At Schiaparelli, a creative block became a couture collection cast in silicone
Couture press notes often promise transcendence, especially if they’re opening Paris haute couture week at the Petit Palais on Monday 6 July. The ones handed out at Schiaparelli’s autumn/winter 2026 show described a failure instead. Daniel Roseberry admitted that after last season’s breakthrough he tried to rerun the formula and flew to Barcelona to be inspired by Gaudí, only to come home with nothing. He described the months that followed as a “possibility-denying, misery-making cycle” and said...