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The Dutch designer's July 8 guest collection at Jean Paul Gaultier revisited stripes, conical forms and spirals through a tech-infused lens — the season's wildcard debut.
First-half group revenue of €38.6 billion, per the July results, with Fashion & Leather Goods returning to organic growth in the second quarter after its spring dip.
During couture week, July 6–9, 2026, Pierpaolo Piccioli showed his first haute couture collection for Balenciaga — the pairing the trade had framed as the season's structural event.
Paris haute couture runs July 6–9, 2026 — opening with Schiaparelli and carrying Pierpaolo Piccioli's first Balenciaga collection and Duran Lantink's guest turn at Jean Paul Gaultier.
Fashion & Leather Goods revenue of about €9.25 billion for Q1 2026, per results published April 13, leaves the group's recovery running through its designer transitions.
The first sole director of Dior menswear and womenswear marked a year defined by two men's shows — a debut at the Invalides and a Paul Poiret-inspired Musée Rodin staging in January 2026.