12th February 2026, Performance Space New York, NY. For the third consecutive season, designer, director, and ultimate disruptor Alexis Bittar presents his Fall Winter 2026 Accessories Collection at New York Fashion Week through an immersive live performance – continuing his radical reimagining of how fashion is experienced, not merely observed.
In an industry built on polish and perfection, Bittar thrives at the volatile intersection of art, fashion and social commentary. This season, Bittar not only questions society’s fixation with explicit true crime documentaries, but discusses the fine lines that exist within the public discord, all through a cinematic high-fashion lens. Are we witnessing a 1990s vigilante or unearthing New York’s first female serial killer?
The FW26 show is a live re-enactment of Bittar’s viral mockumentary social media series – The Sexecutions of Amanda Gates, co-directed by the critically acclaimed, Klimovski. The fictional protagonist, Amanda Gates, played by Jazzelle, is a multi faceted murderer, seeking revenge by hunting down, seducing and killing known violent male sexual offenders who have repeatedly evaded prosecution.
Much like “The Eyes of Laura Mars” and Saatchi’s The Sensation Exhibition, at the time, Bittar’s experiential FW26 presentation is a commentary on our obsession with true crime and simultaneously discusses society’s broken systems – spotlighting how powerful, high profile, high net worth men are seemingly immune to retribution and justice.
The show’s audience is lured into a seedy, fictitious Midtown New York City hotel room set in the renegade 1990s. Traveling from a curated evidence viewing room into an eerily lit theater, guests witness a reenactment produced for the true crime documentary, The
Sexecutions of Amanda Gates, and are confronted with Bittar’s darkly captivating heroine, caught mid-act in a moment of deadly seduction. Adding an unsettling layer of voyeurism, the scene is captured by the documentary’s cameraman, projecting the murderous act onto a surreal window overlooking the squalid hotel room – exposing everything, for everyone to witness.“I’m more interested in building worlds people can escape into,” says Alexis Bittar. “Worlds filled with complex characters, diversity, and uncomfortable truths—where jewelry isn’t the point, but the punctuation.”
Working closely with acclaimed choreographer Celia Rowlson Hall, Bittar brings his theatrical vision to life in a performance that is equal parts noir, nostalgia, and fashion. In an era defined by fleeting attention spans, Bittar once again proves that luxury can be both subversive and deeply cinematic.
“Working with Alexis has been so very exciting. He has a daring vision that is timely, challenging, and necessary. Through simple choreography of a restaged murder for a true crime documentary, we wanted to investigate the varying emotions that might go through this vigilante killer’s mind before and after the murder. The provocative and graphic nature of the work is meant to challenge injustices and expose systemic oppression. It reflects the state of crisis we are living in today.” States Celia Rowlson Hal