In a season when fashion often flirts with familiarity, Marc Jacobs dares to detour into the beautifully bizarre. His Fall/Winter 2025–2026 collection isn’t a whisper—it’s a wail. A spectacle of surrealism, a celebration of artifice, and above all, a meditation on beauty disrupted.

Presented in a pared-down, deliberately intimate setting, the show featured just 19 looks—but each spoke volumes. This was not a collection for those seeking restraint. From the first step onto the runway, Jacobs announced his thesis: distortion is the new elegance.

The opening look: a volcanic explosion of cargo pants, their pockets mutated into sculptural outgrowths—part utility, part fantasy. Soon after, white denim jeans appeared, so exaggerated in form they felt like echoes from a distorted dream. These were no mere garments—they were statements, paired with a lavender lace blouse puffed into mythic proportions and a top built from reconfigured jeweled bra components. The ordinary, rendered extraordinary.

Proportion became poetry. Jacobs choreographed silhouettes that waltzed between the absurd and the sublime. Hobble skirts with padded hips invoked Edwardian silhouettes, but felt more like theatrical ghosts from an imagined future. Sleeves bloomed into heart-shaped curves, a surreal twist on femininity. And throughout, trompe l’oeil elements played visual tricks: flat bows where fullness should be, outlines masquerading as volume. The garments didn’t just dress the body—they warped reality.

When eveningwear arrived, it came cloaked in drama and decadence. A black dress channeled Victorian mourning, complete with slashed skirts and manipulated bustles—yet it read less as costume, more as haunted couture. Other gowns dripped with a sea of miniature bows, creating a visual overload that danced between nostalgia and satire. Were they beautiful? Overwhelming? Yes—and intentionally both.

The finale encapsulated Jacobs’s intent: a sleek, gothic lace gown, almost serene—until your eyes caught the angular hip darts and single jarring bow at the back of the knees. It was a closing whisper with the power of a scream.

While others shift toward safe commercialism, Jacobs pushes deeper into provocation. There is no dilution here, no concessions. This collection isn’t about wearability—it’s about wonder, discomfort, and the kind of fashion that thinks and feels.

With Fall/Winter 2025–2026, Marc Jacobs doesn’t just present clothes—he stages a surrealist play, one where beauty is torn, twisted, and reconstructed. It’s uncomfortable. It’s spectacular. It’s unforgettable.