Ashi Studio Spring 2026 Couture collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.
While Ashi’s creations idealize feminine curves, placing whoever wears them squarely on a pedestal, the designer’s inspirations tend to draw from darker corners. Backstage before the show, he said he was focusing on “the sharp edges of yearning that raise the boundaries between two people.
” Nosferatu films- both old and recent, were a touchpoint. But the original inspiration for this collection came straight from the cradle of couture: at last year’s exhibition on Charles Frederick Worth at the Petit Palais, the designer felt a sense of mourning, perhaps for a world that no longer exists, but also for unrequited love. Victoriana offered ample references, from somewhat macabre jewels that encase the locks of a lost love under glass, to mourning clothes and Gothic Romance. Pinned on the mood board was a swatch of milky, superfine latex, which the designer handled like fabric, layering it “like peeling skin” over a hand-painted corset gown to ghostly effect and singeing its edges for good measure. The art of hair lockets surfaced on a remarkable corset with feathery arabesques made from real tresses and a full braid trailing down the back: that piece represented a couture debut for the artisan Ghislaine Tortereau who, as the founder of the wigmaker Peruke in Paris, is famed in the world of cinema but had never seen her work on the runway before. She wasn’t alone: neither had the dozen or so other artisans Ashi tapped to help produce this collection. Graphic flourishes abounded, from a spiky black gown fully embroidered in hand-cut paillettes and singed peacock feathers, to a sculptural corseted number in green croc and diaphanous dresses finished in sepia-toned feathers. The designer is an avid collector of many things, and this outing was steeped in found treasures, from the fabrics on all of the corsets to passementerie fringes and the figurative brass doorknobs embellishing clutches. A relative newcomer to the couture calendar, Ashi again displayed a couture world all his own with this collection, not to mention an unimpeachable commitment to craft. Many of these looks were quite simply stunning; a few would be perfectly at home in a museum right now, not a hundred years hence; and several could be contenders for the red carpet. What would be nice to see more of, however, are creations that don’t conjure an impression that a woman should spend her life on a pedestal.
Spring 2026 Couture Runway_Review Runway
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Giorgio Armani’s Spring 2026 Campaign Photographed for First Time in His Milan ResidenceThe campaign marking Giorgio Armani's last collection is fronted by Vittoria Ceretti and Clément Chabernaud, and is photographed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch.
Read more »
Daylight saving time 2026: When do clocks spring forward?Daylight saving time is almost here. Clocks across most of the United States will soon spring forward one hour, shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The change arrives as days are already getting noticeably longer heading into March — a trend that ramps up as winter fades. When does daylight...
Read more »
GQ Bowl 2026: Watch the Thom Browne Fall 2026 Fashion ShowOn February 6, Thom Browne will debut his fall 2026 collection at the GQ Bowl livestream event in San Francisco. Here’s how to watch it live.
Read more »
Majestic Hairstyles for the Spring 2026 Couture SeasonHairstyles took an elegant twist on couture catwalks for fashion houses including Chanel and Dior and for spring 2026.
Read more »
Francesco Scognamiglio Couture Spring 2026 CollectionSee images from the Francesco Scognamiglio Couture Spring 2026 collection.
Read more »
Kith Spring 2026 Menswear CollectionKith Spring 2026 Menswear collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.
Read more »