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Vogue
07-07-2025
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Isabel Marant Resort 2026 Collection
When Isabel Marant, the brand, goes in for romance, it's always with a touch of grit. Take florals: garden blooms may be the classic trope for spring, but here creative director Kim Bekker grafted them with a lashing of Victoriana and the Far West to come up with a different, more nuanced attitude. 'We wanted to create a compelling contrast between delicate and tough elements,' Bekker offered during a showroom preview. She wasn't just talking about the women's pre-collection; the men's lineup was plenty poetic, too. When treated as all-over motifs, florals cropped up sprinkled like polka dots over a draped jersey dress, or as a kind of a hybrid between an ikat and a tie-dye motif. More impactful, however, were abstractions rendered through laser cutting on a white leather minidress or etched in metal studs and gradient eyelets on a black velvet jacket. Fans who go in for a little cowboy inspo will have fun with the western-leaning blouse and black dress here. But this collection is just as much about Victoriana, with cinched waists, ruffles, and revisited mutton sleeves-as-power shoulders. Refreshingly, save a couple of very pretty numbers in densely-enough worked lace, the brand isn't leaning hard on transparency. 'Sexiness doesn't need to be nakedness,' Bekker quipped. Instead, soft fabrics, faux fur, and lace made for easy, feminine silhouettes muscled up a bit with strong statement earrings. Edginess came in staples like raw denim, leather jackets, and boots that nodded westward but were carefully dosed and filtered by way of the Place des Victoires. Speaking of Parisian chic, the cult, slouchy, minuscule-heeled Edrik boot is back for tucking in billowy trousers or pairing with stick-straight jeans, now with laser-cut moons that wink as the wearer walks. But there's a new low ballerina boot in town, too: the Ferix seems to be Isabel Marant's answer to mesh. Take a closer look, and you'll see those cut-outs are tiny hearts—how in the world they pulled that off without going 'cute' is the brand's secret sauce.
Vogue
28-06-2025
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- Vogue
Isabel Marant Spring 2026 Menswear Collection
If there's one French fashion brand that has wanderlust baked right in, it's Isabel Marant. Surveying the men's lookbook as styled by Emmanuelle Alt but also gazing into an imaginary landscape beyond, creative director Kim Bekker observed, 'He's headed to the steppes and out into the desert, from village to village, surfing.' Here, then, was a wardrobe for the eternal nomad, wherever he roams, be it Paris, the Sahara or Ibiza, one of the designer's favorite destinations, which appeared here as an embroidered postcard on the back of a varsity jacket. Linen shirts were layered over tees, and paired with easy, straight-cut trousers. Cargo details are a major current for spring, and here they appeared on blazers that were less utilitarian than refined, for the traveler who prefers keeping all his essentials right in his pockets. Drawstring waists gave tailored pieces a sense of ease while here and there an embroidered floral motif lent a tinge of romance without going full-blown folkloric. The color palette, too, told a story of scorched earth and canyon sunsets, in clay red, sage green and dusty rose. Statement pieces included a lightweight bomber in washed leather, an ecru jean jacket with floral embroidery on the breast pocket, and a washed-out denim jacket with a botanical print, an idea that also cropped up on jeans. The keepers here echoed Marant's philosophy: sophisticated enough to wear around the city, yet laid back enough for wherever the next flight lands.
