Miguel Castro Freitas made his Mugler debut in a dimly lit Paris parking garage, setting a hard-edged stage for a Spring/Summer 2026 collection rooted in a true understanding of the brand’s archive. He leaned heavily into the house’s signature hourglass architecture, with shoulders, waists and hips dramatically carved out in rigid double-faced wool and satin. The palette stayed tight: concrete grey and powdered beige, with bursts of deep yellow and teal.
Elsewhere, jeweled bodices appeared like stripped-back chandeliers, matte instead of glittering. Feathers swung between Old Hollywood camp and surreal mutation, from ’40s marabou coats to jackets plump with plumes. Old Hollywood energy prevailed in the front row as well with attendance from Pamela Anderson , the star of The Las