Romance Was Born steps beyond the traditional runway with RE, an ambitious new presentation created for Melbourne Design Week in collaboration with Cultivated, Cult Furniture’s sustainable refurbishing programme. Following the Sydney label’s 20th-anniversary celebration, designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales turn their attention toward a more multidisciplinary exploration, giving salvaged furniture a spectacular new life through the house’s exuberant language of embellishment.
With the release of La Vacanza 2026, Versace transforms nostalgia into a living fantasy, presenting a campaign that explores the enduring seduction of the house’s own mythology. Photographed by Steven Meisel and styled by Karl Templer, the campaign unfolds less as a traditional luxury advertisement and more as a meditation on obsession, memory, and cultural inheritance. Titled Versace Obsessed, the project examines how iconic fashion imagery continues to shape desire across generations, treating the archive not as history frozen in time but as an active emotional language.
With its spring 2026 offering, CH Carolina Herrera refines its vision of modern elegance through a wardrobe that balances clarity, femininity, and everyday sophistication. Presented as a lookbook, the collection embraces a lighter, more effortless rhythm, one that speaks to contemporary lifestyles while remaining anchored in the house’s polished aesthetic.
Presented at New York Bridal Fashion Week, Ouma Bridal’s Spring 2026 collection, Alluvia, unfolds with a quiet, assured beauty, one that speaks not in grand declarations but in the language of movement, texture, and emotion. It is a collection that views bridal wear not as a costume but as an extension of the self.
At Sì Sposa Italia Collezioni during Milano Bridal Week 2025, Peter Langner unveiled his Bridal Spring 2026 collection—a masterclass in architectural grace and modern femininity. Known for his precise tailoring and couture craftsmanship, Langner presented a poetic evolution of bridalwear that was both timeless and boldly current.
At Sì Sposa Italia Collezioni during Milano Bridal Week 2025, Donatella Gallo unveiled her Bridal Spring 2026 collection—an enchanting ode to femininity, refinement, and quiet opulence. Known for her delicate approach to couture, Gallo infused each design with a graceful sensibility that celebrated both tradition and modernity.
Monique Lhuillier’s Spring 2026 bridal collection unfolds like a modern heirloom—imbued with poetic grace, sculptural elegance, and an exquisite sense of renewal. Seamlessly balancing tradition with reinvention, the lookbook reveals gowns that echo timeless silhouettes while embracing forward-thinking design.
Viktor & Rolf’s Mariage Spring 2026 collection is a poetic exploration of bridalwear, where sculptural silhouettes meet romantic restraint. Staying true to the house’s avant-garde artistry, the lookbook presents a series of gowns that reinterpret tradition with whimsical precision and architectural grace.
At Sì Sposa Italia Collezioni during Milano Bridal Week 2025, Elisabetta Polignano unveiled a Bridal Spring 2026 collection that was equal parts spiritual journey and sartorial statement. Known for her deeply personal approach to bridalwear, Polignano delivered a collection rooted in emotion, individuality, and the quiet power of inner beauty.













