Schiaparelli’s haute couture show went full surreal sci-fi — and the front row delivered cosmic glamour.
Paris, July 2025. The SCHIAPARELLI HAUTE COUTURE FALL/WINTER 2025-26 show by DanielRoseberry wasn’t just a collection — it was a time portal. Titled “Back to the Future,” the runway delivered an opulent fever dream of retro-futurism, anatomical elegance, and haute hallucination. Roseberry continues to prove he’s not designing clothes — he’s building fashion mythology. And while the runway offered divine couture illusions, the front row? It was pure fantasy casting.
The Runway: Surreal Sculptures & Couture Codes Rewired
Daniel Roseberry sent models down the runway as if they’d stepped out of a dream sculpted in clay and memory. There were alien florals, armor-like corsetry, hypnotic hourglass tailoring, and that signature Schiaparelli tension between absurdity and elegance. Think: Dali at a NASA gala. Every look flirted with the impossible — and somehow, made it wearable.
Dua Lipa: Couture Creature, Activated
Dua Lipa stepped into the surreal in a sculptural black dress with exaggeratedly rounded shoulders and a daring front slit. But it was the white polymer clay petals and tonal micro-sequins that turned the look from dramatic to otherworldly — a creature from a mythic planet where fashion reigns. It hugged, shimmered, and demanded to be documented.
Hunter Schafer: Soft Power in Mint & Gold
Hunter Schafer embodied intergalactic goddess energy in a hypnotic gown built from alternating stripes of mint velour and metallic gold thread. The hourglass silhouette clung to her like a second skin, pinching her waist before flaring into curling gold arches that danced with every movement. The palette was soft; the impact, anything but.
Cardi B: Dark Opulence Turned to Eleven
Leave it to Cardi B to show up looking like a walking Schiaparelli relic — in the best way. Her maxi dress in black stretch velvet silk featured an extreme plastron, entirely embroidered with ecru velvet chenille threads and tonal silk-thread marbles. It was dramatic, luxurious, and utterly untouchable — a velvet monolith of high drama couture.
This wasn’t just another haute couture show. Back to the Future was Daniel Roseberry at his wildest and most visionary — where technology, history, and fantasy collide under gilded Parisian ceilings. And if the front row was any indication, Schiaparelli isn’t just dressing icons — it’s making them.
