In Pictures: Lanvin lights up Paris Fashion Week with Peter Copping’s second collection for SS26
Artistic Director Peter Copping presented his second collection for Lanvin yesterday, 30 September, at Paris Fashion Week for SS26.
His January debut collection was described as “an act of homage to Lanvin’s heritage” as the oldest continually operating Parisian couture Maison, and as “a moment of consolidation and reiteration”, though this collection is perhaps more adventurous with Copping’s “distinct vision of modernity”.
Embellishments have been rethought, cabochons are veiled with chiffon, while archival Lanvin embroideries “translate to illustrative lines in print to sketch a journey through the house’s history”, with a new hand.
There’s plenty of blues and all-in-black womenswear looks, as well as black and white monochrome ensembles, while bold colours are also explored - such as an orange midi-dress with a turtle neck and voluminous sleeves with matching head wrap and wide 80s-style belt.
For men, relaxed double breasted check tailoring is featured, with baggy trousers with turn-ups sitting just above the ankle, and a long black leather trench coat gives a touch of Gestapo-style chic.
Lining materials are shifted to the outside, and jackets deconstructed “to celebrate the inherent processes of tailoring”.
The reverse of dresses and tailoring are treated as points of emphasis, “an echo of Jeanne Lanvin’s own design obsessions, yet also a reflection of a contemporary glancing back to draw inspiration”.
Accessories “reiterate neo-classic house icons”, those introduced in Copping’s debut such as the ‘Compagnon’ handbag, proposed in new matelassé and inlaid leathers, and sharply pointed pumps and mules decorated with ribbon motifs. Men’s shoes follow the same razor sharpness.
