{"id":1792433,"date":"2026-02-25T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1792433"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:11:00","slug":"from-vampires-to-medusa-monsters-are-dominating-aw26-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1792433","title":{"rendered":"From vampires to Medusa: Monsters are dominating AW26 beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-2668-1778\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438991.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<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=\"\/beauty\/article\/69740\/1\/vampires-werewolves-medusa-monsters-dominating-aw26-beauty-lfw-nyfw\" data-article-id=\"69740\">\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 no-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.33\" 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=\"imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-CLiUab3ap5t9\" class=\"img\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438991.jpg\" width=\"2668\"><\/span><\/span><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-25T16:11:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"25 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/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 - beauty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/backstage\">Backstage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/backstage\">Backstage<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>From vampires to Medusa: Monsters are dominating <span class=\"nowrap\">AW26 beauty<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>All the beauty looks you need to see from London and New York <span class=\"nowrap\">fashion weeks<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-25T16:11:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"25 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-25T16:11:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"25 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"25\">25,<\/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\/Alex\">Alex Peters<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/TiarnaMeehan\">Tiarna<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Fashion week has gone supernatural. For the AW26 season, designers across both New York and London turned to monsters for sartorial and beauty inspiration. At Collina Strada, vampires were used as a metaphor for how we\u2019re withdrawing into \u201cself-made sanctuaries\u201d, with the concept driving the beauty direction by Mustafa Fayanaz and Dick Page. Vampires were also the inspiration at Masha Popova, where models walked with fangs and ghostly complexions courtesy of Lauren Reynolds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gabe Gordon led the werewolf trend in New York, with nail artist Julia Sumita creating a horror show aesthetic with blood-stained wolf talons. Over at Di Petsa, Medusa \u2013 who was a gorgon nymph before becoming a monster \u2013 was the reference, and models were given fake tattoos of snakes which slithered across their hips and wound around their collar bones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, we round up all the must-see beauty moments from across New York and London AW26.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>MASHA POPOVA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/69678\/1\/werewolves-trend-timothee-chalamet-twilight-gabe-gordon-furry\">werewolves were the monster of the week<\/a> in New York this season, it was vampires who stole the show in London. At Masha Popova, the collection was loosely inspired by Jim Jarmusch\u2019s 2013 gothic romance <\/span><em><span>Only Lovers Left Alive,<\/span><\/em><span> and the matching beauty aesthetic was \u2018modern vampires\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Models walked the runway with vampire fangs, while powdered faces and ghostly blue eyeshadow by Lauren Reynolds gave the impression that they hadn\u2019t seen sunlight in a few centuries. On hair, Sarah Jo Palmer created new wave looks in bright colours and lived-in textures, as if they had endured from night into dawn.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-17-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Masha <span class=\"nowrap\">Popova AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/0\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16245\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-105-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438956.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/1\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16234\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-155-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438951.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/2\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16239\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438954.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/3\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16258\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-125-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438962.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/4\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16272\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438966.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/5\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16242\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-220-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438955.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 17 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>CONNER IVES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>At Conner Ives this season, the beauty was all about bringing different eras of glamour together. The team at MAC Cosmetics headed up the make-up, which saw thin 1960s brows paired with 80s, garage door-style eyeshadow in soft-wash shades of greys and pinks. \u201cThere were a lot of references to classic Hollywood cinema, 1960s femme fatales, but with the melodrama of 80s teen flicks,\u201d says Dominic Skinner. \u201cWe had these wonderful shots of deep red lipstick \u2013 very Madonna, very film noir powerhouse \u2013 giving it a retro feel, but the star of the show was the gorgeous nude lip, Viva Planet, which we laid over the top of Greige lip pencil to give it a slightly autumnal depth that fitted perfectly with Conner\u2019s clothes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On hair, Clare Grech and her team also pulled references from across the ages, creating chic French twists, 80s bouncy blow-dries and sculpted flapper bobs. It was the perfect match for the 30s Art Deco theme of the collection, which was inspired by Ives\u2019s research into a Weimar-era Berlin club called Eldorado, at which people \u2013 and especially the queer community \u2013 had the freedom to live life in its truest form.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-22-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Conner <span class=\"nowrap\">Ives AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/0\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16797\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-50-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438944.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/1\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16766\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438932.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/2\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16791\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-100-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438942.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/3\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16780\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438937.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/4\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16742\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-135-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438928.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/5\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16787\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438941.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 22 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>ERDEM<\/h1>\n<p><span>At Erdem\u2019s 20th anniversary, the collection imagined what would happen if all the women who have inspired the designer over the years (Virginia Woolf, Radcliffe Hall, Maria Callas, etc.) were in conversation. The rich fabrics, textures and colours of the collection, full of crystal embellishments and historical panniered skirts, were offset by the beauty which was kept modern and fresh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On make-up, Fara Homidi created skin that was healthy and glowy \u2013 what she called \u201cexpensive skin\u201d \u2013 and then used cool-tone browns and soft blacks, drawn from her new essential eye compacts range, to give the sense that the models had been out the night before and still had a smudge of eyeshadow on. Lips were kept nude-toned, while brows were given strength and structure to contrast the softness of the rest of the face.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s just really emphasising who they are, working with their features. Erdem wanted them to be their own characters,\u201d says Homidi. \u201cI personally want to imagine that if you see these looks and these ornate, beautiful clothes, you\u2019re like, \u2018I like that. I&#8217;m gonna wear that tomorrow. I want to be that person.&#8217; Very achievable.\u201d She was helped out by the SkinCeuticals team, who gave the models backstage facial massages before they hit the make-up chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Using Keving Murphy products, Eugene Souleiman\u2019s hair looks provided a deliberate contrast with the ornate collection. \u201cThe clothes are precious, so I wanted to do something raw and imperfect, a bit cooler and a bit realer. Not to take the romance out of the clothes but to add some edge to it,\u201d he says, adding that he wanted the hair to add a toughness to the prettiness of the clothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like Homidi\u2019s make-up, the hair had a lived-in, second-day feel to it. \u201cI\u2019m really into the feeling that the hair had been done at some point and then the model had worn a hat or a beanie over the top of the hair and it had been squashed,\u201d he says. \u201cThe whole thing for me is to make it look as uncosmetic but cool as possible. It\u2019s about those little imperfections in hair that make it more magical.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-32-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at <span class=\"nowrap\">Erdem AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/0\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 9 39 36 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438903.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/1\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 7 57 11 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-558-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438897.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/2\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 9 19 03 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438900.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/3\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 9 34 55 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438902.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/4\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SkinCeuticals_x_ERDEM--75\" class=\"img\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2001-1334\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438908.jpg\" width=\"2001\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/5\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SkinCeuticals_x_ERDEM--78\" class=\"img\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-323-2001-1334\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438909.jpg\" width=\"2001\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 32 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>LUCILA SAFDIE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Girlhood-guru Lucila Safdie invited guests to witness the societal debut of Bunny Bell at her most recent runway show. In a room draped with a full-wall tapestry and furnished with a plush-velvet chaise longue and mahogany piano, the presentation was Safdie\u2019s contemporary take on a debutante ball, centred around her recurrent themes of getting-ready rituals and femininity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Models moved down the runway with stray ringlets framing their foreheads and cheeks, styled by Alex Brownsell. Matching the show\u2019s sense of grandeur, Jada Ellize painted nails a rich purple, and Thom Walker provided minimal makeup looks \u2013 the occasional flash of purple eyeshadow and red lacquered lips.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>SIMONE ROCHA<\/h1>\n<p><span>Fantasy and romanticism provided the backdrop to Simone Rocha\u2019s collection this season, with the designer turning to the Irish folkloric tale of <\/span><em><span>T\u00edr na n\u00d3g<\/span><\/em><span> (a mythical land of eternal youth and beauty) for inspiration. For the female models, hair by Anthony Turner was unkempt and undone in the chicest way possible \u2013 long, loose and effortlessly wild, as if they had been wandering the weathered moors of <em>T\u00edr na n\u00d3g<\/em> forever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several male models, meanwhile, were given <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/51451\/1\/80s-skinheads-chelsea-haircut-punk-derek-ridgers-photography\"><span>Chelsea styles<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 a sharp, bold look that brought some edge to the yearning romanticism of the collection. Similarly, make-up by Thomas De Kluyver cut through the femininity with multiple silver rings pierced through the eyebrows of the models. These were perfectly complemented by pierced nails courtesy of Ama Quashie.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>DI PETSA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Titled <em>Medusa\u2019s Lover<\/em>, the latest runway from Di Petsa was inspired by the Greek myth of Medusa, who was a gorgon nymph before becoming a snake-headed monster with the power to turn men to stone with a single glance. Leaning into the familiar Di Petsa themes of power, eroticism and rebirth, models took to a runway housed within a decadent dining room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The serpent was a motif threaded throughout the show, with fake tattoos of snakes winding around collarbones, up lower backs and on hips. Hair was done by <\/span><span>Efi Davies and nails by Tyler Phoenix. Dark-under-eyed looks were done by make-up artist Bea Sweet, and keeping things slippery in every sense, the show was sponsored by lube brand <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/plesjour\/\"><span>Ples\u2019Jour<\/span><\/a><span>, with models carrying platters bearing the sleek sculptural bottles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-23-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Di <span class=\"nowrap\">Petsa AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/0\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16738\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-50-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438989.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/1\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16649\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438969.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/2\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16653\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-200-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438971.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/3\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16718\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438984.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/4\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16728\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438986.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/5\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16640\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438967.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 23 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>TOLU COKER<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Titled <em>Survivor\u2019s Remorse,<\/em> Tolu Coker\u2019s collection paid homage to Coker\u2019s community, whom she\u2019s leaned on in recent months while grieving the death of her neighbour of over 20 years. Immersing the audience in her world, she filled the walls with paintings of her loved ones, posters for Notting Hill Carnival and W10 postcode road signs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Alongside the <\/span><span>Yoruba-British mix of satin textiles and tartans, models took to the runway <\/span><span>with <\/span><span>sleek, glossy<\/span><span> hair and <\/span><span>sculpted edges by <\/span><span>Efi Davies, wigs by Enol\u00e9h and make-up by Bea Sweet. The tailored looks were complete with nail art inspired by leaks from floors above; these textures were then colourfully reimagined by nail artist Abena Robinson.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-18-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Tolu <span class=\"nowrap\">Coker AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/0\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15813\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-190-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438768.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/1\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15803\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-160-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438765.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/2\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15806\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-160-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438766.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/3\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15821\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-205-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438772.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/4\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15840\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-225-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438780.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/5\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15833\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-260-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438775.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 18 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>CHET LO<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span>Chet Lo transported guests of his AW26 show to a Hong Kong night market, full of street carts, food stalls and steaming woks. Models browsed the stands in street-inspired iterations of the designer\u2019s classic spiky knitwear and hair looks by longtime collaborator Anna Cofone, who drew upon the collection\u2019s exploration of Chinese cultural references. There were glass-straight lengths, feathered chignons and sculptural feather accents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn traditional Chinese opera, pheasant feathers extend the performer\u2019s movement into space, drawing calligraphic lines in the air; by setting contrasting feathers into ultra-sleek hair, or constructing them into tightly controlled chignons that honour their natural texture, we\u2019re playing with the idea of lines that travel beyond the body,\u201d says Cofone. As with the previous two seasons, Cofone\u2019s non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hairandcareproject.com\/who-we-are\">Hair &amp; Care<\/a> made the show accessible for blind and low vision guests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nails were courtesy of Angel Linh, while Bea Sweet on make-up says the idea was for the models to feel like they had walked straight off the runway and into the night market. \u201cIt\u2019s a couture glam with street-market soul, skin that feels alive under neon lights and lantern light,\u201d she says. On the lips, she used Pureseoul\u2019s Lip Potion Steaming Milk Balm Lip Mask along with MAC\u2019s greige lip liner for a \u201clittle cool lip edge work\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>LABRUM<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span>As we\u2019ve come to expect, Labrum was one of the hair highlights at London Fashion Week, once again drawing on elements of traditional African hairstyling to create bold, sculptural looks. This season, Nick Irwin was back, creating twisting braided updos and weaving cowrie shells into some of the looks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On make-up, Joey Choy was inspired by the theme of the collection, namely the impact of movement, migration and cultural osmosis. Custom-made stamps were used to mark up the models\u2019 faces with gold designs, aimed at evoking the passport pages of a well-travelled adventurer. Other models walked with delicate, jewelled chains hanging from their lips. \u201cIt\u2019s all about documentation of our life journey,\u201d Choy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>GABE GORDON<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>On Valentine\u2019s Day in sub-zero Williamsburg, Gabe Gordon\u2019s chilling AW26 ushered attendees into an 80s ice skate-horror show, adding a twist to the aesthetics of small-town Americana with a chilling werewolf plotline. As models walked the low-lit room, attention fell on their Tonya Harding-inspired voluminous bangs by hair stylist Zenia Jaeger. Partnered with Submission Beauty, models wore icy-blue eyeshadow on their sunken, dark-circled eyes, and greying skin courtesy of make-up artist Davey Matthew, and blood-stained wolf talons by nail artist Julia Sumita. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-18-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Gabe <span class=\"nowrap\">Gordon AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/0\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-463-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438695.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/1\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2500-1666\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438696.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/2\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-256-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438699.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/3\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438701.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/4\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2500-1666\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438706.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/5\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-400-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438700.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 18 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>COLLINA STRADA\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Titled <em>The World is a Vampire<\/em>, Collina Strada\u2019s show used vampires as a metaphor for how we\u2019re withdrawing into \u201cself-made sanctuaries\u201d. To complete the reclusive look, hair was wind-swept in every direction, back-combed and bedraggled by the hairstylist, Mustafa Fayanaz. Equally messy, make-up was smeared beneath bloodshot, startled eyes by make-up artist Dick Page.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-16-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Collina <span class=\"nowrap\">Strada AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/0\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-325-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438688.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/1\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-569-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438679.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/2\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2500-1666\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438680.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/3\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-613-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438682.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/4\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-331-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438693.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/5\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438683.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 16 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\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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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Fashion week has gone supernatural. For the AW26 season, designers across both New York and London turned to monsters for sartorial and beauty inspiration. At Collina Strada, vampires were used as a metaphor for how we\u2019re withdrawing into \u201cself-made sanctuaries\u201d, with the concept driving the beauty direction by Mustafa Fayanaz and Dick Page. Vampires were also the inspiration at Masha Popova, where models walked with fangs and ghostly complexions courtesy of Lauren Reynolds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gabe Gordon led the werewolf trend in New York, with nail artist Julia Sumita creating a horror show aesthetic with blood-stained wolf talons. Over at Di Petsa, Medusa \u2013 who was a gorgon nymph before becoming a monster \u2013 was the reference, and models were given fake tattoos of snakes which slithered across their hips and wound around their collar bones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, we round up all the must-see beauty moments from across New York and London AW26.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>MASHA POPOVA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/69678\/1\/werewolves-trend-timothee-chalamet-twilight-gabe-gordon-furry\">werewolves were the monster of the week<\/a> in New York this season, it was vampires who stole the show in London. At Masha Popova, the collection was loosely inspired by Jim Jarmusch\u2019s 2013 gothic romance <\/span><em><span>Only Lovers Left Alive,<\/span><\/em><span> and the matching beauty aesthetic was \u2018modern vampires\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Models walked the runway with vampire fangs, while powdered faces and ghostly blue eyeshadow by Lauren Reynolds gave the impression that they hadn\u2019t seen sunlight in a few centuries. On hair, Sarah Jo Palmer created new wave looks in bright colours and lived-in textures, as if they had endured from night into dawn.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-17-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Masha <span class=\"nowrap\">Popova AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/0\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16245\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-105-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438956.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/1\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16234\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-155-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438951.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/2\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16239\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438954.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/3\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16258\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-125-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438962.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/4\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16272\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438966.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36749\/5\/beauty-at-masha-popova-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MashaPopovaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16242\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-220-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438955.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 17 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>CONNER IVES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>At Conner Ives this season, the beauty was all about bringing different eras of glamour together. The team at MAC Cosmetics headed up the make-up, which saw thin 1960s brows paired with 80s, garage door-style eyeshadow in soft-wash shades of greys and pinks. \u201cThere were a lot of references to classic Hollywood cinema, 1960s femme fatales, but with the melodrama of 80s teen flicks,\u201d says Dominic Skinner. \u201cWe had these wonderful shots of deep red lipstick \u2013 very Madonna, very film noir powerhouse \u2013 giving it a retro feel, but the star of the show was the gorgeous nude lip, Viva Planet, which we laid over the top of Greige lip pencil to give it a slightly autumnal depth that fitted perfectly with Conner\u2019s clothes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On hair, Clare Grech and her team also pulled references from across the ages, creating chic French twists, 80s bouncy blow-dries and sculpted flapper bobs. It was the perfect match for the 30s Art Deco theme of the collection, which was inspired by Ives\u2019s research into a Weimar-era Berlin club called Eldorado, at which people \u2013 and especially the queer community \u2013 had the freedom to live life in its truest form.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-22-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Conner <span class=\"nowrap\">Ives AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/0\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16797\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-50-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438944.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/1\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16766\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438932.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/2\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16791\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-100-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438942.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/3\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16780\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438937.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/4\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16742\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-135-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438928.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36748\/5\/beauty-at-conner-ives-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ConnerIvesFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16787\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438941.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 22 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>ERDEM<\/h1>\n<p><span>At Erdem\u2019s 20th anniversary, the collection imagined what would happen if all the women who have inspired the designer over the years (Virginia Woolf, Radcliffe Hall, Maria Callas, etc.) were in conversation. The rich fabrics, textures and colours of the collection, full of crystal embellishments and historical panniered skirts, were offset by the beauty which was kept modern and fresh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On make-up, Fara Homidi created skin that was healthy and glowy \u2013 what she called \u201cexpensive skin\u201d \u2013 and then used cool-tone browns and soft blacks, drawn from her new essential eye compacts range, to give the sense that the models had been out the night before and still had a smudge of eyeshadow on. Lips were kept nude-toned, while brows were given strength and structure to contrast the softness of the rest of the face.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s just really emphasising who they are, working with their features. Erdem wanted them to be their own characters,\u201d says Homidi. \u201cI personally want to imagine that if you see these looks and these ornate, beautiful clothes, you\u2019re like, \u2018I like that. I&#8217;m gonna wear that tomorrow. I want to be that person.&#8217; Very achievable.\u201d She was helped out by the SkinCeuticals team, who gave the models backstage facial massages before they hit the make-up chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Using Keving Murphy products, Eugene Souleiman\u2019s hair looks provided a deliberate contrast with the ornate collection. \u201cThe clothes are precious, so I wanted to do something raw and imperfect, a bit cooler and a bit realer. Not to take the romance out of the clothes but to add some edge to it,\u201d he says, adding that he wanted the hair to add a toughness to the prettiness of the clothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like Homidi\u2019s make-up, the hair had a lived-in, second-day feel to it. \u201cI\u2019m really into the feeling that the hair had been done at some point and then the model had worn a hat or a beanie over the top of the hair and it had been squashed,\u201d he says. \u201cThe whole thing for me is to make it look as uncosmetic but cool as possible. It\u2019s about those little imperfections in hair that make it more magical.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-32-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at <span class=\"nowrap\">Erdem AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/0\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 9 39 36 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438903.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/1\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 7 57 11 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-558-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438897.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/2\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 9 19 03 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438900.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/3\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo Feb 21 2026, 9 34 55 PM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1536-1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438902.jpg\" width=\"1536\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/4\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SkinCeuticals_x_ERDEM--75\" class=\"img\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2001-1334\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438908.jpg\" width=\"2001\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36747\/5\/beauty-at-erdem-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SkinCeuticals_x_ERDEM--78\" class=\"img\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-323-2001-1334\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438909.jpg\" width=\"2001\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 32 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>LUCILA SAFDIE\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Girlhood-guru Lucila Safdie invited guests to witness the societal debut of Bunny Bell at her most recent runway show. In a room draped with a full-wall tapestry and furnished with a plush-velvet chaise longue and mahogany piano, the presentation was Safdie\u2019s contemporary take on a debutante ball, centred around her recurrent themes of getting-ready rituals and femininity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Models moved down the runway with stray ringlets framing their foreheads and cheeks, styled by Alex Brownsell. Matching the show\u2019s sense of grandeur, Jada Ellize painted nails a rich purple, and Thom Walker provided minimal makeup looks \u2013 the occasional flash of purple eyeshadow and red lacquered lips.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>SIMONE ROCHA<\/h1>\n<p><span>Fantasy and romanticism provided the backdrop to Simone Rocha\u2019s collection this season, with the designer turning to the Irish folkloric tale of <\/span><em><span>T\u00edr na n\u00d3g<\/span><\/em><span> (a mythical land of eternal youth and beauty) for inspiration. For the female models, hair by Anthony Turner was unkempt and undone in the chicest way possible \u2013 long, loose and effortlessly wild, as if they had been wandering the weathered moors of <em>T\u00edr na n\u00d3g<\/em> forever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several male models, meanwhile, were given <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/51451\/1\/80s-skinheads-chelsea-haircut-punk-derek-ridgers-photography\"><span>Chelsea styles<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 a sharp, bold look that brought some edge to the yearning romanticism of the collection. Similarly, make-up by Thomas De Kluyver cut through the femininity with multiple silver rings pierced through the eyebrows of the models. These were perfectly complemented by pierced nails courtesy of Ama Quashie.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>DI PETSA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Titled <em>Medusa\u2019s Lover<\/em>, the latest runway from Di Petsa was inspired by the Greek myth of Medusa, who was a gorgon nymph before becoming a snake-headed monster with the power to turn men to stone with a single glance. Leaning into the familiar Di Petsa themes of power, eroticism and rebirth, models took to a runway housed within a decadent dining room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The serpent was a motif threaded throughout the show, with fake tattoos of snakes winding around collarbones, up lower backs and on hips. Hair was done by <\/span><span>Efi Davies and nails by Tyler Phoenix. Dark-under-eyed looks were done by make-up artist Bea Sweet, and keeping things slippery in every sense, the show was sponsored by lube brand <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/plesjour\/\"><span>Ples\u2019Jour<\/span><\/a><span>, with models carrying platters bearing the sleek sculptural bottles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-23-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Di <span class=\"nowrap\">Petsa AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/0\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16738\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-50-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438989.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/1\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16649\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438969.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/2\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16653\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-200-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438971.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/3\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16718\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438984.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/4\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16728\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438986.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36750\/5\/beauty-at-di-petsa-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DiPetsaFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice16640\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438967.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 23 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>TOLU COKER<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Titled <em>Survivor\u2019s Remorse,<\/em> Tolu Coker\u2019s collection paid homage to Coker\u2019s community, whom she\u2019s leaned on in recent months while grieving the death of her neighbour of over 20 years. Immersing the audience in her world, she filled the walls with paintings of her loved ones, posters for Notting Hill Carnival and W10 postcode road signs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Alongside the <\/span><span>Yoruba-British mix of satin textiles and tartans, models took to the runway <\/span><span>with <\/span><span>sleek, glossy<\/span><span> hair and <\/span><span>sculpted edges by <\/span><span>Efi Davies, wigs by Enol\u00e9h and make-up by Bea Sweet. The tailored looks were complete with nail art inspired by leaks from floors above; these textures were then colourfully reimagined by nail artist Abena Robinson.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-18-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Tolu <span class=\"nowrap\">Coker AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/0\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15813\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-190-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438768.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/1\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15803\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-160-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438765.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/2\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15806\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-160-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438766.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/3\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15821\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-205-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438772.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/4\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15840\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-225-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438780.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36744\/5\/beauty-at-tolu-coker-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToluCokerFW26_Dazed_MorganeMaurice15833\" class=\"img\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-260-1334-889\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438775.jpg\" width=\"1334\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 18 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>CHET LO<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span>Chet Lo transported guests of his AW26 show to a Hong Kong night market, full of street carts, food stalls and steaming woks. Models browsed the stands in street-inspired iterations of the designer\u2019s classic spiky knitwear and hair looks by longtime collaborator Anna Cofone, who drew upon the collection\u2019s exploration of Chinese cultural references. There were glass-straight lengths, feathered chignons and sculptural feather accents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn traditional Chinese opera, pheasant feathers extend the performer\u2019s movement into space, drawing calligraphic lines in the air; by setting contrasting feathers into ultra-sleek hair, or constructing them into tightly controlled chignons that honour their natural texture, we\u2019re playing with the idea of lines that travel beyond the body,\u201d says Cofone. As with the previous two seasons, Cofone\u2019s non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hairandcareproject.com\/who-we-are\">Hair &amp; Care<\/a> made the show accessible for blind and low vision guests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nails were courtesy of Angel Linh, while Bea Sweet on make-up says the idea was for the models to feel like they had walked straight off the runway and into the night market. \u201cIt\u2019s a couture glam with street-market soul, skin that feels alive under neon lights and lantern light,\u201d she says. On the lips, she used Pureseoul\u2019s Lip Potion Steaming Milk Balm Lip Mask along with MAC\u2019s greige lip liner for a \u201clittle cool lip edge work\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>LABRUM<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span>As we\u2019ve come to expect, Labrum was one of the hair highlights at London Fashion Week, once again drawing on elements of traditional African hairstyling to create bold, sculptural looks. This season, Nick Irwin was back, creating twisting braided updos and weaving cowrie shells into some of the looks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On make-up, Joey Choy was inspired by the theme of the collection, namely the impact of movement, migration and cultural osmosis. Custom-made stamps were used to mark up the models\u2019 faces with gold designs, aimed at evoking the passport pages of a well-travelled adventurer. Other models walked with delicate, jewelled chains hanging from their lips. \u201cIt\u2019s all about documentation of our life journey,\u201d Choy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instagram-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-instagram\" data-script-depends=\"instagram-embeds\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>GABE GORDON<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>On Valentine\u2019s Day in sub-zero Williamsburg, Gabe Gordon\u2019s chilling AW26 ushered attendees into an 80s ice skate-horror show, adding a twist to the aesthetics of small-town Americana with a chilling werewolf plotline. As models walked the low-lit room, attention fell on their Tonya Harding-inspired voluminous bangs by hair stylist Zenia Jaeger. Partnered with Submission Beauty, models wore icy-blue eyeshadow on their sunken, dark-circled eyes, and greying skin courtesy of make-up artist Davey Matthew, and blood-stained wolf talons by nail artist Julia Sumita. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-18-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Gabe <span class=\"nowrap\">Gordon AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/0\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-463-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438695.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/1\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2500-1666\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438696.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/2\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-256-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438699.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/3\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438701.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/4\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2500-1666\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438706.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36740\/5\/beauty-at-gabe-gordon-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Gabe Gordon AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-400-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438700.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 18 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><strong>COLLINA STRADA\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span>Titled <em>The World is a Vampire<\/em>, Collina Strada\u2019s show used vampires as a metaphor for how we\u2019re withdrawing into \u201cself-made sanctuaries\u201d. To complete the reclusive look, hair was wind-swept in every direction, back-combed and bedraggled by the hairstylist, Mustafa Fayanaz. Equally messy, make-up was smeared beneath bloodshot, startled eyes by make-up artist Dick Page.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-16-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Beauty at Collina <span class=\"nowrap\">Strada AW26<\/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\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/0\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-325-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438688.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/1\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-569-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438679.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/2\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2500-1666\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438680.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/3\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-613-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438682.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/4\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-331-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438693.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/gallery\/36739\/5\/beauty-at-collina-strada-aw26\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beauty at Collina Strada AW26\" class=\"img\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1667-1111\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/8\/1438683.jpg\" width=\"1667\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 16 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\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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