Hervé Léger’s Michelle Ochs is inspired locally but thinking globally for pre-fall 2026.

“I was focusing the energy of New York City. I wanted really vibrant, like blues and shots of purple and just things that just felt like kind of architectural, but in a kind of electric way,” she said at a collection preview.

Since Ochs joined the brand in 2023 the bandage dress has seen a renaissance, but under her creative touch it has been reimagined in new, modern ways. For instance, a bias-cut liquid black slipdress with a single strip of bandage dangling across the clavicle offered an unexpected take on the style.

But that doesn’t mean she’s not thinking about the core glam girl from the ’90s and early 2000s — she is here in 2026, too, with a tiered lace minidress, a ombré print maxidress a

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