For Camiel Fortgens‘ SS26, models walked the actual streets of Paris during Fashion Week, portable speakers in hand, each playing a fragment of the show’s soundtrack. Only when they converged did the music click into place, a fitting metaphor for clothes designed to feel both individual and part of something bigger.

The clothes themselves are pulled from American classics, vintage shapes that feel lived-in but never stale. This is laid-back luxury, where ease matters more than effort. The sun became a silent collaborator: fade-out techniques and ghostly logos played with light and shadow, as if the garments had been left outside just long enough to soak up some warmth.

Womenswear and menswear blended effortlessly, styled with reconstructed flip-flops, perforated bags, and ASICS sneakers, all carrying Fortgens’ trademark DIY spirit. Exposed seams and deconstructed details celebrated the making process, not as flaws but as proof of life.

Alongside the main line, a special research collection offered something rarer: visible thought. These were unfinished ideas: archive pieces cut apart and reshaped, left deliberately open like sketches in a notebook. They revealed where design begins, before polish sets in.

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