For Acne Studios’ S/S 26 show, the brand led by Jonny Johansson stayed true to its tradition of collaborating with artists on set design. This season, they tapped not one but three visual talents for the scene: Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Lukas Gschwandtner, and Pacifico Silano, known for their work that reinterprets queer erotica and ephemera from the 1970s and 1980s. The imagery wrapped around the 13th-century Gothic church Collège des Bernardins, where Acne staged the show in a setting that resembled a moody cigar salon. Cast by Piergiorgio Del Moro, Libby Bennett opened up the show, dressed in a tonal look of a tan tank, matching pants, and an oversized hazelnut blazer, styled by Tamara Rothstein, her first time styling the brand’s show. The collection featured sharp-shouldered power suits in slate grey, exaggerated plaid coats, and frayed denim, echoing a Western-meets-urban cityscape romanticism. Amid the rugged tailoring were feminine contrasts, like corseted dresses with high necklines and delicate mini-belts, rendered in milky white and smoky grey.
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