If fashion is storytelling, Jacquemus just gave us his most personal chapter yet. For his Spring/Summer 2026 show, the designer ditched the Paris runways (as usual—iconic behaviour) and staged a full-circle moment at the Palace of Versailles, specifically in L’Orangerie, where orange trees meet opulence and everything smells like a memory.
The collection, titled “Le Paysan” (translation: The Peasant), wasn’t just another dreamy French fashion fantasy. It was a literal love letter to where he came from, stitched with heritage, nostalgia, and enough linen to make your grandmother weep.
From the moment models floated down the runway, you could feel it: this was intimate. The kind of show that makes you think about your own childhood while simultaneously Googling how to afford a €700 raffia bag.
SS26 leaned into what Jacquemus does best—sculptural silhouettes and romantic restraint. Think billowing poplin dresses that look like they were meant for barefoot walks through wheat fields (or at least, Instagram photoshoots pretending to be barefoot walks through wheat fields). English tulle, inverted aprons, sheer slips—it was pastoral, but make it fashion.
Some garments were finished like vintage tablecloths, complete with an embroidered “J” monogram. Others looked like heirlooms reimagined—familiar, but recharged.
White. Beige. Black. That’s it. Just the classics, with the occasional pop of colour because Jacquemus isn’t a robot. He’s still that guy who’ll throw in a neon strappy sandal just to remind you he could do minimalism, but he won’t be boring about it.
Accessories took cues from the countryside too—woven raffia everything, platform espadrilles, slingbacks, and the debut of Le Valerie, a handheld bag named after his late mother. (Yes, you can cry now.)
SS26 didn’t scream, it whispered. It didn’t reinvent Jacquemus—it revealed him. “Le Paysan” is deeply rooted in the soil of his childhood, his family, and the kind of rural romance that shaped his point of view.
You can tell this one meant something. And in an industry obsessed with spectacle and speed, meaning still matters.
