Akris FW26 Beauty
Did you know? Akris was founded in 1922 by Regine Appenzeller in St. Gallen, Switzerland, a region renowned for textile innovation, allowing the house to develop proprietary fabric techniques that remain central to its design philosophy of architectural tailoring. The brand pioneered the use of technical fabrics and unconventional materials in luxury fashion decades before performance wear became mainstream, positioning precision pattern-cutting as its core competitive advantage.
Akris FW26 Beauty
Akris FW26 commits to a pared-back, skin-first beauty language where restraint is the actual technique, not an absence of one. For makeup artists and creative teams, this show makes a strong case for investing in skin quality, precise neutral lip work, and brow decisions that quietly define the entire face.
Collection palette
The four colours that define Akris's FW26 collection.
Rose BronzePlatinumDark BrownNude
Skin
Across all four photos, the skin reads medium coverage with a soft satin finish, neither fully dewy nor powdered flat. There is no visible contouring or heavy highlighting. The real work happens in polished skin prep, where foundation choice and application method do the heavy lifting, leaving pores and natural texture faintly present rather than erased.
