. Extended shoulders. Materials that trace without clinging: silk, nylon. The palette was hushed — sand, salt, pale ochre, dry moss, pool blue. Shorts evoked those once worn by a young Yves, but there was no reference here. Only recurrence. The space breathed. The fabric breathed. The bodies didn’t explain. 1974, Yves Saint Laurent withdrew. 2026, the line remained. Not homage. Not memory. Continuity.
Dries Van Noten
“Just a summer day, I’m glad to spend it with you.” Julian Klausner’s menswear debut proved that he is the best creative heir at Dries Van Noten. The mastery of Klausner’s interpretation of the house codes was evident in his ability to mix pattern, colour, and textures in bold, inventive ways. Per Forbes: ‘Thick Jockey stripes in burgundy, turquoise, and pink combos juxtaposed neutral browns and grey family or paired with a bright Kelly green; large florals in pink and green, black and white, or orange and purple had the brand’s Orient mood, while colorful beading styles were paired with a simple topper coat.’
Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake‘s IM Men brand expands on one of the founding principles of Miyake design: the challenge of making each piece from a single piece of cloth. What may appear to the uninitiated as a mere technicality actually produces clothes with beautifully fluid lines, whose geometric forms shift and morph with every movement of the body, creating a dialogue with the wearer. This season, the conversation with the work of ceramist Shoji Kamoda translated into a collection that was lyrical and abstract, and powerfully Miyake because of that.
Jasmeen Dugal is Associate Editor at FashionABC, contributing her insights on fashion, technology, and sustainability. She brings with herself more than two decades of editorial experience, working for national newspapers and luxury magazines in India.
Jasmeen Dugal has worked with exchange4media as a senior writer contributing articles on the country’s advertising and marketing movements, and then with Condenast India as Net Editor where she helmed Vogue India’s official website in terms of design, layout and daily content. Besides this, she is also an entrepreneur running her own luxury portal, Explosivefashion, which highlights the latest in luxury fashion and hospitality.
