The backstage photos from the Fall 2026 menswear revealed one clear truth: fashion no longer exists only on the runway. This season, the guests expressed their own style, from sharp tailoring and leather jackets to unconventional boots by Rick Owen, knitwear, minimalist looks, and distinctive hairstyles. The backstage became a space to show personal style. Let’s take a look at the moments captured behind the scenes.

A frayed jacket layered over jeans on one, and a glossy trench worn with pants and gloves on the other, both styled with standout Rick Owens boots. Image — Instagram

One guest wore a fur-collared jacket, crop top, and baseball cap, while another wore white faux fur with red gloves. Both had simple hairstyles flowing down their faces. Image — Instagram

Clean cuts lead the collection of striped, checkered, and floral suits all flared and fitted. Black polished office shoes completed each look. Image — Instagram

Pink hair with black patches, layered with fringes and straightened short at the back. Image — Instagram

A deep V patchwork dress in glitter tones, paired with a red clutch that brightens the look.

Here, a white knit jacket with blue floral designs over white pants and a shirt, paired with a matching blue tie was worn by one. Another opted for a beige fabric jacket with glitter blooms, styled over jeans.

Elsewhere, in this look, different materials, brocade and ruffles, collide in layered construction, nearly covering the wearer’s face and creating a theatrical effect.

Another standout look featured fine tailoring with playful colors: red pants pop against beige and plaid, while white shoes complete the look.

Meanwhile, every guest transformed the backstage area into their own stage with everything from structured pieces to layered drama, colorful accents to relaxed minimalism

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On January 20, 2026, Pharrell Williams presented the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2026 men’s collection at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris as part of Paris Men’s Fashion Week. The show also marked the 130th anniversary of the brand’s monogram.

The presentation featured a circular layout with a glass-walled central central installation allowing models to enter and exit around it. The collection combined loose cuts with utilitarian details, in shades ranging from neutral earth tones to selective highlights. Live music, including an orchestra and gospel choir, accompanied the presentation.

The front row included Usher, SZA, Chris Brown, Kaicenat, John Legend, Future, Miles Caton, among others from music and culture. Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton’s menswear creative director since 2023, closed the show and acknowledged attendees.

The presentation used architectural staging, live music, and a curated guest list, positioning the collection within the brand’s heritage.

Here are some of the celebrities who graced the front row.

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Valentino Garavani, the Italian designer whose name was synonymous with couture discipline and colour mastery, has died at the age of 93. He passed away in Rome on January 19, 2026, according to an official statement released by the Valentino Garavani & Giancarlo Giammetti Foundation.

Born Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani in Voghera in 1932, he began his career at a time when elegance was still governed by structured tailoring and formal codes. Trained in Milan and Paris, Valentino returned to Italy in the late 1950s to establish his fashion house in Rome, a city whose grandeur and history would remain central to his design approach.

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By the 1960s, Valentino had had gained international clients, dressing aristocrats, actresses, and first ladies with a carefulness followed strict couture conventions. His work was featured sharp tailoring. Few designers have so successfully balanced excess with discipline, romance with order.

One of his defining signature is the color that became inseparable from his name a distinctive shade of red that was associated with formal evening wear and couture presentation rather than provocation. It was worn by Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy, Sophia Loren, and later worn by contemporary actresses and public figures extending his cultural relevance across decades of cultural memory.

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His personal and professional partnership with Giancarlo Giammetti, who joined the house in 1960, shaped the business and public image of the house. Together, they built Valentino into one of Italy’s leading Italian couture houses navigating the transition from couture salon to global fashion house while maintaining its couture focus.

Valentino stepped away from active design in 2008, presenting his final collection with a final haute couture collection in Paris that reflected his long-standing emphasis to form and finish. While the house would go on under new creative leadership, his influence remained embedded in its shapes and couture techniques.

Tributes followed from across the fashion industry, film, and global culture, acknowledging not only his aesthetic contributions but his insistence on standards in an increasingly fast-paced industry. Within the fashion industry Valentino represented a belief in fashion as a discipline one shaped by patience, skill, and an understanding of beauty as something constructed, not improvised.

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He is survived by his partner Giancarlo Giammetti. Funeral arrangements will take place in Rome, with plans for a public viewing to be announced. With his passing, fashion loses one of its last true couturiers a designer whose work did not chase relevance, yet never lost it.