At Isabel Marant's Spring/Summer 2026 show, the sun was the starting point. “It’s about a girl on a journey, searching for the sun, with a 'Max Max' kind of vibe," newly-minted artistic director Kim Bekker tells me backstage before the show. “All her clothes are bleached by the sun, she’s crafting her own boots, she puts pearls on it, she puts a belt over it.” That girl—a mix of a wandering nomad, a free spirited festival go-er and downtown Parisian It girl—set the tone for a co...
