“Many things can be true at once,” Amy Smilovic said in the show notes. She was talking about life, but she might as well have been sketching the blueprint of her Spring 2026 collection. Tibi staged a conversation in clothes about contradictions that aren’t really contradictions at all. Brutalist edge softened by Bauhaus functionality. Grit polished into elegance. Ease charged with authority.
On the runway, those ideas translated into silhouettes that had weight without heaviness. A boxy black blazer, shrugged over fluid trousers and grounded by a simple tank, made tailoring feel lived in rather than stiff. A bomber jacket with the bluntness of utility was balanced by trousers washed in a muted olive tone, a pairing that suggested both readiness and restraint.
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