\n\tFall 2026, the 21st collection for his late wife Vivienne Westwood\u2019s namesake label, was an act of continuity, grief, and play, delivered with the eroticism that has long defined Andreas Kronthaler\u2019s reign at the house. Those candies that models were holding on the runway were meant to be a cheeky reference to knickers, he admitted backstage before greeting Chappell Roan.<\/p>\n
\n\tRiffing on memory, cinema, costume, and desire to create a fall wardrobe that felt both intimate and anarchic, the designer looked at three muses.<\/p>\n
\n\tFirst was Austrian silver screen legend Romy Schneider, whose many faces \u2013 which also inspired the models\u2019 glitter makeup \u2013 and fearless choices echoed through the collection\u2019s emotional range. \u201cShe was an incredible actress, very powerful. She wasn\u2019t frightened.\u00a0She always went for the risky things in life,\u201d Kronthaler added. That appetite for risk appeared in dresses with rough, open seams that twisted and draped unpredictably around the body.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe also referenced Danilo Donati, the Italian costume designer behind Pasolini\u2019s \u201cThe Canterbury Tales.\u201d Donati\u2019s spirit surfaced in the raw, almost improvised bridal look: fabric wrapped and left hanging in raw-cut strips, paired with a big sculptural headpiece evoking an antique world reimagined through punk romanticism.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe model wearing the look to close the show was called Vivienne. Her mother named her that because Westwood was her favorite designer. Kronthaler said he loved this full-circle moment.<\/p>\n
\n\tLastly, Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s \u201cpursuit of a sensible existence underlined with humor\u201d was there in the clash of college blazers, dinner jackets, coats, and stripes, all slightly off, never too polished.<\/p>\n
\n\tWith music from Boy George and Kinky Roland, the show was both a love letter and an attempt to move on.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe world is in a funny state. It\u2019s a terrible moment for so many things and for so many people. But you can\u2019t stop. I\u2019ve lost something in my life that is impossible to forget. Nevertheless, I\u2019m trying to move on, to learn how to live with the loss and still have fun. To keep working, keep playing, and find pleasure in things, even while I\u2019m carrying this absence with me,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fall 2026, the 21st collection for his late wife Vivienne Westwood\u2019s namesake label, was an act of continuity,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,11062,85,46,11092,42452],"class_list":["post-328387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion-show-reviews","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-paris-fashion-week","tag-vivienne-westwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}