Christian Louboutin - Colorful Summer 2026 Collection

Christian Louboutin Unveils Colorful Summer 2026 Collection

A review of the Christian Louboutin Summer 2026 womenswear collection

written MALCOLM THOMAS

On Tuesday, Christian Louboutin unveiled its sunny summer 2026 collection. Inspired by Louboutin’s lifelong admiration for the stage—the set reminiscent of the interior of a René Magritte, supported models propped in playful poses in the candy-colored collection. 

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Summer 2026 Collection

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Summer 2026 Collection

Debuting a new line of bags, dubbed the Venus after the Greek goddess of love, a range of styles from tote to mini-crossbody, with a focus on timeless luxury and pragmatic functionality, are sure to add a bit of excitement to the everyday.

Just in time for high summer, Christian Louboutin’s new footwear offerings are abundant. Meet Mulazee, a taffeta kitten-heel mule featuring a delicate ton-sur-ton bow that highlights the feminine décolleté. It’s high-heeled cousin Cassia, and its ankle-boot counterpart Pavolva will also be making their debuts in leather and crepe satin, both complementary additions to smart eveningwear. 

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Summer 2026 Collection

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Summer 2026 Collection

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Summer 2026 Collection

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Summer 2026 Collection

Finally, the classic Chambelimoc and Chambelimonk silhouettes return in embossed crocodile-style burgundy calf patina leather, rounding out a collection that promises bright days (and fun nights) ahead.  

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CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN SS26

A$AP Rocky x Ray-Ban - Presenting metal eyewear collection

Why A$AP Rocky expands Ray-Ban into Metal and Optical

A$AP Rocky has presented his debut metal eyewear collection for Ray-Ban, marking one year since he became the brand’s first Creative Director. The release introduces both sunglasses and, for the first time under his direction, optical frames. It arrives with a campaign film co-starring Nas, staged in a late-night New York diner and built around an exchange between two figures from different eras of American rap.

Ray-Ban, founded in 1937, remains one of the few eyewear brands whose silhouettes have consistently crossed military use, Hollywood cinema, and music culture. Styles such as the Aviator and Wayfarer shaped decades of visual identity. Rocky’s appointment formalised a longer-term creative role that moves beyond capsule collaborations. His first full collection therefore carries structural weight: it signals how a musician with established influence in fashion translates an archive into product.

RAY-BAN / A$AP ROCKY METAL COLLECTION
A$AP Rocky

RAY-BAN / A$AP ROCKY METAL COLLECTION

The metal collection draws directly from historic Ray-Ban shapes while adjusting proportion and construction. Soft oval frames sit alongside narrow rectangles, each rendered in classic metallic finishes. Several designs adopt rimless engineering, emphasising lens shape and reducing visible structure. A wraparound silhouette, available exclusively in selected stores, introduces a more futuristic line and extends the range into sport-informed territory. Material focus defines the collection. Metal frames replace acetate as the primary structural element, shifting the visual language toward sharper contours and lighter builds. In the rimless models, thick lenses heighten the geometry of the silhouette, creating a pronounced edge around otherwise minimal hardware. Across the line, the emphasis rests on proportion, lens thickness, and the tension between archival reference and present-day styling.

The campaign situates Rocky and Nas inside a New York diner, visually echoing 1990s iconography without turning the setting into nostalgia. Nas represents a generation that shaped East Coast rap’s visual and lyrical codes; Rocky has consistently revisited that era in his own fashion vocabulary. Placing both figures in dialogue positions the collection within a broader cultural lineage that connects Ray-Ban’s long-standing ties to music with contemporary authorship.

RAY-BAN / A$AP ROCKY METAL COLLECTION
A$AP Rocky + Nas

RAY-BAN / A$AP ROCKY METAL COLLECTION

RAY-BAN / A$AP ROCKY METAL COLLECTION

RAY-BAN / A$AP ROCKY METAL COLLECTION

The inclusion of optical frames expands the scope of Rocky’s direction. Prescription eyewear functions as a daily object, extending beyond seasonal styling into routine wear. Integrating optical designs signals that the collection is embedded in Ray-Ban’s ongoing catalogue rather than framed as a limited collaboration.
After a year in the role, Rocky’s first metal line establishes a clear trajectory. It engages the brand’s archive through material and proportion, anchors itself in music history through casting, and extends into optical territory with practical intent. The result is a collection that operates inside Ray-Ban’s legacy while marking a distinct authorial imprint.

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RAY-BAN SS26

LV Tilted Sneaker - Louis Vuitton’s Spring Summer 2026

This Is the LV Tilted Sneaker Leading Louis Vuitton’s Spring Summer 2026

At Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Spring Summer 2026 show, the silhouette defined the atmosphere from the first look. Jackets carried volume through the shoulder, trousers moved with controlled ease, and the overall line of the collection held a steady, deliberate rhythm. Attention was placed on proportion and stance, on the way fabric settles on the body and how that body advances through space. Within this framework, the LV Tilted Sneaker anchored the season at ground level, shaping the posture of each look and reinforcing the calibrated balance that ran throughout the show.

The LV Tilted entered the season during the Men’s Spring Summer 2026 Pre collection preview before taking its place on the runway as part of the collection’s full silhouette. Its reference to classic skate culture is visible in the padded tongue and overall profile, while the construction reflects the house’s attention to proportion and balance. The sole is widened and engineered so that right and left are dimensionally equal, making the pair initially interchangeable. This calibration shifts the stance of the wearer in motion, as the foot meets the ground evenly and the body settles into a more centered posture. Beneath the elongated tailoring and controlled volume of the Men’s Spring Summer 2026 collection, the LV Tilted subtly reshapes how the look carries itself from the ankle upward, influencing the way fabric falls and how the silhouette reads across the runway.

LV Tilted Sneaker
MEN SS26 Campaign

LV Tilted Sneaker

The LV Tilted carries its identity through a few deliberate gestures. The angled LV on the padded tongue introduces a slight visual shift that breaks the symmetry of the form, while the upper’s defined stitching keeps the construction clean and controlled. Underfoot, the sole carries Monogram and Damier codes in relief, making the house signature visible in motion. The materials feel considered and lightweight, giving the sneaker a composed presence that aligns naturally with the direction of the Men’s Spring Summer 2026 season.

LV Tilted Sneaker
MEN SS26 Show

LV Tilted Sneaker
MEN SS26 Show

LV Tilted Sneaker

LV Tilted Sneaker
MEN SS26 Show

The LV Tilted appears in multiple treatments this season, moving through worn denim, calf suede, woven Damier, plaid canvas and embroidered finishes with ease. Each material brings a different tone to the same silhouette, shifting its mood from understated to expressive while keeping its outline consistent. On the runway, those variations registered almost like subtle edits within the same sentence, small adjustments that altered the feel of the look without disturbing its balance.

Within Men’s Spring Summer 2026, the sneaker sits comfortably inside the collection’s language of controlled proportion and steady line. It feels resolved, considered, fully absorbed into the way the season presents itself on foot, giving the show a quiet coherence that holds from the first exit to the final walk.

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LOUIS VUITTON SS26