Andreas Kronthaler presenterade Vivienne Westwood höst 2026 prêt-à-porter-kollektionen under Paris modevecka, med inspiration från Pier Paolo Pasolinis film från 1972 baserad på The Canterbury Tales och skådespelerskan Romy Schneider. Visningen innehöll en kaotisk blandning av medeltida och erotiska element, med modeller i varierade kläder som påminde om pilgrimer som rotar runt i en hög med kläder. Kändisar inklusive Paris Jackson och Chappell Roan satt i främre raden.
Kollektionen, som visades den 7 mars 2026 under Paris modevecka, förkroppsligade Kronthalers vision om en sjabbig grupp pilgrimer. Bakom scenen förklarade designern: ”Jag ville att showen skulle kännas lite som att vi kastat upp kollektionen i luften och den landat i en stor hög, ett berg. Och alla bara tar något ur den och tar på sig det.” Han nämnde influenser från Pasolinis filmkostymer och Romy Schneider och noterade: ”Hon förkroppsligade allt. Och hon var lite som Vivienne, en orädd kvinna som alltid satsade på konsten.” Outfits varied widely, unified by their differences. Models wore Milanese loden coats in unlikely checks paired with smudged lipstick and stockings. A nylon cloqué wrap coat was cinched with a gold grommeted belt and matched with flat knee-high silk upper boots. A check dress with full arms and skirt gained an animal shagginess from blue threads bristling out of the fabric. Lingerie elements appeared permissively on all genders, including a net dress with embroidered orange braid, frill-edged playsuits from refashioned underwear, and a strapless bias minidress in shirting silk and cotton, offset by archaic hats inspired by Danilo Donati. The show concluded with a bride in unfinished double duchesse satin clutching a bouquet of radishes, her smudged lipstick hinting at a tumble. Front row attendees included Paris Jackson, who wore black slouchy over-the-knee boots with a mixed-print Vivienne Westwood ensemble featuring gray-and-black marbled scrolls over a red-and-cream rocking horse pattern, cinched with a narrow belt and a studded sage green bag. Chappell Roan arrived in Look 34 from the spring 2026 collection, a rear-baring asymmetrical dress with padded shoulders, plunging ruffled V neckline edged in black beading, corset waist, and gathered skirt revealing sheer black tights from the back. She accessorized with a black ribbon choker, sheer gloves, circular black earrings, and wine-hued crushed velvet strappy sandals, complemented by a towering red updo and powder-white makeup. Other stars present were Lola Young and Ice Spice. Kronthaler’s spring 2026 collection, referenced in Roan’s outfit, blended “boudoir” and beach moods, as he described: “It’s like a boudoir as well as the beach.”