Paris Haute Couture SS26 · Runway show Womenswear
Imane Ayissi
25 looks, shown 26 January 2026 in Paris. Known this season for bold lip, glossy / dewy, smoky eye.
The show
The collection, look by look
Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026 · HC-SS26Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.
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Cobalt silk taffeta jacket and wide trousers with trailing sash bow
A couture take on the power suit: crisp cobalt taffeta tailoring softened by a giant hip sash that spills into a floor-sweeping train, turning trousers into evening drama.
What set Imane Ayissi apart
Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.
The palette
Share of garment area across 25 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).
Silhouettes
Share of the 25 tagged looks.
What the collection was made of
Share of the 25 looks described by our AI taggerTraditions in the collection
Cultural influences →2 of Imane Ayissi's 52 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in France.
- Huipil · Mexico · Latin America & CaribbeanLook 14
France → Mexico
“Boxy rectangular untailored tunic with square neckline, all-over woven-look repeat motifs and fringed hem, worn over a full gathered skirt like a huipil-and-enagua ensemble.”
- Kente · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 8
France → West African (unspecified)
“Checkerboard of narrow strip-woven blocks alternating warp stripes and inlaid geometric motifs in gold, teal, magenta on black; could also read as Ewe kente or aso oke.”
The character of the clothes
Imane Ayissi's clothes were more vivid, more textured, more formal, more daring and more experimental than most of the season.
- DarkerLighter
- MutedVividmore vivid than 97% of collections
- CoolerWarmer
- SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 75% of collections
- CasualFormalmore formal than 97% of collections
- ClassicDaringmore daring than 77% of collections
- ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 87% of collections
Imane Ayissi against every other house measured so far
Also in Paris, Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Paris field notes →The fortnightly digest
Imane Ayissi, in context
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