IFM Master of Arts FW26 Women Looks Report

IFM Master of Arts FW26 Women Looks Report

Paris Fashion Week

This is a graduate showcase built entirely around material invention, where each student designer uses construction, texture and print as their primary design language rather than relying on traditional silhouette vocabulary. Buyers and style directors scouting for emerging talent will find a concentrated pool of technically ambitious designers working across knitwear, leather, outerwear and surface embellishment here. Many are ready for capsule collaborations or emerging brand development pipelines.

Silhouette and Volume

Extreme volume concentrates at the shoulder and hem rather than the waist. Look 1, Look 22 and Look 135 all push outward mass to theatrical proportions. Draped and wrapped constructions recur throughout the women's section, particularly in Looks 14, 65, 69 and 79, where fabric pools at the floor and trails behind the model in deliberate excess. Cropped and deconstructed jackets sit against floor-length skirts or full-length bodysuits, creating a consistent high-low proportion logic visible in Looks 12, 66 and 68. A few looks, notably Look 17 and Look 75, pull back entirely into structured, fitted suiting that reads almost restrained against the broader energy.