{"id":1497292,"date":"2026-01-28T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1497292"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:02:00","slug":"saint-laurent-aw26-was-the-parasocial-relationship-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1497292","title":{"rendered":"Saint Laurent AW26 was the Parasocial Relationship Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/fashion\/article\/69497\/1\/saint-laurent-aw26-mens-paris-fashion-week-pfw-connor-storie-francois\" data-article-id=\"69497\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1435560-1.jpg\" width=\"2160\" title=\"1435560-1\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-28T13:02:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"28 January 2026\"><span class=\"month\">January<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"28\">28,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Saint Laurent AW26 was the Parasocial <span class=\"nowrap\">Relationship Convention<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Current internet obsessions Connor Storrie, Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud and Chris Briney arrived in Paris for the label\u2019s latest <span class=\"nowrap\">menswear show<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-01-28T13:02:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"28 January 2026\"><span class=\"month\">January<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"28\">28,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-01-28T13:02:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"28 January 2026\"><span class=\"month\">January<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"28\">28,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/ElliotHoste\">Elliot Hoste<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-30-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Saint Laurent <span class=\"nowrap\">AW26 men\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36592\/0\/saint-laurent-aw26-men-s\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1435509.jpg\" width=\"1998\" title=\"1435509\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36592\/1\/saint-laurent-aw26-men-s\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1435510.jpg\" width=\"1998\" title=\"1435510\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36592\/2\/saint-laurent-aw26-men-s\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1435511.jpg\" width=\"1998\" title=\"1435511\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36592\/3\/saint-laurent-aw26-men-s\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1435512.jpg\" width=\"1998\" title=\"1435512\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36592\/4\/saint-laurent-aw26-men-s\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-323-1998-1332\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/5\/1435513.jpg\" width=\"1998\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36592\/5\/saint-laurent-aw26-men-s\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saint Laurent AW26 men\u2019s\" class=\"img\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1435514.jpg\" width=\"1998\" title=\"1435514\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 30 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Chris Briney, Connor Storrie and Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud walk into a Paris fashion show. Soon after, they\u2019re followed by Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek, who take their seats alongside Austin Butler and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. No, this is not the start of some Wattpad smut written by a lonely teenager, but the actual scene that unfolded at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/saint-laurent\"><span>Saint Laurent<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019s AW26 catwalk last night (January 28).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For years now, creative director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/anthony-vaccarello\"><span>Antony Vaccarello<\/span><\/a><span> has chosen to hold his menswear show during <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/couture\"><span>Couture Week<\/span><\/a><span> as a way of ensuring big-ticket guests are in town, and this season it paid off big time. While the YSL front row is always stacked, AW26 brought together all the men-of-the-moment (\u201cIt-boys\u201d, \u201cinternet boyfriends\u201d, etc.) for what can only be described as a Parasocial Relationship Convention. As well as the above, Luka Sabbat, Diego Calva, Jamie Bell, and <\/span><em><span>Anora<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s Mark Eydelshteyn were there, alongside Gabriette, Kate Moss, Suki Waterhouse and Nadia Lee Cohen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the collection at the Bourse de Commerce, Vaccarello sought inspiration in the morning after the night before, or, more specifically, \u201cthe move from unclothed to clothed, unbuttoned to buttoned, the ritual of transforming ourselves from our most naked selves to being dressed to re-enter the world.\u201d The starting point for this line of thinking was James Baldwin\u2019s 1956 novel <\/span><em><span>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/span><\/em><span>, and in particular the scene where David, a closeted American expat, vacates Giovanni\u2019s small Paris bedroom for the last time during the early hours of the morning, and leaves behind \u201chis desire, his yearnings, for all that lies ahead\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show began with a selection of shirtless suits, layered over bare skin as if David had hastily dressed upon his exit from Giovanni\u2019s room. Faux fur was swaddled around models\u2019 necks or carelessly flung over an arm, while scoop-neck knitwear was cut close to the body, for what Vaccarello described as a \u201clean, sinuous silhouette\u201d. Bengal striped shirts with silk cravats spoke to the 1950s era that Baldwin\u2019s novel is set in, as did the long camel trench coat that looked straight from the back of an inspector in a film noir. But, as always, this wouldn\u2019t be an Antony Vaccarello show without a freaky little touch, which this season came in the form of latex tights protruding from the bottom of black and grey dress shorts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Scroll through the gallery above to see all the looks from the show<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Soon after, they\u2019re followed by Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek, who take their seats alongside Austin Butler and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. No, this is not the start of some Wattpad smut written by a lonely teenager, but the actual scene that unfolded at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/saint-laurent\"><span>Saint Laurent<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019s AW26 catwalk last night (January 28).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For years now, creative director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/anthony-vaccarello\"><span>Antony Vaccarello<\/span><\/a><span> has chosen to hold his menswear show during <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/couture\"><span>Couture Week<\/span><\/a><span> as a way of ensuring big-ticket guests are in town, and this season it paid off big time. While the YSL front row is always stacked, AW26 brought together all the men-of-the-moment (\u201cIt-boys\u201d, \u201cinternet boyfriends\u201d, etc.) for what can only be described as a Parasocial Relationship Convention. As well as the above, Luka Sabbat, Diego Calva, Jamie Bell, and <\/span><em><span>Anora<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s Mark Eydelshteyn were there, alongside Gabriette, Kate Moss, Suki Waterhouse and Nadia Lee Cohen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the collection at the Bourse de Commerce, Vaccarello sought inspiration in the morning after the night before, or, more specifically, \u201cthe move from unclothed to clothed, unbuttoned to buttoned, the ritual of transforming ourselves from our most naked selves to being dressed to re-enter the world.\u201d The starting point for this line of thinking was James Baldwin\u2019s 1956 novel <\/span><em><span>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/span><\/em><span>, and in particular the scene where David, a closeted American expat, vacates Giovanni\u2019s small Paris bedroom for the last time during the early hours of the morning, and leaves behind \u201chis desire, his yearnings, for all that lies ahead\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show began with a selection of shirtless suits, layered over bare skin as if David had hastily dressed upon his exit from Giovanni\u2019s room. Faux fur was swaddled around models\u2019 necks or carelessly flung over an arm, while scoop-neck knitwear was cut close to the body, for what Vaccarello described as a \u201clean, sinuous silhouette\u201d. Bengal striped shirts with silk cravats spoke to the 1950s era that Baldwin\u2019s novel is set in, as did the long camel trench coat that looked straight from the back of an inspector in a film noir. But, as always, this wouldn\u2019t be an Antony Vaccarello show without a freaky little touch, which this season came in the form of latex tights protruding from the bottom of black and grey dress shorts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Scroll through the gallery above to see all the looks from the show<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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