Dforget the mystery game. The risqué aesthetic of the season, according to the fashion shows, focuses on revealing total look. Having archived the shyness, the transparency dominates the scene declined in fabrics protection paymentfrom Chantilly to rebrodé to Valencienne, which embellish: dress, top and sweater. And surprisingly also the accessories.
The real novelty is the chromatic short circuit. Bags and shoes they break the rigor of the monochrome outfit, appearing in (pastel) shades that are distant from the dress. The play of tonal joints transforms the whole into one sophisticated layering. It is a choice of character without filters: this summer fashion celebrates a romantic, bold and deeply convinced femininity.
Lace transparencies: the must for summer 2026
The new seasonal diktat? On the catwalks the message is unambiguous: exaggeration is the only escape from banality. The Attico decides that the lingerie black must be the absolute protagonist under a pastel dress, making her appear with a delightful swagger. Dior by Jonathan Anderson goes further with the theatrical bow it is a textile hyperbole, a twist that transforms the nude into an intellectual staging. Acne Studios redesigns the shaped bodice in a sophisticated game of icy seduction. This summer, in short, modesty is officially out of fashion: honest transparency is better than opaque hypocrisy.
The lace dress is the must of the season
In the city, thesee-through effect abandons drapery and boudoir flounces to wear theessential armor of the future. You walk on the asphalt with dry and clean lines, where the ultra-light materials sculpt silhouettes as sharp as blades. One of the most beautiful looks is that of ShuShu/Tong Studio, with the classic knee-length sheath dress hemmed with fluffy and fringed margins.
A look from the ShuShu/Tong Studio Spring-Summer 2026 show. (Launchmetrics Spotlight photo)
Below, the complete underwear in shocking pink. A delicate and bold contrast, like the one on the feet with the dark socks and the shoes with the satin bow in powder pink. It’s aromantic but cold eleganceavailable in textures so soft that they seem like a breath.
Total look with rhyming accessories
If the soul demands a return to its origins, the contemporary lace it shows off an opulence made of awareness and pure lines. Far from the fragility of nineteenth-century heroines, the retro detail evolves into a weapon of distinction. Through filigree textures that invade long dresses, slip dresses and flared tunics. Extending up to the accessories to matchin a tactile maximalism that celebrates couture craftsmanship.
Kitten heel pumps, Jimmy Choo. (Photo Courtesy of Press Office)
Like the lace version of the décolleté Scarlett 50 by Jimmy Choo. In an ethereal pastel yellow shade, it plays with a drop heel of bon ton height. And one corset upper which ennobles the aesthetics, drawing on the Rococo imagery.
Ermanno Scervino handbag. (Photo Courtesy of Press Office)
The ideal finish is the it-bag that seals the contrast. There Mini Margot light blue in raffia lace Majolica designed by Ermanno Scervino recovers historical memory, through a modern lens free of nostalgia. It is the synthesis of an elegance that he prefers the strength of the material fit to the predictability of the color coordinate. A play of inlays, floral and arabesque motifs, which raises transparency to a new standard of sophisticated clarity.
