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Peet Dullaert FW25/26 Collection: The Sound of Form
Within the frescoed salons of the Opéra Comique, Peet Dullaert returned to Paris Couture Week with a presentation that rejected noise in favor of nuance. For Fall Winter 2025–2026, the Dutch couturier conducted a runway experience not with music, but with silence—allowing garments to speak in gestures, movement, and material poetry.
Known for his fluid, body-centric vision of couture, Dullaert advanced his sculptural ethos with renewed focus on tailoring. Suits and tuxedo-inspired forms served as the architectural base—deconstructed, redraped, and reimagined with intimacy. Instead of structured templates, garments were shaped directly on the body, resulting in silhouettes that clung, glided, and responded to every step.
Black tuxedos, reworked with whispered opulence, formed the collection’s spine. Cropped tailcoats, relaxed trousers, and glistening satin sashes revealed a dialogue between tradition and ease. Sinuous pleated ribbons and exposed tacking stitches introduced vulnerability into classic codes, while crystal tracing lent a jewelry-like delicacy to otherwise stark lines. Dullaert’s take on formality was never rigid—it was supple, poetic, and deeply felt.
His unwavering commitment to inclusivity was evident in every gesture. Silhouettes were not dictated by idealized proportions, but sculpted to embrace real bodies—emphasizing torsos, hips, and shoulders through intentional draping, fabric puffs, and flowing textiles. Crinkled silks, bias-cut fabrics, and sheer tulle gowns in ombré hues delivered a sense of lightness that belied their technical precision.
Some looks revealed sleek leotards beneath layers of gauze, anchoring the ethereality with structure. Others celebrated imperfection: purposefully creased shirts and sculptural vests with fabric cones invited reflection on the unfinished, the lived-in, the human. Even at its most conceptual, the collection maintained a sense of touch—designs that moved with, rather than against, the wearer.
What emerged was not just a collection, but a philosophy. Dullaert championed comfort without compromising craft, sensuality without spectacle. His couture proposed a new kind of luxury—one rooted in emotion, embodiment, and quiet rebellion.
In a season heavy with visual noise, Dullaert’s silence rang clear. His garments didn’t shout; they resonated. And in doing so, they reminded us that the future of couture may not lie in louder statements, but in deeper connections—between fabric and form, designer and wearer, stillness and self.
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