Genaro Ng

This Paris men’s fashion week was full of opportunities for luxury brands to make a lasting impression going into the new year, and January's fashion shows made it clear which brands are putting their best foot forward in 2026.

Every season, runways big and small set the stage for how the public perceives fashion houses’ newest collections by submerging us in a carefully curated world through the combined efforts of music, atmosphere, and storytelling. It's these factors that allow brands to build a cohesive narrative around their collection and shape the public’s attitude towards it. Successfully executing that delivery is certainly an intimidating task, but the two brands that made the most positive lasting impressions on us were Entire Studios and Feng Chen Wang.

Heritage brands are accustomed to putting on spectacular shows to unveil their newest collections. Whether live at the venue, or at a distance through their phones, people everywhere are eager to see their favorite designers and models shine. With budgets in the multimillions, these shows are able to procure scenes through large-scale set design and high grade production. However, the truly interesting runways are those by brands that don’t have the budget to hire the model of the year, and instead allocate their resources to finding creatively authentic ways of connecting with consumers.

Each fashion week, up-and-coming brands have the opportunity to take creative risks to grow their influence; the path to growth is all about firsts, which is why Entire Studio’s just hosted its first Paris runway show.

Entire Studios AW26 Rue des Acacias Showroom. Image Credit: Genaro Ng

Founded in 2020 by stylists Sebastian Hunt and Dylan Richards-Diaz, Entire Studios is a Los Angeles-based label that has rapidly grown at the intersection of accessibility and high-end luxury. Over the past five years the label has gained immense traction online, and it doesn't seem the momentum has faded. 2026 is predicted to be a big year for Entire, with their Adidas collaboration having launched this past week and their Hugo Boss capsule collection set to release next summer.

As it does every Paris men’s fashion week, the brand set up a temporary showroom to display its newest collection to wholesale buyers, and on Saturday, for one night only, the venue was transformed into an exhibition space displaying the collection to press, influencers, and brand lovers at large.

Entire Studios AW26. Image Credit: Genaro Ng

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Featuring eleven models and twenty-two looks, the collection, a playful twist on sartorial tailoring, paid homage to Balenciaga and Dior. Newly implemented fabrics like tulle and Chanel-inspired tweed worked alongside cropped silhouettes and oversized shoulder pads to give the collection a distinct look. However, the show’s delivery made an even more lasting impression than the garments did. The intimate display of the autumn collection was decorated with midcentury decor bathed in warm lighting. The models eased their typical catwalk struts into mellow slow-paced walks in clear dialogue with the tranquil acoustics of Ange Halliwell’s electric harp which transformed the otherwise plain space into an immersive meditative oasis. It was in that calm that the audience could truly connect with the elevated yet wearable garments.

Look #7 Feng Chen Wang AW26. Image Credit: Genaro Ng

Paralleling Entire’s serene show, Chinese designer Feng Chen Wang impressed audiences with her well-balanced autumn menswear collection inspired by the Chinese concept of Liang-yi. Chinese culture has been a constant inspiration for Feng and has been a recurring theme in her collections since her time at the Royal College of Art in London. According to her conversation with Vogue, Feng believes Liang-yi is about two forces coming together in a peaceful way, almost like Yin and Yang. This relationship clearly manifested in the contrasting nature of the looks which combined elegance in the form of classic tailoring and neckties with a more chaotic expression channeled through loud animal prints, striking fur muffs, and capes.

Look #31 Feng Chen Wang AW26. Image Credit: Genaro Ng

Look #20 Feng Chen Wang AW26. Image Credit: Genaro Ng

In the spirit of breaking down boundaries between elegance and the wild, the show featured a handful of stylish dogs that made sure to put a smile on the audience’s faces. The thematic juxtaposition continued between Chinese and French culture given the show’s location just mere minutes from the Eiffel tower. The brand’s authentic expression of culture in a lighthearted manner felt comforting given recent global unease, something we’ve been glad to see designers acknowledging across Milan and Paris the past weeks.

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