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Schiaparelli Presents Spring/Summer 2026 Ready-to-Wear “Dancer In The Dark”
Luxferity, 03.10.2025
Schiaparelli unveiled its Spring/Summer 2026 Ready-to-Wear collection, Dancer in the Dark, within the modernist walls of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Creative Director Daniel Roseberry continues his exploration of couture-inspired ready-to-wear, presenting a collection that embodies the house’s surrealist heritage while addressing the modern desire for fashion that inspires as much as it adorns.
Floral Embroidered Strapless Dress
A Dialogue Between Fashion and Inspiration
In a cultural moment where entertainment is abundant but true inspiration feels scarce, Roseberry positions fashion as an antidote: “Going to a Schiaparelli show should feel like going to a museum—an experience equally inspirational, aspirational, and reassuring,” he reflects.
The choice of venue—a gallery that recently hosted the Brancusi retrospective—reinforces this idea, aligning Schiaparelli not only with fashion but also with the broader cultural canon.
The Silhouette: Hard Chic Meets Effortless Grace
The collection opens with Schiaparelli’s iconic jacket: sharp-shouldered, clean, and disciplined, a study in “tailleur rigueur.” Long, lean column gowns in black, bone white, and crimson follow—each piece a celebration of restraint and power.
Sequin Embroidered Long Dress
At the heart of the collection lies trompe l’œil knitwear, drawn from Roseberry’s own sketches and translated into jacquards—a nod to Elsa Schiaparelli’s groundbreaking knitwear. “Shocking then, shocking now,” Roseberry emphasizes, connecting past and present through innovation.
Bead Embroidered Long Dress
Surrealist Accessories: Memory, Surprise, Delight
Accessories expand on the house codes of surrealism:
- The Secret handbag returns, this time reimagined with soft, fluid contours reminiscent of Salvador Dalí’s melting clock.
- Shoes and handbags, each beginning as sketches, maintain an artistic purity, their lines and forms bridging the functional and the fantastical.
Couture Spirit in Ready-to-Wear
Roseberry addresses a recurring reaction to his collections: “After my first RTW, I often heard, ‘This looks like couture!’ For a long time, I thought that was criticism. But today, it feels like a strength. Who doesn’t want everyday fashion to carry the soul of couture?”
Silk Long Dress
By merging craftsmanship with accessibility, Schiaparelli proves that ready-to-wear can still deliver the awe and fantasy of haute couture.
Elie Saab Leather Bag (Black)
Dancing in the Dark: A Metaphor for Freedom
“Fashion—even everyday fashion—can be art,”Roseberry insists. The collection becomes a metaphor for resilience and joy in uncertain times: garments designed not merely to be worn but to awaken a sense of liberation—“as if dancing alone at home after work, dancing in the dark.”
Elie Saab Leather Pumps (Black)
