Lacoste: At Lycée Carnot, post-workout trend

Trampling fallen leaves exterior the Lycée Carnot, a bunch of stars went again to highschool to attend the Lacoste present on Sunday. In a gymnasium with the air of a market corridor, the model introduced its spring-summer 2026 assortment, entitled “The Locker Room”. Lacoste’s creative director, Pelagia Kolotouros, integrated extra sportswear into this assortment than within the earlier two. Having labored for Calvin Klein, Yeezy, Adidas and The North Face, the designer introduced her fourth assortment for Lacoste this Sunday.

Inside, white tiles lined the ground and half the partitions, interspersed with bands of fake grass or vivid inexperienced tiles – Lacoste inexperienced. Friends sat on curved benches draped with giant white-and-green towels, bathed in gentle rays of daylight filtering by way of the glass roof. Because the present started, ambient sounds rose; the hiss of showers echoed. The gathering was set within the moments after exertion, when sweat-soaked package was shed in favour of contemporary, clear items. Upstairs, the fashions appeared, rising from semi-transparent plastic curtains – fogged with condensation.

Captivated, the viewers found silhouettes that swung from abbreviated to outsized, in predominantly vivid hues drawn from the Lacoste archives. Beginning with orange and its tennis-court-coloured variations, the items steadily shifted to blue, inexperienced, then taupe, cream and white. The wardrobe was equally numerous: lengthy coats coated loose-cut fits (trousers or shorts), themselves worn over purple leather-based tops with beneficiant collars; a poncho cloaked a glance, revealing solely the collar’s tied straps; wet-look nylon tracksuits underscored the gathering’s sporting spirit.

Right here and there, bucket baggage and towels knotted on the waist or slung over an arm revive the environment of fitness center showers. Stretched polos and the layering of sure seems to be created a deliberate mismatch, within the service of consolation. Shorts, for instance, have been worn below joggers. The model paid tribute to René Lacoste with a print on the again of sure items. Some tops bear the date “1927”, the yr the crocodile emblem was created by designer Robert George.

With ‘The Locker Room’, Kolotouros positioned a robust emphasis on equipment. Wrists have been wrapped in chunky, coiled-rope bracelets, and ft slipped into sport-inspired lace-up flats with flaps, heeled footwear of every kind, square- or round-toed, or mounded kinds in a suede-like materials. The Lenglen bag returned to the fashions’ fingers, generally half white, half black, stamped with the message “For tennis use solely”. Different, deeper baggage have been worn below the arm, whereas slim racquet circumstances have been carried by the deal with.

The present resulted in a loud refrain of breath, percussion and squeaks, just like the sound of footwear in coaching. Applauded by a crowd together with Venus Williams, Pierre Niney, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Anna Wintour, Adrien Brody, Taylor Zakhar Perez and South Korean singer Kai, the creative director broke right into a run herself, dashing throughout the room earlier than becoming a member of the fashions.