This season, the women’s ready-to-wear Big Four circuit kicked off on February 11 in New York, and there’s an exciting array of debuts, returns and reinvention in store.
The week opened with a high-profile show: Rachel Scott’s official debut at Proenza Schouler, following her midseason arrival last year, when she stepped in to refine work already under way.
In her show notes, Scott wrote of keeping a “proximity to art” and “an edge sharpened by the city”. This manifested in lightly rumpled dresses, irregular tucks and draping here and there, and unstructured tailoring. Powerful silhouettes with truncated waists offered up a nice contrast to the softer looks on view, making for a well-rounded picture of the New York woman.
Here are some other highlights from the shows.
Altuzarra
Joseph Altuzarra’s latest collection was inspired by the stark realism of Diego Velázquez and the emotional maximalism of Pedro Almodóvar. Reinterpreting a modern woman’s wardrobe through this distinctly Spanish lens allowed him to explore some of the unabashed romanticism that so often gets lost in our daily lives.
Stand-out looks included a black-and-white flamenco-like dress and slinky numbers with pom-pom details along the collarbone.
Calvin Klein
Blackpink’s Jennie may have stolen the spotlight at Calvin Klein’s fall/winter 2026 show on Friday, but creative director Veronica Leoni still offered up plenty of chic designs to fawn over. Essential items from trenches to suits were prominent throughout the collection, while a reinterpretation of 1976 archival denim was introduced to the Calvin Klein runway for the first time.