Although the official calendar has not yet been released, the presentation of the first men’s collection by new Loewe creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez was considered a highlight of the upcoming Paris Fashion Week for men’s fashion. However, this expectation has now been dashed. The Spanish house has decided not to take part in the show.
The duo were named Loewe’s new creative directors last March. They succeed Jonathan Anderson, who has already announced his departure from the brand and whose move to Dior as the new creative director has yet to be confirmed. McCollough and Hernandez made their debut at Paris Fashion Week in October with their first collection for the historic Spanish house – a women’s collection for Spring/Summer 2026, marking a new chapter for the brand, which is currently owned by French multinational LVMH.
This one collection is so far the only indication of the designer duo’s creative vision in this new era of the traditional house. It remains to be seen how they will translate this vision into the wardrobe of the new “Loewe man”. Anderson had revolutionized this segment and turned it around 180 degrees during his time as creative director of Loewe. It was expected that McCollough and Hernandez would continue the ongoing vision in the British designer’s legacy, which they already showed in their debut collection.
Postponed to Paris Fashion Week in March
Without revealing the reasons for this decision, Loewe confirmed that McCollough and Hernandez’s first men’s collection will be presented as part of a joint fashion show. This show will combine men’s and women’s collections and will take place during the next Paris Fashion Week, mainly dedicated to the women’s collections for the Fall/Winter 2026/2027 season. The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) has scheduled the period from March 2nd to 10th, 2026.
Additionally, the Spanish house announced that this is not a long-term strategy. The men’s and women’s fashion collections will be presented separately again in the future. This will already become clear at the next Paris Fashion Week for men’s fashion: from June 23rd to 28th, 2026, Loewe will again present its men’s collection for the spring/summer 2027 season separately there.
This schedule raises expectations for Loewe’s upcoming mixed show in March. Only then will it become clear whether McCollough and Hernandez’s debut collection in October was already a “mature example” of their creative vision as creative directors of Loewe or rather an “interlude” to shape the change in creative direction.
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